Council minutes, vol. 15
Volume of minutes of the Council, including the following selected entries: notes on the selection of works for the 1876 Philadelphia International Exhibition, 7 and 14 March 1876; the text of a petition to allow the glazing of oil paintings in the summer exhibition, 7 March 1876; a note of a discussion concerning the purchase of paintings under the Chantrey Fund, 28 April 1876; entries relating to the free admission of National School children to the summer exhibition, 8 August 1876; list of conditions attaching to the Armitage Scholarships, 9 January 1877; list of recommended changes to the regulations for the admission of architectural students to the Schools, 6 March 1877; references to the request of the
Prince of Wales for the cooperation of the Royal Academy in the promotion of the fine arts section of the Paris Universal Exhibition, 1878, 20 March and 9 April 1878; note of the reading of a memorandum alluding to the increasing extent of the work of the Treasurer’s office, 20 November 1877; and record and transcript of a letter of protest by
Sir Francis Grant about the action of the General Assembly of 5 December 1877 in passing a resolution limiting the spending power of the Council, 11 December 1877.