General Assembly minutes, vol. 9
Volume of minutes of the General Assembly, including the following selected entries:
Richard Norman Shaw’s proposals for extending the teaching in the Architectural School not carried by General Assembly, 4 March 1897; motions by
William Powell Frith and
Henry William Banks Davis to restrict the number of pictures sent in by non-members to the summer exhibition, 25 March 1897; remarks of the President,
Sir Edward Poynter, in reference to the appearance of newspaper accounts of Royal Academy meetings, that it was “undesirable and improper that such accounts should be communicated”, 1 July 1898; Sir Edward Poynter’s statement, that the Council had decided to exploit an opportunity to mount a winter exhibition of works by
Rembrandt, despite their awareness of General Assembly’s wish to confine the exhibition to works of recently deceased British artists, received with unanimous approval, 24 November 1898; submission by the President, Sir Edward Poynter, of a proposal for the alteration and redecoration of the entrance hall at Burlington House, which was “somewhat mean” in aspect, including the placing of paintings executed by
Angelica Kauffman for the ceiling of the Council Room at Somerset House, 20 July 1899; entries relating to a further unsuccessful approach to the Government over the site of the University of London buildings in Burlington Gardens, 17 May - 19 July 1900; meetings to discuss proposed alterations to the Schools laws, 3 June - 30 July 1902; confirmation of resolution that members be allowed to send a maximum of six works to the summer exhibition, and non-members three, 7 May 1903; the President, Sir Edward Poynter, to paint a full-length portrait of
‘King Edward VII’ for the sum of £1,000, 17 June 1903; meeting to discuss the Council’s memorandum on the report of the House of Lords Committee on the administration of the Chantrey Bequest, 25 January 1905; donation of £25 to the repairs fund of St James’s Church, Piccadilly, London, 22 March 1905; a paper bearing the signatures of
Marcus Stone and five other members complaining that a Council proposal to exhibit oil paintings in the summer exhibition with glass in the frames was “impracticable” and confirmation of resolution that painters were to require signatures of five members to be eligible for election as an Associate: sculptors, architects and engravers, three, 5 December 1906; the rejection of
Walter William Ouless’s motion that no fundamental change in the laws be enacted except by a majority of the whole body of Academicians, 30 January 1907; confirmation of resolution to allow oil paintings not more than six feet sight measure to be sent in to the summer exhibition under glass, 20 May 1908; and confirmation of resolution to employ a professional auditor, with the existing Auditors to be formed into a Finance Committee, 25 January 1911.