Royal Academy of Arts
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The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House in Piccadilly, London, England. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led
Front view, October 2010
A modern illustration of Burlington House in London, home of the Royal Academy of Arts since 1868
Satirical drawing of Sir William Chambers, one of the founders, trying to slay the 8-headed hydra of the Incorporated Society of Artists
An early RA Summer Exhibition showing the Great Room, with the Prince of Wales (with a red coat) and Reynols to his right with his ear trumpet.
Royal Society of Arts
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The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, commonly known as the Royal Society of Arts, is a London-based organization.
The RSA building (18th-century engraving)
The First Meeting of the Society of Arts at Rawthmell's Coffee House, 22 March 1754
James Barry, "Distribution of Premiums in the Society of Arts", 1777-84
Vulcan medal from the Royal Society of Arts