Taken from a rare mezzotint from the Society's collection. At 20 years of age Lawrie received a bounty of 30 guineas in 1776 from the Society for 'disclosing his method of printing mezzotint in colour'. Lawrie copied the bird form one brought back by Captain Cook in the previous year at the conclusion of his second great voyage of discovery.
Mary Moser made this prize winning drawing when she was only 15. She subsequently became a founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts
Tim Clark was a pupil of the Government School of Design. Illustration from M Digby Wyatt, 'The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century. A series of illustrations of the choicest specimens produced by every nation at the Great Exhibition, 1851' held in the Society's early library
Awarded the sum of twenty guineas by the Society for his set of working drawings in 1824
Landseer awarded the lesser silver palette for this drawing, done when he was 10 years old
Part of the 1998 RSA collection
Part of a pack of ten, all with slightly different designs. Developed from an original Christmas card design sold by the RSA in 1991
Limited edition of 200 copies
Includes correspondence and working papers
Includes arrangements for presentation by Prince Philip, on board the Royal Yacht Britannia and correspondence to and from Harold Macmillan
Includes details of arrangements for the presentation and reception at Windsor Castle by HRH Prince Philip.
Includes papers on the reception at the Library of Congress in Washington DC and the formation of the RSA's first American Chapter.
Includes speech notes, programme, guest list, seating plan, sample invitation and biographical information.
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh is in the photograph
Dame Diana Reader-Harris, first woman chairman in background