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This is a detail of the angelic guiard and the group of illustrious patrons that James Barry painted as part of the 'Elysium and Tartarus' painting in the Society's Great Room. Unusually there is no inscription under the print.

Depiction of the fall of Satan with St Michael driving Satan out. James Barry dedicated the drawing to the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's who had approved the plan to decorate the church with history paintings. Although the print is dated 1777 it appears that it may be a later version c1790

This print shows a revision of the Glorius Sextumvirate shown in James Barry's original 'Elysium and Tartarus' painted in the Society's Great Room. The print gives a date of 1 May 1795 but when first published they did not have any lettering (the Society does hold one of these prints). The version which included the inscription was not ready until 1800. Comparison of the 1795 and 1800 versions shows the changes Barry made.

This is a revised detail of the group of legislators that James Barry painted in the 'Elysium and Tartarus' painting in the Soicety's Great Room. In this version Barry substitutes Cecilius Calvert, second Lord Baltimore for William Penn. Barry also introduced other figures, including Benjamin Franklin, into the print surrounding Pope Adrian in the upper left of the drawing.

Pen and ink.

Pen and brown ink over chalk on paper. Also includes the inscription by Warren which was on the back of the drawing although this is now in a seperate piece of melinex in the plan chest.

Pen and ink over black chalk.

Correspondence and working papers relating to the funding of the Design Busaries Competition. Also correspondence about developing Anglo-American relations via the Design Management Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.

In November 1944 the Council of the RSA was invited by the Bishop of Columbo, as chairman of the Columbo New Cathedral Committee to act as the agent in London for his committee in organising a competition open to qualified members of the Royal Institute of British Architects or allied bodies, for a design for the projected new Anglican Cathedral in Columbo. The Council agreed to sponsor the competition and arranged that it should be administered by the Committee of the Dominions and Colonies Section, under the Chairmanship of Sir Harry Lindsay. The choice of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott as Assessor had been arranged with the Royal Institute of British Architects.\n\nAmong the correspondence is the conditions of the competition, names and addresses of competitors, administrative correspondence, the Assessors final report and site plans of the cathedral.

In 1973 the Burton Group introduced a series of awards which were designed to examine and improve the effectiveness of the designer's role in industry. These awards were administered variously by the RSA, the Design Council, The Royal College of Arts and the Society of industrial Artists and Designers with funds provided by the Burton Group.\n\nPart 1: The Burton Group Design Award Report for the Royal Society of Arts. \n ''The Needs of the Manufacturing Sector in their Expectations of Industrial\n Designers' by John Collins, June 1978\n\nPart 2: Burton Award project 1978-1979 was administered by the RSA in conjunction\n with the University of Bath. Research was undertaken by Jay Doblin and\n focussed on what should be done to improve the standard of buying and thereby\n design, particularly in education and training. Administrative correspondence.\n

The Photographic section was an addition to the Design Bursaries in 1980/81. The award was given specifically for colour and was offered at a considerably increased value. The competition was sponsored by Kodak.\n\nAdministrative correspondence which includes a report on the 1980/81 candidates.

Includes applications for awards and a few samples of essays written in support of claims.

Information taken originally from published reports of the scheme were weeded from this file.\n\nFile consists of background information on the origins of the scheme and a list of the scheme's highlights.

Won the Bally Travel Award worth £1000 in the 'Footwear' section. Travelled to Japan in 1986. Winner of the Jacobs Memorial Award Certificate. Photocopy of original report.

Won a Travel Award worth £500 in the 'Healthcare' section. Travelled to China via Hong Kong and Russia. Photocopy of original report.

Won the Walter Wheeler Award worth £1500. Spent two months working with Pitney Bowes Ltd in their Corporate Industrial Design Department in Connecticut followed by one month travel in America. Photocopy of original report.

Won a Travel Award worth £300 and £250 work of De Beers diamonds in the 'Jewellery' section.Travelled to Vienna from 6 - 20 April 1986. Photocopy of original report.

Won a Travel Award worth £450 in the 'Fashion' section. Travelled to France. Photocopy of original report.

Won a Travel Award worth £650 in the 'Postage Stamp' section.Spent two weeks in New York from 16 - 31 July 1985. This report is a copy of her dissertation for a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design at Manchester Polytechnic. Photocopy of original report.

Won the Allied International Designers Attachment Award worth £300, a Travel Award worth £300 and one week's work experience in the House of Frazer in the 'New Concept Development' section. Worked with House of Frazer and Allied International Designers from 15 July-9 August 1985. Photocopy of original report.