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Bound volume including lists of premiums offered in various classes. The printed lists date from 1754-1776 but additions have been made in hand extending parts of the list to 1814.

Includes name, address, amount of subscription, by whom proposed, when elected; in alphabetical order

List in folio number order compiled c.1790 giving names of correspondents and short detail of subject matter (obsolete following rebinding of Guard Books, 1999)

Description of premiums offered in various classes.

Signature book of original subscribers to the Society. Conserved with funds from the Barbra Whatmore Charitable Trust.\nIncludes name of subscriber and amount to be paid annually.

Awarded fourth prize in the Society's first competition for drawings by boys and girls under 14 years.\nBarbara Marsden went on to win a further three awards in 1756, 1757 and 1758. She later married Jeremiah Meyer, RA, miniature painter to King George III and Queen Charlotte

Index compiled c.1790 giving names of correspondents and folio references to Guard Books (obsolete following rebinding of Guard Books, 1999)

Bound volume including lists of premiums offered in various classes.

Several records have been bound together in this volume. They are the first notice published by the Society on 19 February 1754 'Plan of the Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce' 1755; William Shipley's message 'To the Public' 15 June 1754; a List of members printed on 1 October 1755; a draft Premium notice; and a manuscript list of Premiums offered by the Society for Encouraging Arts, Manufactures and Commerce 1756.