Won prize of £25 under section 6, Advertising, prize offered by Messrs Watney Combe Reid and Company Limited
Won prize of £15 under section 6, Advertising, prize offered by Henley's Tyre and Rubber Company Limited
Won prize of £25, under section 5, Advertising and Commercial Art, prize offered by Messrs J C Eno Ltd
Won prize of £15 under section 6, Advertising, prize offered by the Cunard Steam Ship Company
Won prize of £15 under section 6, Advertising, prize offered by the Cunard Steam Ship Company
Won prize of £25, under section 5, Advertising and Commercial Art, prize offered by Messrs James Buchanan & Co Ltd
Shipley was a drawing master and the founder of the Society, Cosway was one of his most brilliant pupils
Shipley was a drawing master and the founder of the Society, Cosway was one of his most brilliant pupils
This painting was bequeathed to the Society in 1861 by Lady Brown, widow of Captain Sir Samuel Brown, RN (1776-1852), the engineer of the bridge and for many years a member of the Society. Brown invented an improved method of manufacturing links for chain cables which greatly extended their use in the construction of suspension bridges and landing piers. Brown's bar link was first employed in the Union Bridge, completed in July 1820 and subsequently in the Chain Pier at Brighton. The bridge is 18ft wide, 368ft long and the distance between the points of suspension is 432ft. It was the earliest suspension bridge erected in Great Britain calculated for the passage of loaded carriages. The painting itself was executed before the bridge was built to show the effect it would have on the landscape. The large building discernible on the skyline in the centre of the picture, standing high on the northern bank of the Tweed is Paxton House, built to the designs of James and John Adam in the 1750's, with later additions by Robert Reid. Like the bridge, it still stands in fine condition.
This panel from 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' shows the winning athletes passing by Pericles, Socrates and other Ancients. The aged Diagoras is carried on the shoulders of his victorious sons.
Part of a set of six postcards featuring designs by members of the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry
Landseer awarded the lesser silver palette for this drawing, done when he was 11 years old.
The drawing was presented to the Society after Barry's death by the engraver Charles Warren, who called it 'a strong characteristic likeness of that....most singular man'.
Painted for the Society, of which Lord Romney was a founding member and President (1761-1793)
The painting was commissioned by the Society as part of a memorial to the Prince Consort's Presidency of the Society
Drawn from life in the year of the Prince's betrothal to Queen Victoria. Painting presented to the Society by Sir Hilary Blood, Chairman of Council, 1963-65
Portraits marks the 50th anniversary of the Queen's association with the RSA, first as President and then as Patron
Part of the 1998 RSA collection
Part of the 1998 RSA collection
An early portrait of the Irish history painter, James Barry, painted while he was studying in Rome. Blanchett who had settled in Italy, is known for his portraits of the exiled Stuarts.