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The Society met here in 1755

Plate from a book

As well as various standing committees (see individual entries for Mechanics Committee, Polite Arts Committee, Agriculture Committee, Committee of Colonies and Trade and Chemistry Committee) the Society regularly set up ad-hoc committees to discuss a broad range of topics concerned with the programme and administration of the Society. These include the Committee of Correspondence and Papers and the Committee of Miscellaneous Matters\n\nRecords include minutes of the diverse committees and correspondence to the members of the committees. Correspondence in this section is mainly administrative or on topics which could not be covered by the main subject committees.

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

The Society acquired or were presented ith drawings, etchings, engravings and prints which were not produced as a direct result of the Polite Arts premium scheme