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The note is titled '19'. Regarding the introduction of the Naval Pillar in the Triumph of the Thames; the suggestions for the improvement of medals and coins in the Distribution of the Premiums; a note '(a)'about the controversy Barry saw around his not having submitted his ideas about the coinage Privy Council when they called for improvements.

With names, and sums of money given

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.

Artist: Findlay

The note is titled 'page 24' and refers to West Indian figures and Friar Bartolomeo de Las Casa.

The note is titled 'page 22' and refers to the models for the coins/medlas found in the bottom left of the painting.

Possibly related to AD.MA/700/10/2/18 and AD.MA/700/10/2/19

Would have been given to people at the end of an event

Detail from the 'Crowning of the Victors at Olympia' by James Barry in the Society's Great Room. This shows Diagoras, a former champion, being carried on the shoulders of his two victorious sons. The print is dated 1 May 1795 but the version with the inscription at the bottom was not produced until 1800.