Reference code
RAA/GA/17/2
Title
Draft letters to Sir Charles B. Phipps in reply to the recommendations of the Royal Commission
Date
Mar 1864
Level
File
Extent & medium
2 documents, 1 one 54pp, the other 34pp
Previous reference codes
RAA/GA/17/1 and 736, 745
Historical Background
"A Royal Commission was appointed in 1863 'to inquire into the present position of the Royal Academy in relation to the Fine Arts, and into the circumstances and conditions under which it occupies a portion of the National Gallery, and to suggest such Measures as may be required to render it more useful in promoting Art and in improving and developing public taste'. The evidence took five months to collect and was published in 557 closely printed pages." [Hutchison, p. 104.]
Content Description
From the members of the Royal Academy. Two drafts.