The Royal Scottish Academy
Other names: The Scottish Academy (Royal status granted 1838)
Foundation date: 27 May 1826
Active: 1826 -
Function: Art society
Policy: Mission: The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, was established with a view to promote the advancement of the Fine Arts in Scotland, by uniting in a well organised Society a limited number of Artists, distinguished for professional eminance.
Aims/Purp: 1. To have Annual Exhibitions, open to all artists of merit.
2. To cultivate the Fine Arts through teaching free of expense.
3. To form a library of books of painting, sculpture, and architecture, and all objects relating thereto; also of paintings, prints, casts and models, and other things useful to the students in their art.
4. To provide financial support for artists and their families in times of hardship and bereavement.
5. To admit Honorary members eminent by their talents and attainments.
Rules: 1. No members allowed to hold an official position with any other Society for the Exhibition of Pictures in Edinburgh.
2. Failure to submit works to the Annual Exhibition for two successive years, will result in forfeit of all claims by the member upon the Academy and it's funds. This limitation did not extend to Sculptors who were allowed three years, nor to members over the age of sixty.
3.No members allowed to contribute more than nine works to the Annual Exhibition.
4. No prints admitted into the Exhibition.
5. No copy, with the exeption of Paintings in Enamel, and the prints of the Academician and Associate Engravers, shall be admitted.
6. No needle-work, artificial flowers, cut paper, shell-work, Models in coloured wax, or any such performances, nor any work which has been publicly exhibited in Edinburgh for emolument, shall be admitted.
7. No picture or print will be received without a gilt frame.
8. No work intended for exhibition shall be received after the time linited for the reception is expired.
9. No works by deceased artists, except those of artists who have died since the previous exhibition, shall be admitted into the Annual Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy.
10. The arrangement of works for public view, shall be decided by the Council or to a Committee appointed by them.
11. Members who exhibit with any other Society at the time his works are exhibited in the Annual Exhibition shall neither be admitted as a candidate for an Associate, nor for his performances be received the following year; but this prohibition is declared to extend to one year only.
12. Photographs of works may only be obtained by permission of the RSA and artist and proprietor.
Meeting schedule: annual
Activities: art classes, circulating portfolio, circulation of competition details, classes, classes in drawing, classes in life drawing , classes in modeling from the life, classes in painting, classes in painting from the life, classes in watercolour painting, discussions, discussions on art, exhibitions (open to non-members), lectures, lectures on art, meetings, musical entertainments, news, professional advice, social events, soirees
Publications: annual reports, books, exhibition catalogues, illustrated exhibition catalogues, reports
Benefits: advice from fellow members, criticism of work by fellow members, eligible for awards, eligible for exhibition, entry in artist's directory, entry in member's directory, free entry to exhibitions, grants and prizes, guaranteed inclusion in exhibitions, medals, participation in all events, prizes, professional status, use of library, use of society's premises, use of club premises
Composition: men and women members, professional artists, professional painters, professional portrait painters, professional sculptors
Funding types: annual subscription professional artists, catalogue sales, donations, exhibition entry fees, joining fee, lifetime membership
Employees (sample figures)
Treasurer
Wages: £125
Notes: 1876 Accounts
President
Wages: £79 2s.
Notes: 1876 Accounts
Council
Wages: £65 2s.
Notes: Total amount - 1876 Accounts
Life Models
Wages: £32 1s.
Notes: Unknown number of models used. 1876 Accounts
Secretary's Honorarium (1932)
Wages: £50
Treasurer's Honorarium (1932)
Wages: £30
Librarian's Honorarium (1932)
Wages: £20
Assistant Secretary's Salary (1932)
Wages: £215
Clerk's Salary (1932)
Wages: £115
Auditor
Wages: £12
Notes: Librarian
Auditor
Wages: £12
Notes: Librarian
Auditor
Wages: £12
Notes: Librarian
Auditor
Wages: £12
Notes: Librarian
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
New entries have been made each time a work was exhibited due to a lack of evidence about the state, medium or edition shown.
Lent The late Lord Cockburn
1887
Lent Head of a young girl
1908
Lent Motherhood
1923
Lent Robert Herdman, RSA
1926
Lent Marietta, a Roman girl
1943
Own Shere Khan, The Tiger
Acquired as Phyllis Bone's diploma work deposited after her election to the academy
Locations
Address The Mound Princes Street Edinburgh | View on map
1856
Shared with the The National Gallery of Scotland who occupied the west side of the building and the RSA the East side. Although designed to operate as separate units, the galleries could be interconnected as required. Other institutions sharing this address in the nineteenth century were The Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Trustees\' Academy. From 1910, following a reorganisation of arts institutions in Edinburgh, the building was designated as the Royal Scottish Academy and remains so to the present day
Held an exhibition at Waterloo Place Edinburgh | View on map
1827 - 1835
Exhibitions, Courses, Meetings and other Events
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twenty-Fifth, 1951
1951
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twenty-Fourth, 1950
1950
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twenty-Third, 1949
1949
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twenty-Second, 1948
1948
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twenty-First, 1947
1947
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twentieth, 1946
1946
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Nineteenth, 1945
1945
Organized The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, One-Hundred-and-Eighteenth, 1944
1944
Organized The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, One-Hundred-and-Seventeenth, 1943
1943
Organized The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred- and-Sixteenth, 1942
1942
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Fifteenth, 1941
1941
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Fourteenth, 1940
1940
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Thirteenth, 1939
1939
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twelfth, 1938
1938
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Eleventh, 1937
1937
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Tenth, 1936
1936
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Ninth, 1935
1935
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Eighth, 1934
1934
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Seventh, 1933
1933
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Sixth, 1932
1932
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Fifth, 1931
1931
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Fourth, 1930
1930
Organized The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Third, 1929
1929
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Second, 1928
1928
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundredth - Centenary Exhibition, 1926
1926
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Ninth, 1925
1925
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Eighth, 1924
1924
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Seventh, 1923
1923
Organized The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Sixth, 1922
1922
Organized The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Sixth, 1922
1922
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Fifth, 1921
1921
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Fourth, 1920
1920
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Third, 1919
1919
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Second, 1918
1918
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-First, 1917
1917
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninetieth, 1916
1916
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Ninth, 1915
1915
Organized The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Eighth, 1914
1914
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Seventh, 1913
1913
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Sixth, 1912
1912
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Fifth, 1911
1911
Organized Royal Scottish Academy School of Painting, 1911-1951
1911 - 1951
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Fourth, 1910
1910
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Third, 1909
1909
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Second, 1908
1908
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-First, 1907
1907
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eightieth, 1906
1906
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-Ninth, 1905
1905
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-Eighth, 1904
1904
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-Seventh, 1903
1903
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-Sixth, 1902
1902
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-Fifth, 1901
1901
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-Fourth, 1900
1900
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-Third, 1899
1899
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-Second, 1898
1898
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-First, 1897
1897
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventieth, 1896
1896
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixty-Ninth, 1895
1895
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixty-Eighth, 1894
1894
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixty-Seventh, 1893
1893
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixty-Sixth, 1892
1892
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixty-Fifth, 1891
1891
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixty-Forth, 1890
1890
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixty-Third, 1889
1889
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixty-Second, 1888
1888
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixty-First, 1887
1887
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixtieth, 1886
1886
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-Ninth, 1885
1885
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-Eighth, 1884
1884
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-Seventh, 1883
1883
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-Sixth, 1882
1882
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-Fifth, 1881
1881
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-Fourth, 1880
1880
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-Second, 1878
1878
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-First, 1877
1877
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fiftieth, 1876
1876
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Forty-Ninth, 1875
1875
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Forty-Eighth, 1874
1874
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Forty-Seventh, 1873
1873
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Forty-Sixth, 1872
1872
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Forty-Fifth, 1871
1871
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Forty-Fourth, 1870
1870
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Forty-Third, 1869
1869
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Forty-Second, 1868
1868
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Forty-First, 1867
1867
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fortieth, 1866
1866
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Thirty-Ninth, 1865
1865
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Thirty-Eighth, 1864
1864
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Thirty-Seventh, 1863
1863
Organized The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Thirty-Sixth, 1862
1862
Organized The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Thirty-Fifth, 1861
1861
Organized The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Thirty-Fourth, 1860
1860
Organized The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Thirty-Third, 1859
1859
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Thirty-Second, 1858
1858
Organized The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Thirty-First, 1857
1857
Organized The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Thirtieth, 1856
1856
Organized The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Twenty-Ninth, 1855
1855
Organized The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Twenty-Eighth, 1854
1854
Organized The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Twenty-Seventh, 1853
1853
Organized The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Twenty-Sixth, 1852
1852
Organized The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Twenty-Fifth, 1851
1851
Organized The Royal Scottish Academy Life School
1840 - 1950 (Circa)
Organized The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-First, 1927
197 - 1927
Functions included The Royal Scottish Academy Life School
Institutional and Business Connections
Affiliated with The Glasgow School of Art Club
1893
p. 21
Students had work accepted and exhibited for the Annual Exhibitions
Affiliated with The Edinburgh College of Art
1907 (Circa)
5 elected (of which 2 were Associate) members of the RSA, to serve on Board for The ECA.
Associated with The Glasgow School of Art
1898 (Circa) - 1948 (Circa)
Rival of Royal Institution for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts in Scotland
1827 - 1830
Shared premises with The Scottish Modern Arts Association
1958 (Circa)
Held Annual meetings in The Royal Scottish Academy Library
Took over premises from Royal Institution of Art (Edinburgh)
1910
Associated People
ARSAs included David Octavius Hill
1826
Resigned
ARSAs included William Calder Marshall
1840
ARSAs included Patric Park
1849
p. xxx
ARSAs included William Brodie
1852
ARSAs included John Hutchison
1862
ARSAs included John Blake McDonald
1862
ARSAs included George Clark Stanton
1862
p. xxxii
ARSAs included David Watson Stevenson
1877
ARSAs included Thomas Stuart Burnett
1883
ARSAs included William Grant Stevenson
1885
p. xxxii
ARSAs included James Guthrie
1888
ARSAs included James Pittendrigh MacGillivray
1892
ARSAs included John Rhind Snr
1892
p. xxx
ARSAs included William Birnie Rhind
1893
p. xxx
ARSAs included Archibald Macfarlane Shannan
1902
ARSAs included Percival (Percy) Herbert Portsmouth
1906
p. xxx
ARSAs included Henry (Harry) Snell Gamley
1908 - 1920
ARSAs included Alexander Carrick
1918
ARSAs included John Keppie
1920
ARSAs included Alexander Proudfoot
March 1920
ARSAs included George Henry Paulin
1920
ARSAs included William Somerville Shanks
1923
p. 31
ARSAs included Fanindra Nath Bose
18 March 1925
In his reply to the Toast of the Associates, Bose said that "...at a moment of strained relations between Britain and India, this honour would reassure Indians that the Scots did not wish to thwart their legitimate aspirations"
ARSAs included David Alexander Francis
1927
ARSAs included William A. Lamb
1931
ARSAs included John Massey Rhind
1931
p. xxx
ARSAs included Benno Schotz
1933
p. xxi
ARSAs included James Harvey Clark
1934
ARSAs included Archibald C. Dawson
1936
ARSAs included William Oliphant Hutchison
1937
ARSAs included Phyllis Mary Bone
15 March 1939
ARSAs included Thomas W. Whalen
1940
p. xxxii
ARSAs included Norman John Forrest
1943
ARSAs included Alexander Handyside Ritchie
1946
ARSAs included Hew Martin Lorimer
1947
p. xxxvii
ARSAs included Scott Sutherland
1950
p. xxxii
ARSAs included Eric Clare Telford Schilsky
1952
p. xxxi
ARSAs included Jack Antonio Coia
1954
ARSAs included Charles D'Orville Pilkington Jackson
1956
ARSAs included Andrew Dods
1957
ARSAs included Elizabeth Strachan Dempster
1960
ARSAs included James Barr
1963
ARSAs included Ann Henderson
1968
Gave award to Kate Campbell Muirhead
December 1920
For 'Elizabeth' and 'A portrait bust'
Gave award to Margaret C. P. Findlay
December 1928
Guthrie Award
Gave award to William A. Lamb
December 1929
Awarded The Guthrie Award for 'Ferryden Fisher Wife'
Gave award to Thomas W. Whalen
December 1933
Awarded The Guthrie Award for 'Mother's Kiss'
Gave award to Elizabeth Strachan Dempster
1946
For 'Mors Janua Vitae'
Gave award to Tom Macnair
December 1950 - December
Awarded The Guthrie Award for 'Jean Hannan'
Gave bursary to Margaret Dalrymple Gillan
1947
Awarded Bursery for study at Glasgow School of Art.
Gave bursary to Norelle C. Keddie
1947
£50
Awarded Bursery for study at Edinburgh College of Art.
Gave prize to Thomas Stuart Burnett
1879
Gave prize to William Birnie Rhind
1880
Awarded 1st Sculptor's Prize
Gave prize to John Stevenson Rhind
1886
Awarded 1st prize for Modelling
Gave prize to James Barr
1936
Awarded Carnegie Travelling Scholarship
Gave prize to Norelle C. Keddie
1948
Awarded The Keith Prize
Gave scholarship to Thomas W. Whalen
1931 (Circa) - 1932 (Circa)
Carnegie Travelling scholarship to France and Italy
Honorary elected members included John Phillip
1857
Honorary elected members included Lawrence MacDonald
1858
Honorary elected members included William Calder Marshall
1861
Honorary elected members included Frederic Leighton
1878
p. xxxvii
Honorary elected members included George Anderson Lawson
1884
p. xxxvii
Honorary elected members included John Mossman
1885
p. xxix
Honorary elected members included Auguste Rodin
1907
p. xxxi
Honorary elected members included Albert Bartholome
1911 - 1925
Honorary elected members included Alphonse Legros
1911
p. xxxvii
Honorary elected members included Thomas Brock
1911
Elected HRSA
Honorary elected members included Ivan Mestrovic
1919
Honorary elected members included (Edgar) Bertram Mackennal
1920
Honorary elected members included William Reid Dick
1939
Elected HRSA
Honorary elected members included Charles Thomas Wheeler
1959
Honorary elected members included Henry Spencer Moore
1974
Honorary secretary was William Brodie
1876 - 1881
Academy Secretary
Honorary secretary was William Brodie
1876 - 1881
£150
Not Honorary, but elected secretary to to the RSA. (office bearer)
Honorary treasurer was John Hutchison
1886 - 1907
£125
Office Bearer (not Honorary)
Members of committee included James Pittendrigh MacGillivray
1910 - 1911
Council member and Curator of Library
Officers included John Hutchison
1877 - 1886
£19 8s. 1d.
Office held: Librarian
PRSAs included James Guthrie
1902 - 1919
Received resignation from Lawrence MacDonald
1858
RSAs included David Octavius Hill
1829
RSAs included Lawrence MacDonald
1829
RSAs included John Robert Steell
1829
RSAs included Patric Park
1851
p. xxx
RSAs included William Brodie
1859
RSAs included John Hutchison
1867
RSAs included John Blake McDonald
1877
RSAs included George Clark Stanton
1885
p. xxxii
RSAs included David Watson Stevenson
1886
RSAs included James Guthrie
1892
RSAs included William Grant Stevenson
1896
p. xxxii
RSAs included James Pittendrigh MacGillivray
1901
RSAs included William Birnie Rhind
1905
p. xxxi
RSAs included Henry (Harry) Snell Gamley
1920 - 1928
DOD: 1928
RSAs included Percival (Percy) Herbert Portsmouth
1923
p. xxx
RSAs included Alexander Carrick
1929
RSAs included John Keppie
1931
RSAs included Alexander Proudfoot
1932
RSAs included William Somerville Shanks
1933
p. 31
RSAs included John Massey Rhind
1934
p. xxx
RSAs included Benno Schotz
1937
p. xxxi
RSAs included Phyllis Mary Bone
1944
First woman to be elected.
RSAs included Thomas W. Whalen
1954
p. xxxii
RSAs included Eric Clare Telford Schilsky
1956
p. xxxi
RSAs included Hew Martin Lorimer
1957
p. xxxvii
RSAs included Jack Antonio Coia
1962
RSAs included Scott Sutherland
1970
p. xxxii
RSAs included Ann Henderson
1973
Secretaries included David Octavius Hill
1838 - 1870
Having previously been secretary of the Royal Scottish Academy's precursor, the Society of Artists
Sources
Abstract of the Receipts and Expenditure of The Royal Scottish Academy
31 December 1876
Abstract of the Receipts and Expenditure of The Royal Scottish Academy
31 December 1932
Constitution and Laws of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture Laws of the Royal Scottish Academy
1861
Rules are abridged for purposes of relevance to project.
First Report of the Council of the Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Founded 27 May 1826, Appendix No. III, 1828
12 November 1828 (Circa)
The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibitors 1826-1990: A dictionary of artists and their work in the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Scottish Academy. Volume 1, A-D
1991
Exhibition catalogue number: 69
Citing this record
'The Royal Scottish Academy', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib6_1202298949, accessed 21 Mar 2023]
