The School of the Board of Manufacturers
Other names: Trustees Academy
Foundation date: 1768 (Circa)
Dissolution date: 1902 (Circa)
Function: Vocational education - national school
Rules: Seperate male and female schools.
No students admitted under the age of 12.
History or description: Originally formed for encouraging the Manufacturers and Fisheries of Scotland. The sum of £2,00 annually was disposed to that end until 1809, when a seperate Fishery Board was established, after that the grant was appropriated by the School of Art, The National Gallery, and the Museum of Antiquities.
Activities: classes in drawing, classes in modeling, classes in painting, classes in painting from the life
Benefits: grants and prizes, guaranteed inclusion in exhibitions
Employees, Students & Members
Numbers: 2852
Period Start: 1887
Period End: 1888
Percentage Male/Female: 100/0
Numbers: 1507
Period Start: 1887
Period End: 1888
Percentage Male/Female: 100/0
Institutional and Business Connections
Associated with The Glasgow School of Art
1898 (Circa)
Forerunner of The Edinburgh College of Art
Managed The School of Applied Art (Edinburgh)
1892 - 1903
Associated People
Members of committee included John Robert Steell
1872 (Circa)
Students included James Pittendrigh MacGillivray
1871 - 1973
Entered age 15. Studied water-colour. Fell out with the tutor in the Antique Drawing class and left aged 17. This was the only formal education he received.
Citing this record
'The School of the Board of Manufacturers', 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_1214817862, accessed 10 Jun 2023]
