Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . ated that mustbe mentioned, as it forms an epoch in the history of EngHshart, and influences it to the present hour. This was the founda-tion of the Royal Academy, in the year 1768. Of course, theidea of such an institution was no new thing. In 1711 Knellerand some of his followers had endeavoured to establish anational school for drawing. We have already noticed Thorn-liills academy, carried on later by Hog
Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . ated that mustbe mentioned, as it forms an epoch in the history of EngHshart, and influences it to the present hour. This was the founda-tion of the Royal Academy, in the year 1768. Of course, theidea of such an institution was no new thing. In 1711 Knellerand some of his followers had endeavoured to establish anational school for drawing. We have already noticed Thorn-liills academy, carried on later by Hogarth, and which, underMoscr, had experienced various vicissitudes. But in 17(50,after the first exhibition in the Adelphi, The Society ofArtists established annual exhibitions, and in 1705 obtaineda royal charter of incorporation under that name. It providedfor a directorate of twenty-four, to whom the election of fellows THE REGENERATION OF ART. 385 1784) was entrusted. The painters Wilson, Haynian, Moser, wereamong the tirst directors, as were the architects Paine andChambers, McArdell the engraver, and Wilton the fellows and directors never seemed able to agree, and. .\lAKi, UUCJIKSS UF (Engraved by J. McArdell, after T. Hudson.) fierce internecine quarrels ensued. At length, at a meetingheld in October, 1768, the directors were crushed by a generalvote of the fellows ; sixteen were refused re-election, and therest resigned. An attempt was then made to set up a rival society, and223 386 AN ERA OF NEW DEPARTURES. 11742 Benjamin West, who, though recently estabhshed in London,had the ear of the Court, contrived to explain that the direc-tors were not responsible for what his Majesty called theseindecent bickerings. Chambers, Avho was architect to theking, was deputed to wait on him, and to humbly inform himthat many artists of reputation, together with himself, weredesirous of establishing a society that should more especiallypromote the arts of design,
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