A Nothing like a history of the Society has ever been written. great deal of information is contained in a lengthy paper read in 1868 (see Journal, vol. xvii. p. 10, et seq.) by S. T. Davenport, who was Financial Officer of the Society from 1853 till his death in 1876. The best account of the Society is to be found in a series of articles contributed to Engineering in July and August 1891, by H. B. Wheatley (Assistant Secretary, 1879 to 1909). A short but brightly written sketch of the Society is given in Scientific London (B. H. Becker), 1874. The Microcosm of London, published by R. Ackermann in 1811, gives a good account of the Society as it existed at that date, and contains an interesting picture of the Great Room, showing the arrangement of the room before the modern alterations. Charles Knight's London, vol. v. (1843), also contains an illustrated chapter on the Society. The Penny Cyclopædia (1842), under the heading "Society of Arts," gives an excellent short history of the Society up to that date. Some other accounts might be mentioned, but on the whole, outside of its own publications, the history of the Society must be sought in the magazines and newspapers of the last two centuries, from the Gentleman's Magazine and the Public Advertiser down to the periodicals and journals of our own time. H. T. W. IV. THE SOCIETY AND THE COLONIES V. THE SOCIETY AND AGRICULTURE (1754-1830) VI. THE SOCIETY AND FORESTRY (1758-1835) X. THE SOCIETY'S EARLY ART EXHIBITIONS XII. THE PREMIUMS (1754-1851)—Continued. XIII. THE PREMIUMS (1754-1851)—Concluded. XX. THE PRESIDENCY OF KING EDWARD VII. (1862-1880) b LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE Frontispiece ELEVATION OF THE SOCIETY'S HOUSE. BY ROBERT ADAM PORTRAIT OF LORD FOLKESTONE, the First PRESIDENT (Original PORTRAIT OF LORD ROMNEY, THE SECOND PRESIDENT (Original PORTRAIT OF DR. TEMPLEMAN, SECRETARY (Original Copper- FACSIMILES OF SIGNATURES OF EARLY MEMBERS REPRODUCTION FROM OLD MAP, showing the SOCIETY'S OFFICES OPPOSITE BEAUFORT BUILDINGS PORTRAIT OF ROBERT ADAM IO 12 16 Photograph from a Medallion by TASSIE. THE SOCIETY'S HOUSE IN 1911. THE SOCIETY'S REPOSITORY IN 1843 AND AN EARLY VIEW OF THE COUNCIL-ROOM IN 1911 THE SOCIETY'S MEETING-ROOM IN 1804 BARRY'S PICTURE OF "THE SOCIETY". MAP OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES 22 47, 48, 49, 50 54 58 60 64 66 70 76 84 151 SHERWIN'S FRONTISPIECE TO VOL. I. OF THE "TRANSACTIONS PORTRAIT OF SAMUEL MORE, SECRETARY From SHARP's Engraving after the Portrait by WEST. PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR AIKIN, SECRETARY From a Daguerreotype 326 336 |