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Consists of institutional and personal archives focusing on the history of British Art from 1750 to the present day. Major institutional holdings include the papers of the Royal Academy itself, the Society of Artists of Great Britain and the Graphic Society. Significant artists papers include material created by Ozias Humphry, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, James Northcote, Sir Thomas Lawrence, John Gibson, George Richmond, William Blake Richmond, Marion Spielmann and John Nash
ARCHON code: 397
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Persons (115)
- Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence, (1836-1912), Knight, Painter
- Anderdon, James Hugh, (d 1879), Art Collector
- Angerstein, John Julius, (1735-1823), businessman and art collector
- Armitage, Edward, (1817-1896), Painter
- Baillie, Joanna, (1762-1851), playwright and poet
- Baring, Sir Francis, (1740-1810), 1st Baronet Merchant Banker MP
- Beaumont, Sir George Howland, (1753-1827), Knight, art patron and landscape painter
- Beechey, Sir William, (1753-1839), Knight Painter
- Bloomfield, Benjamin, (1768-1846), 1st Baron Bloomfield, Lieutenant General
- Boehm, Sir Joseph Edgar, (1834-1890), Baronet, 1st Baronet Sculptor
- Brown, Frederick, (1851-1941), Professor of Fine Art
- Byron, George Gordon, (1788-1824), 6th Baron Byron, poet
- Callcott, Maria, (1785-1842), author and traveller Chile;Brazil
- Canning, George, (1770-1827), statesman
- Canova, Antonio, (1757-1822), Italian sculptor
- Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, (1768-1821), Consort of King George IV
- Cavendish, Elizabeth Christiana, (1758-1824), patron of arts
- Chambers, Sir William, (1726-1796), Knight and architect
- Chantrey, Sir Francis Legatt, (1781-1841), Knight, Knight, Sculptor
- Charlotte Augusta, (1796-1817), Princess, daughter of George IV
- Cheselden, William, (1688-1752), Surgeon and Anatomist
- Church, Sir Arthur Herbert, (1834-1915), Knight, chemist
- Clausen, Sir George, (1852-1944), Knight, painter
- Cockerell, Charles Robert, (1788-1863), architect and archaeologist
- Consalvi, Ercole, (1757-1824), Cardinal Diplomat
- Conyngham, Henry, (1766-1832), 1st Marquess Conyngham
- Cooke, Edward William, (1811-1880), Marine Painter
- Copley, John Singleton, (1737-1815), Painter
- Cosway, Maria Louisa Catherine Cecilia, (1759-1838), Painter and musician
- Coutts, Thomas, (1735-1822), banker
- Croker, John Wilson, (1780-1857), politician and essayist
- Eastlake, Sir Charles Lock, (1793-1865), Knight, painter
- Elmes, James, (1782-1862), architect and antiquary
- Farington, Joseph, (1747-1821), Landscape Painter Diarist
- Flaxman, John, (1755-1826), sculptor
- Frith, William Powell, (1819-1909), painter
- Fuseli, Henry, (1741-1825), Painter and Author
- Gainsborough, Thomas, (1727-1788), Painter
- Garrick, David, (1717-1779), actor
- George IV, (1762-1830), King of Great Britain and Ireland
- Gibson, John, (1790-1866), sculptor
- Gilbert, Sir Alfred, (1854-1934), Knight, sculptor
- Gott, Joseph, (1785-1860), Sculptor
- Grant, Sir Francis, (1803-1878), Knight, portrait painter
- Grego, Joseph, (1843-1908), Writer On Art
- Hamilton-Gordon, George, (1784-1860), 4th Earl of Aberdeen, statesman
- Harlow, George Henry, (1787-1819), Painter
- Hart, Solomon Alexander, (1806-1881), painter
- Herkomer, Sir Hubert von, (1849-1914), Knight, German painter
- Hone, Nathaniel, (1718-1784), Painter
- Hook, James, (1746-1827), Composer
- Humboldt, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von, (1769-1859), naturalist and traveller
- Humphry, Ozias, (1742-1810), Portrait Painter
- Impey, Sir Elijah, (1732-1809), Knight Chief Justice of Bengal
- Jackson, William, (1730-1803), Musical Composer
- Jenkins, Thomas, (c 1720-1798), Painter and Banker
- John, Augustus Edwin, (1878-1961), painter and etcher
- Kauffmann, Angelica, (1741-1807), Historical and Portrait Painter
- Kemble, Frances Anne, (1809-1893), actress
- Kemble, John Philip, (1757-1823), actor
- Kennaway, Sir John, (1758-1836), 1st Baronet, British Resident at the Court of the Nizam of Hyderabad
- Kirby, John Joshua, (1716-1774), Painter
- Knighton, Sir William, (1776-1836), 1st Baronet, physician, private secretary to George IV
- Lawrence, Sir Thomas, (1769-1830), Knight, painter
- Leighton, Frederic, (1830-1896), Baron Leighton of Stretton, painter
- Long, Charles, (1760-1838), Baron Farnborough, politician
- Maclise, Daniel, (1806-1870), Painter
- Marchant, Nathaniel, (1739-1816), Engraver and Medallist
- Marshall, William Calder, (1813-1894), sculptor
- Meade, Richard Charles Francis Christian, (1795-1879), 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam, diplomat
- Moser, George Michael, (1704-1783), Chaser
- Munnings, Sir Alfred James, (1878-1959), Knight Painter
- Murphy, Arthur, (1727-1805), Author and Actor
- Newton, Francis Milner, (1720-1794), portrait painter
- Northcote, James, (1746-1831), painter and author
- Orpen, Sir William Newenham Montague, (1878-1931), Knight Painter
- Paine, James, (1717-1789), Architect
- Parry, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings, (1848-1918), Knight Composer and Musical Writer
- Paton, Richard, (1717-1791), Marine Painter
- Peel, Sir Robert, (1788-1850), Baronet, 2nd Baronet, statesman
- Rainsford, Charles, (1728-1809), General and antiquary
- Reinagle, Philip, (1749-1833), Painter
- Repton, Humphry, (1752-1818), landscape gardener
- Reynolds, Sir Joshua, (1723-1792), Knight painter
- Richmond, George, (1809-1896), painter
- Richmond, Sir William Blake, (1842-1921), Knight Artist
- Rigaud, John Francis, (1742-1810), Portrait Painter
- Roe, Fred, (1864-1947), portrait and historical painter
- Russell, John, (1766-1839), 6th Duke of Bedford
- Sargent, John Singer, (1856-1925), painter
- Shaw, Richard Norman, (1831-1912), architect
- Shee, Sir Martin Archer, (1769-1850), Knight, portrait painter
- Sickert, Walter Richard, (1860-1942), painter
- Smirke, Robert, (1752-1845), Painter
- Spencer, Sir Stanley, (1891-1959), Knight, painter
- Spencer, William Robert, (1769-1834), Poet
- Spielmann, Sir Isidore, (1854-1925), Knight, art expert
- Spielmann, Marion Harry Alexander, (1858-1948), art historian
- Stothard, Thomas, (1755-1834), Painter and Book Illustrator
- Taylor, John, (1757-1832), Newspaper Proprietor Miscellaneous Writer
- Thomson, Henry, (1773-1843), painter
- Thornycroft, Sir William Hamo, (1850-1925), Knight, sculptor
- Turner, Joseph Mallord William, (1775-1851), Landscape Painter
- Upcott, William, (1779-1845), antiquary and autograph collector
- Vane, Charles William, (1778-1854), 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, General
- Villiers, Thomas, (1753-1824), 2nd Earl of Clarendon
- Ward, James, (1784-1850), Portrait Painter
- West, Benjamin, (1738-1820), painter
- Whitworth, Charles, (1752-1825), Earl Whitworth, diplomat
- Wilkie, Sir David, (1785-1841), Knight, painter
- Wolcot, John, (1738-1819), poet and satirist, pseudonym Peter Pindar
- Wood, John, (1704-1754), Architect
- Woollett, William, (1735-1785), Engraver
- Wyndham, George O'Brien, (1751-1837), 3rd Earl of Egremont
- Yenn, John, (1750-1821), Architect Treasurer of Royal Academy
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (1)
- NRA 14837 Royal Academy of Arts MS collections