The Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) was founded in Lincoln’s Inn Fields on May 21st 1823 by a group of painters. The Society began with just twenty-seven members under the Presidency of Thomas Heaphy, plus a complement of five Honorary Members and it took until 1876 for the numbers to reach fifty.

The Society was granted its royal Charter in 1846 but it was not until Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee Year of 1887, under the leadership of James McNeill Whistler, that the Society won the right to the prefix ‘Royal’.

Over the years, the Society has attracted many painters and sculptors of note including Walter Sickert, Philip de László, LS Lowry, Henry Moore, Peter Greenham, Sir Roger de Grey, Carel Weight and Colin Hayes. In 1970 the RBA transferred its assets to become the main contributor to the Federation of British Artists at Mall Galleries.

Edith has 2 pieces in this prestigious annual exhibition which features artwork by both selected artists and members of the RBA.

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