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MESSAGE:
I've found a reference to JW being on the Board of the ABI in 1895. Does anyone know how long he was on the Board, or how I could find out?
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Hi Neil,
Maybe you've already found this ... but, it seems the ABI is located "in accommodation provided by the Royal Academy of Arts "... also found this address:
THE ARTISTS GENERAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION
BURLINGTON HOUSE, PICCADILLY
W1J 0BB LONDON, LONDON
Phone: 020 77341193
Fax: 020 77349966 ( from CYLEX Business Directory)
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'Art Notes', New York Times, February 10th, 1895
Waterhouse is mentioned as being a Trustee of The Artists' General Benevolent Institution of Great Britain:
The Artists' General Benevolent Institution of Great Britain has distributed, since its establishment, in 1814, over $500,000 to needy artists and their families. The institution has now a yearly income of between $20,000 and $25,000. Sir John Millais, R.A.; J.W. Waterhouse, R.A., and Mr. Douglas Gordon are among the Trustees.
(Can be found towards bottom of this lovely webpage of excerpts shared by Julia.)
thanks Cathy, Julia has done an excellent job of collecting these excerpts.
I'll approach the ABI direct (it appears to have a staff of one) for details.
Cheers
Neil
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