Henry Hitchings

Science and philanthropy meet in the Royal Society of Arts

Its projects may have been ridiculed occasionally, but the Society has always been a force for good, as Anton Howes demonstrates

‘The Distribution of Premiums in the Society of Arts’ by James Barry , 1777-84. Bridgeman images
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  • Arts & Minds: How the Royal Society of Arts Changed a Nation

    Anton Howes

    Princeton University Press, pp. 416, £30

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