UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

System Number: 05306
Date: 30 September 1887
Author: Royal Society of British Artists^[1]
Place: London
Recipient: JW
Place: [London]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler R202
Document Type: PD

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THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS.

BALANCE SHEET

FOR THE YEAR ENDING 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1887.

[p. 2] THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS.
BALANCE SHEET^[2] FOR THE YEAR ENDING 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1887.

DR.

	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
To Balance at Bank, as per last Balance Sheet	65	16	7
Less Cheques outstanding	37	16	0
				28	0	7
Petty Cash Balance				6	13	1
							34	13	8
Admissions, Winter Exhibition 1886-7	216	2	0
Catalogues,           do.	71	6	6
				287	8	6
Admissions, Annual Exhibition 1887	231	1	0
Catalogues,           do.	69	16	6
				300	17	6
							588	6	0
Amount received from Purchasers Winter Exhibition 1886-7	1516	9	0
Less amount paid to Artists	1364	12	5
				151	16	7
Amount received from Purchasers Annual Exhibition 1887	632	6	0
Less amount paid to Artists	570	5	10
				62	0	2
							213	16	9
Amount received direct from Artists, for Commission on Sales,
1885				1	8	4
Ditto do. 1886-7				10	13	11
Ditto do. 1887				39	9	4
							51	11	7
Entrance Fee							10	10	0
Smoking Evening Tickets							25	13	0
Members' Subscriptions							414	12	0
Sub-letting of Galleries							149	18	0
Amount received from Ballot Committee							225	4	6
Ballot Tickets							9	9	0
Loan account, David Law[3]							100	0	0
Ditto,    J. McN. Whistler							500	0	0
Ditto,    David Law							50	0	0
Donation							5	5	0
Advertisements in Catalogue, 1886				9	17	8
Ditto,    do.   1886-7				8	1	3
							17	18	11
							£2396	18	5

 

CR.

				£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
By Rent to Midsummer				676	13	4
Rates and Taxes				141	15	8
Gas				42	10	3
Albo Carbon, C. W. Cooper				16	18	7
Florist, E. G. Henderson				6	6	6
Fire Insurance				6	10	6
Advertisements, 1885-6				4	10	0
Ditto,      1886				87	12	0
Ditto,      1886-7				46	0	6
Ditto, (Boardman)				13	16	0
Printing, Wyman and Co.				70	5	2
Ditto, Howlett and Sons				7	11	2
Ditto, T. Way[4]				52	9	0
Ditto Catalogues 1885, 1885-6, and 1886, Clowes & Co.				219	10	6
Law charges, Lewis and Lewis[5]				10	9	6
Ditto,     N. L. Pocock[6]				8	6	10
Salaries				105	0	0
Balance of Honorarium				2	0	0
Ditto,     Hanging Fees				10	0	0
Pepler and Co. (Smoking Evening account)				24	10	4
Press Luncheon and Conversazione, T. S. Marshall[7]				3	1	10
Ditto     do.    do.   J. Marshall[8]				19	16	11
Ditto     do.    do.   Tansley and Co.				13	19	3
Loan account, David Law				100	0	0
Ditto,   Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.				120	0	0
Decorations, Alex. Taylor[9] and Son				80	0	0
Coal Merchant				9	8	0
Hanging and Unhanging Winter and Annual Exhibitions 1886-7 and 1887				81	2	2
Wages				102	11	6
Postage				74	12	2
Amount paid to Artists 1886	£125	2	11
Less Amount received from Purchasers	19	0	0
				106	2	11
Iron Safe				4	15	0
Petty Cash				57	11	2
							2325	16	9
Balance at Bank	53	13	5
Less Cheques outstanding	4	0	0
				49	13	5
Petty Cash Balance				21	8	3
							71	1	8
							£2396	18	5

 

SUPPLEMENTAL BALANCE SHEET.^[10]

[DR.]

ASSETS.
	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
To Balance brought down				71	1	8
Sub-letting of Galleries				7	10	0
Advertisements in Catalogue				6	6	0
Entrance Fees				21	0	0
Overdue Subscriptions				221	0	0
Smoking Evening Tickets				16	13	0
Amount from Purchasers	72	5	0
Less due to Artists	68	10	2
				3	14	10
Deficit				165	4	6
				512	10	0

 

[CR.]

LIABILITIES.
	£	s.	d.
By Rent to Michaelmas	175	0	0
Anderson and Co.	62	12	6
David Law	50	0	0
Clowes and Sons, Limited	95	19	0
Wyman and Co.	57	15	7
Tansley and Co.	9	0	10
Taylor and Sons	26	17	0
Marshall and Co.	10	5	7
Mrs. Carr[11]	3	3	0
T. Way	15	15	0
Hooper and Co.	1	11	6
Coal Merchant	2	6	0
New River Co.	2	4	0
	£512	10	0

 

NOTE.^[12]

[DR.]

	£	s.	d.
To Amount received on Guarantee account	56	0	0
Balance	744	0	0
	£800	0	0

 

[CR.]

	£	s.	d.
By Amount due to Bankers	300	0	0
Ditto     do. J. McN Whistler	500	0	0
	£800	0	0

 

The above is a correct abstract from the Books of the Society.

(Signed) A. W. WEEDON^[13],

L. C. HENLEY^[14].

Auditors.

This document is protected by copyright.

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Notes:

1.  Royal Society of British Artists
JW was President of the RBA at this time.

2.  BALANCE SHEET
The first table under this heading appears on the left side of page and the second table on the right.

3.  David Law
David Law (1831-1901), RBA treasurer, painter and etcher [more].

4.  T. Way
Thomas Way (1837-1915), lithographic printer [more].

5.  Lewis and Lewis
Sir George Henry Lewis (1833-1911), society lawyer [more].

6.  N. L. Pocock
Noël L. Pocock (b. ca 1849), solicitor [more].

7.  T. S. Marshall
Possibly Caterers.

8.  J. Marshall
Unidentified.

9.  Alex. Taylor
Upholsterers.

10.  SUPPLEMENTAL BALANCE SHEET.
The first table under this heading appears on the left side of page and the second table on the right.

11.  Mrs. Carr
Mrs Carr, possibly an employee of the Royal Society of British Artists.

12.  NOTE.
The first table under this heading appears on the left side of page and the second table on the right.

13.  A. W. WEEDON
Augustus Walford Weedon (1838-1908), watercolour painter, RBA auditor [more].

14.  L. C. HENLEY
Lionel Charles ('Bill') Henley (1843-1893), genre painter, RBA auditor [more].