William Shipley, Founder of the Royal Society of Arts, A Biography with Documents

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Physical description; xvi, 239 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., 1 port. ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-234) and index. Subjects; Shipley, William (English painter, 1714-1803). Shipley, William (1715-1803) — Studies. Shipley, William bap. (1715, d. 1803) founder of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts...Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) — History. Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) — Biography. Royal Society of Arts — History. Royal Society of Arts — Biography. Painters, British — 18th century — Biography. Inventors. Scientists. Inventors. Arts administrators. Inventors — Great Britain — Biography. Inventors — England — Biography. Arts administrators — Great Britain — Biography. London (England). Arts associations. Biographies. Shipley, William, (1714-1803). 18th Century — History — Organizations — Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts. Manufactures and Commerce — Shipley William. Genres; Bibliography. Biographies. Biography. Illustrated. - List of illustrations - Acknowledgements - Foreword by H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh - Chronology I. INTRODUCTION [a] The biographical problem [b] The historical setting 2 PRELUDE [i] Family background and education [ii] Artistic training and the first London period [iii] The move to Northampton, 1747 [iv] Scientific curiosity, 1748-50 3. ACHIEVEMENT [v] The Northampton Fuel Scheme and the 'Proposals', 1751-2 [vi] The ‘Scheme for putting the Proposals in Execution’, 1753 [vii] The return to London and the foundation of the Society of Arts, 1753-5 4 CONSOLIDATION [viii] Correspondence with Charles Whitworth, 1755 [ix] Secretary and Register, 1755-60 [x] ‘Shipley’s School’, 1753-8 [xi] ‘Shipley’s School’, 1758-68 [xii] Relations with the Society of Arts, 1760-78 5. DISENGAGEMENT AND REINVOLVEMENT [xiii] Marriage and Maidstone, 1767-86 [xiv] More inventions, 1778-87 [xv] Educational schemes, 1781-7 [xvi] The closing years, 1788-1803 124 - Notes - Documents - Lists and tables - Bibliography and Iconography - Index