In 1814 the Birmingham Academy of Arts, the forerunner of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, staged its inaugural exhibition. It was the first public display of art by local practitioners to be held in Birmingham.Celebrating two hundred years since this momentous occasion, the exhibition and accompanying catalogue entitled \'A Place for Art: The Story of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists\' is the first in-depth examination of the Society\'s extensive and illustrious historyThe project and catalogue have been supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund and by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.An ex-library copy with some associated stamps and stickers. Edges slightly bumped. Scarce book.