The Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers was society of etchers established in London in
1880 and given a
Royal Charter in
1888. In
1991, the society was renamed the
Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers.The society was established for the promotion of original etching as an art form. The first six fellows, all elected on 31st July 1880, were
Francis Seymour Haden, Heywood Hardy,
Hubert von Herkomer,
Alphonse Legros, Robert Macbeth and
James Tissot. The Society had remarkably few Presidents. They were: Sir
Francis Seymour Haden (1880-1910), Sir
Francis Job Short (1910-1938), Malcolm Osborne (1938-1962), Robert Austin (1962-1970), Paul Drury (1970-1975), Harry Eccleston (1975-1989), and Joseph Winkelman (1989-1991), when the Society was renamed.
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