Here you will see a list of abbreviations for the Galleries, Academies and Associations where artists’ work has been accepted for hanging for exhibition. The process of acceptance by hanging committees is generally agreed to be a measure of ability, quality and success.
AB Abbey Gallery
AG Agnew & Sons Gallery
ALP Alpine Club Gallery
AR Arlington Gallery
B Royal Society of Arts, Birmingham
BA Beaux Art Gallery
BAR Barbizon House
BG Baillie Gallery
BK Brook Street Art Gallery
BRU Bruton Gallery
BWS Birmingham Watercolour Society
CAR Carfax and Co Galleries
CG Colnaghi & Co Galleries
CHE Chenil and New Chenil Galleries
CON Connell & Sons Gallery
COO Cooling & Sons Gallery
D Dudley Gallery and New Dudley Gallery
DOW Dowdeswell Galleries
FIN Fine Art Society
FRSA Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
G Grosvenor Gallery
GI Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts
GOU Goupil Gallery
I International Society
L Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
LEF Lefevre Gallery
LEI Leicester Gallery
LS London Salon
LSC Langham Sketching Club
M Manchester City Art Gallery
N Nottingham Museum Art Gallery
NEA New English Art Club
NG New Gallery
NSA Nottingham Society of Artists
P Royal Society of Portrait Painters
RA Royal Academy
RBA Royal Society of British Artists
RCA Royal Cambrian Academy
RE Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers
RED Redfern Gallery
RHA Royal Hibernian Academy
RI Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours
RID Ridley Art Club
RMS Royal Miniature Society
ROI Royal Institute of Oil Painters
RP Royal Society of Portrait Painters
RSA Royal Scottish Academy
RSW Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water Colours
RWA Royal West of England Academy
SWA Society of Women Artists
TOO Arthur Tooth & Sons Gallery
WG Walker’s Gallery, London
WGA Wapping Group of Artists
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