Although Moser’s and Kauffman’s senior positions appeared to show women entering new spaces, nothing changed for decades – a century even. It took until 1860 for the next female artist to be admitted to the Royal Academy (Laura Herford got in by submitting drawings using only her initials, L. H.); and until the 1890s for women to be allowed to study from the nude. The first official female Royal Academician was elected in 1936: Laura Knight; and, to date in 2022, only 9.35 per cent of Royal Academicians have been women. Like most such institutions, the Royal Academy still has a lot of work to
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