Academy of English Professors of the Liberal Arts

[1] Some English artists and art lovers founded the English Art Academy in Rome for British and Irish artists on May 11, 1752, under the leadership of the art-loving Irish nobleman James Caulfeild (1728–1799)[2][3][4] – modeled after the already existing French Académie de France à Rome.

The sole director of this art academy as well as its predecessor was the English historical and portrait painter John Parker, who had been in Rome for study purposes since 1745.

[9] However, the academy was closed down on Charlemont's orders after only six years in April 1758 due to disagreements among the artists working there.

[10] Causes also included the dispute that began in 1756 between Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Parker, and Charlemont,[11] as well as earlier "misconduct" by the homosexual painter Thomas Patch, which led to his expulsion from Rome in 1755.

Academy director John Parker also left Rome and was already at the Accademia di San Luca in 1756.