The Society’s archives include portfolios of work by three past Presidents, Seymour Haden, Frank Short and Robert Austin, a pen and ink drawing by James Tissot, letters to the engraver Thomas Lupton (1791 - 1873), letters and photographs of Malcolm Osborne PRE in service in Egypt and Palestine 1917 - 1918, and the scientific papers of Sir Frank Short PRE amongst which is an account book of JMW Turner’s engraver, WB Cooke.

As part of a programme for the University of Western England, Paul Thirkell RE has documented most of the RE Diploma Collection which is currently stored at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. For more information and to view a selection of the works please click on the link.