GRANTS AWARDED BY
THE ALBERT DAWSON EDUCATIONAL TRUST

2005 ONWARDS

• Since 2005 the Trust has awarded an annual grant towards the publication costs of the Journal of the Decorative Arts Society (DAS)

2006

• Grant to The Watts Gallery towards production cost of the Illustrated booklet to accompany their exhibition onThe Compton Pottery.

2009

• Grant to Lutterworths to support the printing costs of a book on Henry Wilson by Dr Cindy Manton.

2010

• Grant to DAS. Payment in satisfaction of a guarantee given in support of ticket sales for a seminar held with the V&A on The Display of Decorative Arts in Museums.

2020

• Grant to The Bowes Museum’s exhibition “Pre-Raphaelite Knights Re-inventing the Medieval World”. Grant towards display stands and educational interactive items, including an interactive jigsaw of stained glass “Young Saint in Armour”, and various pieces of reproduction armour for visitors to try on.

2022

• Grant to Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum in support of their exhibition Modern Pre-Raphaelite Visionaries. A grant to cover packing and transport of a picture offered on loan.
• Grant to The Furniture History Society in support of work by BIFMO (British & Irish Furniture Makers Online) to digitise the entire series of catalogues issued by the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society, including all media exhibited as well as furniture, with complete index, to make them available as an online resource.
• Grant to Unicorn Press in support of publication costs of “A Singular Man”, a book on the life and work of Frederick Sandys by Betty Elzea.

2023

• Grant to the Ashmolean Museum in support of the exhibition “Colour Revolution”
• Grant to the University of Leeds, Brotherton Library to cover the cost of archiving the records of the collection of Peter Rose and Albert Gallichan
• Grant to Emery Walker Trust in support of publication costs of book on the life of Sir Emery Walker by Helen Elletson
• Grant to The Attingham Trust to fund 3 scholarships on the Study Programme “Arts & Crafts Houses and Gardens” September 2024
• Grant to Yale University Press in support of publication costs of a book “Standen: The Arts and Crafts Masterpiece of Philip Webb and Morris and Co” with the involvement of the National Trust
• Grant to Yale University Press in support of the cost of obtaining images for a book “Fashioning Liberty” by Anna Buruma.
• Grant to The Victoria & Albert Museum to support digitalization of Liberty Mail Order Catalogues 1883(approx.) to 1920

2024

• Grant to the David Parr House to fund a Guide Book to the house, recording the life and work of David Parr.
• Grant to The Ashmolean Museum to support the publication of a book on May Morris Embroideries by Lynn Hulse.
• Grant to Leighton House in support of the publication costs of the catalogue of the “Leighton and Landscape” Exhibition in November 2024
• Grant to Peyton Skipwith to fund the cost of photos of Madresfield Chapel etc as part of his research into Earl Beauchamp’s patronage of the Arts and Crafts movement for a forthcoming book or series of articles.
• Grant to Dr Peter Lindfield to part-fund his book “George Shaw (1810-76): Diaries and Letters of an Architect, Antiquary and Forger”
• Grant to Dr Caroline Dakers to fund images in an online free publication by UCL Press on Alfred Morrison 1821-1897 edited by Dr Dakers.
• Grant to The Victorian Society to cover the cost of certain illustrations in “The Rogue Goths” by Edmund Harris.

2025

• Grant to Yale University Press in support of the publication costs of  “Martin Battersby & The Art of Deception” by Martin Pel
• Grant to Yale University Press in support of the publication costs of “The Royal Pavilion Brighton”by Dr Alexandra Loske
• Grant to Dr Megan Aldrich in support of the publication costs of a book on Thomas Rickman, Architect & Designer
• Grant to Dr Susie Beckham in support of the publication costs of a book of essays “Shaping Nineteenth Century Art History: Objects and Aspirations in Britain and Beyond”
• Grant to The Pugin Society in support of the publication costs of “Works of the Pugin Dynasty: Part III” by Dr Gerard Hyland
• Supplementary Grant to Dr Caroline Dakers in support of the publication costs of her book “Millionaire Shopping: The Collections of Alfred Morrison”
• Grant to The Bard Graduate Centre in support of the catalogue and associated photography for the Exhibition “Philip Webb:  Architect and Designer”

2026

• Grant to Edward Waterson and Roger Carr-Whitworth in support of the publication costs of their monograph on Walter Brierley
• Grant to the Royal College of Art to fund a Scholarship for their one year Master of Research course
• Grant to the Victorian Society of America to fund a Scholarship for their 2026 London Summer School
• Grant to Mark Bills in support of the publication costs of his monograph on William Powell Frith
• Grant to Prof Timothy Brittain-Catlin and Simon Edwards in support of the costs of photography for their monograph on Horace Field
• Grant to Lund Humphries in support of the publication costs of “The Country Houses of David Bryce”by Ralph St. Clair Wade
• Grant to the Fitzwilliam Museum in support of the Learning and Public Programme of the exhibition “A Call to Art: William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites” in October 2026
• Grant to the Royal Collection Trust to fund a training scheme for two years for future young conservators in support of the conservation of the Rockingham Dessert Service
• Supplementary Grant to Dr Megan Aldrich in support of the publication costs of her book on Thomas Rickman, Architect & Designer
• Grant to the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings in support of  their 150th Anniversary Exhibition at Standen House, Sussex
• Grant to Dr Caroline Dakers in support of photography of Victorian images for her publication “Artists Not Art: Bohemian or Gentleman, The Artist in Popular Culture 1850-1950
• Grant to Simon Toll in support of the publication costs of his monograph on Sir Edward Poynter
• Grant to Kathryn Ferry in support of the costs of photography for her monograph on Eugenius Birch
• Grant to Court Barn Museum in support of their 2027 exhibition on 20 Arts and Crafts designer-makers with texts derived from Alan Crawford