On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, Amalyah Keshet wrote:

> Okay, I'll wander a bit further... Once when visiting the Huntington in
> Pasadena, and enjoying the British paintings, I overheard the chap next
> to me ask his companion, "What does that R.A. after the artist's name
> mean?"  The companion immediately and obligingly replied "Oh, that means
> Real Artist."
>
> Maybe "I don't know" is better!

   Well now, if you think about it, R.A. *does* mean Real Artist, in the
judgment of the peers who elected him to the Royal Academy!

     Hank Burchard * <[log in to unmask]> * Washington DC | USA