Royal Academy of Arts as somewhat anachronistic. But efforts are made to award each prize to a student producing work that bears a relation to the intentions of the original benefactor. The Royal Academy has an important collection of books, archives and works of art accessible for research and display. A large part of these collections have been digitised and can be investigated through the Collection website. The first president of the Royal Academy, Sir Joshua Reynolds, gave his noted self-portrait, beginning the Royal Academy collection. This was followed by gifts from other founding members, such as Gainsborough and Benjamin West. Subsequently each elected
Betsey (1768 ship) Betsey (1768 ship) Betsey was a Guineaman (slave ship), launched at Liverpool in 1768. She made several voyages transporting slaves from West Africa to the Caribbean until 1777 when the British Royal Navy purchased her at Antigua, named her rHMS "Comet", and armed her as a sloop-of-war. She sailed to England in 1778, where the Navy sold her. Between 1768 and 1777 "Betsey" made some seven or eight voyages transporting slaves from West Africa to the Caribbean. The 1776 issue of "Lloyd's Register" is the first issue available online that lists "Betsey". It shows her trade as Liverpool-Africa, and her