Charles Barry - Awards and Recognition

Awards and Recognition

• Barry was elected Associate of the Royal Academy on 2 November 1840
• On 10 February 1842 Barry was elected an Royal Academician of the Royal Academy, his diploma work being a drawing of the south front of the Travellers Club.
• He was recognized by the main artistic bodies of many European countries, and was enrolled as a member of the academies of art in Rome (Accademia di San Luca) in 1842, Saint Petersburg (1845), Brussels (1847), Prussia (1849) and Stockholm (1850). He was later elected to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
• Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1849.
• Awarded the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 1850, it was presented to him on 3 June by Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey, the President of the Institute.
• Barry was knighted in 1852 by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle, marking the completion of the main interiors of the Palace of Westminster.
• After the foundation of the American Institute of Architects in 1857 Barry was elected a member.
• A London County Council blue plaque, unveiled in 1950, commemorates Barry at "The Elms", his house by Clapham Common.