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  Abbreviations used in this site:
 
Note: the following prefixes are widely used with the initials of academies and institutions:

A
F
H
P

b.
BWS
cm.
d.
exh.
fl.
ICA
IELA
IMMA
in.
NA
NCA
NCAD
NEAC
NGI
OWS
RA
RBA
RBS
RCA
RE
RDS
RHA
RI
RIA
ROI
RSA
RSMA
RUA
RWA
RWS
WCSI

Associate
Fellow
onorary academician or member or council member
resident or past president

born
BWS British Watercolour Society
centimetre or centimetres
died
exhibited
flourished
Institute of Contemporary Arts
Irish Exhibition of Living Art
Irish Museum of Modern Art
inch or inches
National Academy, New York
National College of Art, Dublin
National College of Art & Design, Dublin
New English Art Club
National Gallery of Ireland
Old Watercolour Society, London
Royal Academy, London
Royal Society of British Artists
Royal Society of British Sculptors
Royal College of Art
Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers
Royal Dublin Society
Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours
Royal Irish Academy
Royal Institute of Oil Painters
Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (London)
Royal Society of Marine Artists
Royal Ulster Academy of Arts
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours
Watercolour Society of Ireland


References:

Snoddy - Theo Snoddy, Dictionary of Irish Artists 20th Century, Second Edition, Dublin, 2002
Strickland - Walter G. Strickland, A Dictionary of Irish Artists, Dublin, 1913