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There have been three Exhibitions during the past year. Those 

 in the Autumn and Spring were of the usual character, and 

 consisted of the best work by modern artists that could be obtained, 

 many of tlie leading artists in both Oil and Water Colours being 

 represented at one or both Exhibitions. Local artists were also well 

 in evidence, and it is a cheering sign that their work shows steady 

 improvement. From the two Exhibitions fifty-four pictures were 

 sold, a very satisfactory result, and the Art Union was more success- 

 ful than for several years past. For the Summer Exhibition the 

 Board of Education lent a valuable collection of water colours, 

 engravings, and lithographs illustrating ancient Pompeii, and the 

 proprietors of the GrapJiic some interesting original sketches. The 

 thanks of the Committee and the Council are also due to Messrs. 

 Henry Graves & Co., the eminent Fine Art dealers, for valuable 

 loans during the year. 



The Autumn Exhibition, which was opened on October 23rd, 

 is a highly attractive one, and the Committee confidently expect a 

 large number of visitors. Mr. George Woodiwiss, J. P., D.L., of 

 Bath, has kindly contributed some of the most important pictures 

 from his choice collection to add to the interest of this Exhibition. 



The Committee desire to acknowledge once more the courtesy 

 of the authorities of the Victoria and Albert Museum, who, as usual 

 before changing the loan collection, consulted them as to the 

 most desirable objects to send. The articles displayed in the four 

 cases lent by the Board of Education, will be found to be eminently 

 suitable for study by those interested in the Art industries of the 

 town and neighbourhood. 



The Committee desire to thank the Council for acquiring some of 

 the property adjacent to the Gallery for the purposes of future 

 extension, and they hope that further opportunities in the same 

 direction will be taken advantage of. The Gallery is quite full, 

 and at every Exhibition numbers of pictures submitted have to be 

 rejected for want of room. 



The building is in a satisfactory state of repair, and the Upper 

 Gallery was repainted in July last. The staircase and Lower Gallery 

 will be done at the first convenient opportunity. The ordinary 

 expenses have been kept at the lowest possible level, consistent 



