have, upon several occasions, been introduced touches of 

 pathos, as when the children from the neighbouring 

 Blind Asylum have been brought in, and have been 

 found doing what is not allowed to others, gently finger- 

 ing the objects, that so they might learn something of 

 their nature, or eagerly listening to the oral explana- 

 tions of their teachers ; and, as when the Crimean 

 Veterans looked upon the Badminton portrait of their 

 old commander, Lord Raglan. 



In presenting their report to the City Council, the 

 Committee wish to take the opportunity of thanking 

 collectively, on behalf of the Council, those who have 

 kindly lent their Works of Art for the temporary 

 enjoyment of others, many of whom have no Art 

 treasures of their own. They have helped, far more 

 than they have perhaps realised, to ensure the true 

 success of the Committee's initial effort. Beyond this, 

 the Committee have of course looked forward to 

 the gradual accumulation of a permanent collection 

 of Works of Art, one object being that they might in 

 this way emphasise the fact that a good picture is a 

 thing to be looked at, if possible, not once or twice, but 

 many times, in order that it may be understood and 

 fully appreciated. They are, therefore, delighted to have 

 it recorded in the Superintendent's report, that whereas 

 at the end of last year they could only count upon less 

 than a dozen pictures as being the property of the 

 Corporation, at the time of sending this report to press 

 the number of exhibited oil and water-colour paintings 

 then forming the permanent collection had increased to 

 seventy-four, and that the entire number of Works of 

 Art, including Statuary, that will always have a place 

 in the Gallery is ninety- six. This is most encouraging, 

 and it shows the correctness of what was said at the 



