30 



Members of the Wesleyan Conference, to the number of 

 about i, 200, who were heartily entertained by the Lord 

 Mayor and Lady Mayoress. The Galleries were opened 

 to the public on July 22nd. The Exhibition on this 

 occasion consisted of the following: — 196 oil-paintings, 

 83 water-colour paintings, 52 Turner drawings, 48 

 engravings, etc., and 7 pieces of sculpture, making in 

 all a total of 386 works of art. 



Of the 379 pictures, 20 were lent by His Grace the 

 Duke of Beaufort ; 5 by Her Grace the Dowager Duchess 

 of Beaufort; 226 by other private owners in Bristol 

 and the neighbourhood ; 52 Turner drawings by the 

 Trustees of the National Gallery ; 25 came from the 

 Council House, lent by the Estates and General Purposes 

 Committee of the Bristol Corporation ; and 5 1 others 

 which formed at that time the permanent collection. 



This Second Exhibition will close on December 30th, 

 1905. Up to September 29th 6,140 Catalogues had been 

 sold since the opening of this Exhibition. The attend- 

 ance up to that date is given on page 43. 



RICHARD QUICK, 



Superintendent of Art Gallery 



and A ntiquities. 



