Its main object was to illustrate the rise and 

 progress of water-colour painting of the British School, 

 and to this end a selection of 292 examples were lent 

 by the Board of Education from the National Gallery 

 of British Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 

 South Kensington. Besides this series there were 184 

 other works, including a number by Nicholas Pocock, a 

 Bristolian, who was one of the original members and 

 founders of the Society of Painters in Water-Colours, 

 making in all a total of 476 pictures on exhibition. 

 These other pictures were contributed mainly from local 

 and other private collections. 



By invitation from the Superintendent, during the 

 month of April, parties of senior scholars, together 

 with their teachers, from twenty-one Council Schools 

 in Bristol and the District, visited the Art Gallery and 

 were conducted by the Superintendent, who described 

 the more important pictures and explained the history 

 and development of the art of water-colour painting. 

 Much interest was displayed by the children and many 

 notes were taken. The total attendance on these 

 occasions was 682, giving an average attendance per 

 class of 32. 



Of this Loan Exhibition 3,541 catalogues were sold, 

 and of the Permanent Collection 1,785, making a total 

 sale of 5 326 catalogues. The visitors to the exhibition 

 during this period totalled 109,145. 



Fourth Loan Exhibition. — The fourth exhibition 

 of Permanent and Loan pictures commenced on 

 Saturday, 2nd of June, and will close on 30th November 

 next. 



The Loan collection, of 19th century British Art, 

 contains 325 pictures, and is composed as follows : — 



