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Amongst the contributors to this Exhibition may be 

 mentioned the Duke of Beaufort, the Earl of Northbrook, 

 Lord Aberdare, Lord Brassey, Hon. Walter Long, M.P.. 

 George Gibbs, Esq., M.P., Lady Weston, and Lady 

 Smyth. 



The pictures themselves covered the whole range of 

 animal-painting in Great Britain, from George Stubbs, 

 A.R.A., to H. W. B. Davis, R.A., including Sir Edwin 

 Landseer, who was well represented by a large painting 

 from the collection of the Duke of Beaufort, and the 

 famous "Sick Monkey," from Lord Northbrook, not to 

 mention several smaller works lent by the Board ot 

 Education, etc. 



The entire Exhibition was composed as follows : — 

 Permanent Collection, 128; Loans from Private Collec- 

 tors, Artists, etc, 255 ; and Loans from Corporation and 

 other Galleries, 36 ; making a total of 419 pictures on view. 



Of the 291 pictures comprising the Loan Collection 

 proper, 188 were oil-paintings, 44 water-colours and 

 pastels, and 59 engravings, etchings, etc. 



Four thousand one hundred and seventy- four Cata- 

 logues of this Exhibition were sold. 



Permanent Collection. 



The Permanent Collection has gained considerably 

 by the addition of twenty-two oil-paintings by William 

 James Miiller, the gift of Lady Weston, in memory of 

 her late husband, Sir Joseph D. Weston. The most 

 notable picture in the collection is undoubtedly, " The 

 Avenue of Sphinxes, Luxor." This gift is referred to by 

 the Committee at page 9. 



Another important acquisition is that of a large oil- 

 painting by John Linnell, entitled " The Woodcutters," 

 and presented by Sir Frederick Wills, Bart. 



