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Queen — the funeral cortege coming up the Solent, 1901," 

 by W. L. Wyllie, R.A. ; and (3) " Opening of the Royal 

 Edward Dock, Avonmouth, by their Majesties the King 

 and Queen, gth July, 1908," by A. Wilde Parsons. 



Amongst the contributors to this Exhibition may 

 be mentioned the Earl of Derby, the Lord Mayor, the 

 late Sir Donald Currie, George Gibbs, Esq., M.P., 

 Cunard S.S. Co., Union Castle Co., Royal Mail Steam 

 Packet Co., Fairfield Shipbuilding Co., and the Society 

 of Merchant Venturers. 



The entire Exhibition was composed as follows : — 

 Permanent Collection, 160; Loans from Private Collec- 

 tors, Artists, etc., 173 ; and Loans from Corporation and 

 other Galleries, 44; making a total of 377 pictures on view. 



Of the 217 pictures comprising the Loan Collection 

 proper, 1 36 were oil-paintings, 8 1 water-colours, drawings, 

 and photographs. 



Two thousand eight hundred and seventy-six Cata- 

 logues of this Exhibition were sold. 



Permanent Collection. 



The Permanent Collection has been increased by 

 twenty-one pictures. The most important gifts are a 

 landscape by Vicat Cole, R.A., from Mr. Arthur 

 Robinson ; a smaller example by Mr. J. W. North, 

 A.R.A., from the Executors of the late Mr. Wm. Bryant ; 

 an interesting subject-picture of Chatterton, by Mrs. 

 Henrietta Ward, the widow of the late E. M. Ward, R.A., 

 from Mr. Heber Mardon ; and the Subscription picture 

 commemorating the Royal Opening of the new Avon- 

 mouth Dock, by the local marine painter, Mr. Wilde 

 Parsons. 



The principal purchases have been " In Dartmouth 

 Harbour," by Mr. David Murray, RA. ; two charac- 



