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fine arte. 



The Committee purchased from the Autumn Exhibition 

 of the Royal West of England Academy the following 

 pictures : — 



Oil paintings — " St. Elizabeth," by E. Blair Leighton. 

 ,, ,, " Day Dreams," by Walter Langley. 



,, ,, " What Grandmamma Wore," by Petqr 



Leslie. 

 Water-colour — " The Tragedy of Reims," by A. Pisa. 



From other sources were purchased the following water- 

 colours : — 



" Bristol from Brandon Hill," by S. Jackson. 



" St. Mary Redcliff," by J. Syer. 



" Temple Church," by J. Syer. 



" The Horse Fair in 1820," by A. E. Parkman. 



By the Bequest of the late T. M. Hale the following 

 pictures have come into the collection : — 



Oil painting — " Little Red Riding Hood," by J. Curnock. 

 Water-colour — " The Orphans," by J. Qurnock. 

 Water-colour — " Landscape," by J. Jackson Curnock. 



The Executors of the late J. Anthony Bird commissioned 

 Mr. Ernest Board, R.W.A., to execute a finished picture of 

 his historical sketch, " The Marriage of William Penn and 

 Hannah Callowhill at the Quakers' Friars, 5th Jan., 1696," 

 for the Galleries. This has been received, and has proved, as 

 might be expected, an admirable and beautiful example of 

 the artist's work. 



Mr. G. Hamilton-Smith has presented the three following 

 works, the first two in oils, and the third in water-colour : — 

 " St. Mary Redcliffe," by S. C. Jones. 

 "The Destruction of Carthage," by P. F. Poole, R.A. 

 " The Red Maids' School," by Eyre Crowe, A. R.A. 



