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v>'orks exhibited for the first time, aucl especially painted for this Exhibition 

 by artists of the very highest repute, and which gave to it an eclat to vrhich 

 hitherto provincial Exhibitions have not been able to lay claim. This grati- 

 fying feature may, they trust, become more prominent every year. 



The munificent offer of the present Mayor of providing the town with a 

 Gallery of Art, must of necessity give an increased impetus to our Annual 

 Exhibitions, and will doubtless ensure the next year's being a still greater 

 success than the last. 



The Committee cannot conclude their Report without calling attention to 

 the many collateral results that have been found to arise from their Exhibitions 

 — among which the greatly inci'eased personal intercourse between the Artists 

 and Amateurs, which they have fostered, should be regarded as not the least 

 beneficial to the interests of Art. The Committee think that they are justified 

 in attributing in great measure, to these Exhibitions the late rapid spread of a 

 general interest in and love of Art in this town, which a few years ago was 

 restricted to a comparatively confined circle. 



The surplus from the previous year, aided by a grant from the Library 

 fund, has been expended in the purchase of the following pictures : — " The 

 Pescheria," by Goodall; "Even-song," by Mark Antony; and "Sintram," 

 by Miss Starr. 



The following works of art have also been presented during the year :— » 

 DONATIONS. 



Two marble statues by John Gibson, R.A. ("Flora" and "Cupid Dis- 

 guised.") Presented by Mr. Richard Alison. 



An ancient Japanese imperial vase of Cloisonne enamel, with ease and 

 stand. Presented by Mr. James L. Bowes. 



A portrait of Mrs. Bower, of Plymouth, by Sir Joshua Eeynolds. Pre- 

 sented by Mr. W. S. Caine. 



A life-size marble bust of the late Mr. James Newlands, C.E., Liverpool 

 Borough Engineer, by G. E. Ewing. Presented by Mr. Robert Galloway 

 on behalf of the subscribers. 



Pull-length portrait in oil of the late Mr. William Ewart, of Liverpool, 

 by Mosses. Presented by the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P. 



A large vase from the Royal Porcelain Manufactory at Berlin, with the 

 painting thereon of " Eurydice vanishing from Orpheus." Presented by 

 Mr. James Harrison. 



