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ARI GALLERY. 89 
The Autumn Exhibition was open during 89 days and 64 evenings, 
from 23rd September, 1907, to 4th January, 1908. 
The general plan, as modified in the preceding year, was followed. 
In addition to the Continental Room there was again a complete 
exhibition of works (96 in number), by members of the Royal 
Society of Miniature Painters, which again proved a particularly 
attractive feature; a “ Black and White” section; and a collective 
exhibition of pictures by members of the Pastel Society: an 
innovation which was greatly appreciated. Two of the Exhibits 
in it were purchased for the Permanent Collection. 
By arrangement with the Director of Education, the plan 
initiated at the Holman Hunt Exhibition was made applicable to 
the Autumn Exhibition, and, to enhance the educational value of 
the visit, the sum of £5 was given by a Member of the Sub- 
Committee to be awarded in prizes for the best essays on the subject. 
To assist the teachers, the Curator and Miss C. I. V. Dibdin, B.A., 
prepared special ‘‘ Notes on the Exhibition,” which were printed and 
circulated. 
The first prize was won by Harold W. Dolan (Boaler Street 
School), and the two second prizes by Norah Pollard (Brae Street 
School) and Maud Armstrong (Upper Park Street School). There 
were also twenty other prizes. 
As in 1906, the proprietors of the ‘‘ Liverpool Courier” offered 
prizes for a special voting competition in connection with the 
Exhibition, which resulted in the distribution of pictures of the 
catalogue value of £133. 
The attendance of the public was as follows :— 
At One Shilling (89 days)..................06 21,317 
At Sixpence (53 evenings) ................6655 13,271 
At Threepence (11 evenings) ............... 8,105 
42,693 
