66 ART GALLERY. 
4. Historical Exhibition of Liverpool Art—from 25rd May 
to 4th July. 
5. 38th Annual Autumn Exhibition of Modern Art—from 
12th September, 1908, to 2nd January, 1909. 
The Historical Exhibition of Liverpool Art was arranged by the 
following Special Committee, formed in pursuance of the resolution 
of the Library, Museum and Arts Committee on lst June, 1906, and 
confirmed by the City Council on 13th June, 1906:—John Lea, 
Ksq., J.P. (Chairman), Sir William B. Forwood, D.L., Colonel 
W. Hall Walker, M.P., Alderman J. N. Stolterfoht, G. Hall Neale, 
Esq., R. E. Morrison, Esq., David Woodlock, Esq., E. Rimbault 
Dibdin, Esq. (Secretary). 
The following final report by the above Committee was adopted 
by the City Council on 6th January, 1909 :— 
The Curator has the honour to report that, at the last meeting of 
the Executive Committee of the Historical Exhibition of Liverpool 
Art he submitted a statement of accounts, together with his report 
on the result of the Exhibition. It was resolved to refer the matter 
to the Art and Exhibitions Sub-Committee, and to the Liverpool 
Academy. A copy of the report is appended, together with letter 
from the Secretary of the Liverpool Academy and his reply. 
The Exhibition was undertaken, in the first instance, without any 
expectation of profit. It was, however, felt that the duty clearly 
devolved upon the Art Gallery of giving effect to a widespread desire 
that an exhibition should be held of the works of the Liverpool 
artists of the past, and the proposal, on being formally submitted to 
the City Council in June, 1906, was approved, and the appointment 
of a Special Committee was confirmed. This Committee was 
composed of members of the Art and Exhibitions Sub-Committee, 
and the Liverpool Academy, that body having projected a similar 
exhibition, but on a smaller and inadequate scale. As a result, it 
became desirable to give representation to living painters, and this 
enlargement of the plan rendered the enterprise more costly. It was 
hoped, however, that it would increase the public interest. 
