58 ART GALLERY. 
be added to the Roscoe Room. The result of these operations, which 
were completed in time for the opening of the Autumn Exhibition, 
has, so far as accessible to the public, met with general approval. 
The new tea room is commodious, wholesome, and free from the 
special fire danger presented by the previous one, and its makeshift 
kitchen; and in the new workroom the Gallery possesses, for the 
first time, a place in which practical work can be satisfactorily 
carried on. New Velarium Blinds on an improved plan were fitted 
in rooms H and M. 
The work of making necessary and desirable repairs on pictures and 
frames has been carried on steadily, a large number of frames have 
been put in order and regilt, new frames have been provided in some 
cases, the lettering of the frames has been further proceeded with, 
and more pedestals for sculpture have been procured. The respon- 
sible task of relining the ‘‘ Dante’s Dream,”’ by D. G. Rossetti, was 
satisfactorily carried out in one of the workrooms of the National 
Gallery, and thereafter the canvas was placed on a new panelled 
stretcher, with a view to its better preservation. The frame was 
regilded, and this valuable picture is now in a condition in which it 
may reasonably be considered secure from deterioration for very 
many years. Thanks are due to the Trustees and Director of the 
National Gallery for their valuable assistance in the matter. At 
its Meeting on 5th May, the City Council affirmed a resolution of 
the Art and Exhibitions Sub-Committee, approving of the manner 
in which the work had been done. 
Other pictures and frames attended to, include those hung in the 
Brown Reading Room. 
The Statue “ Peace,” by the late E. Onslow Ford, R.A., was found 
to be ina bad condition, due to a faulty patina, and, after the bronze 
had been sent to a foundry for attention, it was found that there 
had been serious defects in the original casting. The work has now 
been very satisfactorily put in order. 
The task of conserving the “ Roscoe” Collection in terms of the 
recent agreement with the Trustees of the Royal Institution, has 
been the subject of constant attention, and very good progress has 
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