THE WALKER ART GALLERY. 



The Curator begs to report that the work of the Art Department 

 during the year 1900 was of a satisfactory character, except that the 

 limited space for displaying the Permanent Collection caused the 

 aeed of some enlargement of the Gallery to he more than ever 

 apparent. Cnless some addition is made to the hanging space in 

 the near future it will he necessary to store many of the works of 

 art in the cellars during the greater part of the year. 



Tlie continual re-arrangement necessitated every year by addi- 

 tions to the Collection renders the disposition of the pictures in 

 harmonious grouping more and more difficult, and in the case of 

 Sculpture any classification and chronological sequence is impossible 

 in consequence of the insufficient space. 



During the year there have been a large number of applications 

 for permission to reproduce the more important works in the collec- 

 tion, and these have, in nearly all cases, been granted on the usual 

 terms — an agreement being signed and a nominal fee paid in 

 acknowledgment of the Committee's property in the several copy- 

 rights. The Committee have also arranged with Messrs. Eyre and 

 Spottiswoode, the King's printers, for the publication of a number of 

 re productions of the pictures, which will be printed in carbon, 

 platinotype and other media. 



The same firm have also, by arrangement with the Committee, 

 prepared and published an Illustrated Catalogue of the Permanent 

 Collection, which contains thirty-five reproductions, and is a marvel 

 of cheapness, and admirable process work. The Catalogue has been 

 highly appreciated, and is meeting with a ready sale. The 

 importance of the City Collection is shown by the fact that the 

 publishers have issued Catalogues of the National Gallery, the Tate 

 Gallery, the Walker Art Gallery being chosen for the third of the 

 series. 



