70 ART GALLERY. 
Friends,’’ by W. Huggins; No. 387, ‘‘ Interior of a Butcher’s 
Shop,’ by Jan Steen; No. 285, “‘ Venus beseeching Vulcan ”’ ; 
No. 47, ‘‘ Farm Buildings,’’ by Patrick Nasmyth; No. 897, 
‘White Pike, Broughton Moor,’ by D. A. Williamson (also 
new mount); No. 357, ‘‘ The Progress of Intemperance ”’ 
(‘Sick and Repentant,’’ ‘‘The Ruined Family,’ “ The 
Expectant Wife,’ and ‘‘ The Robber,’’ from this series), by 
E. V. Rippingille. 
Three pedestals and six small oak block plinths, for the 
display of sculpture, were provided; also four screens and two 
pedestals with attached revolving frames, for the display of 
reproductions. 
Four screens were also provided, and two pedestals and 
attached revolving frames for the display of reproductions. 
Under the Agreement with the Trustees of the Royal Institution, 
the work of conserving the Roscoe Collection made further progress. 
Twelve works were cleaned and repaired, and the frames re-gilt. 
The cost of this work amounted to £108 14s. 8d. 
The pictures in the Branch Libraries were inspected. Inscrip- 
tions were written on the frames or mounts of 346 pictures, ete. 
The attendances of students during the year numbered 1,099. 
Twelve new students’ tickets were granted. 
During the year pictures have been lent to the following :— 
Royal Academy of Arts, London; Royal Scottish Academy, 
Edinburgh; Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts; Scottish 
Exhibition of National History, Art, and Industry, Glasgow; 
The Coronation Exhibition, London; The International Society of 
Sculptors, Painters, and Gravers, London; Royal Birmingham 
Society of Artists; The Canadian National Exhibition of Toronto; 
and the Art Galleries of the following Corporations :—Aberdeen, 
Blackpool, Bury, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Wallasey, and 
York. 
