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a considerable amount for the acquisition of older works, chiefly 
by local artists. In this way, there have been purchased during the 
year 1 water-colour, 1 miniature, 3 pencil and pen drawings, and 
a portfolio of reproductions. 
Cordial thanks are due to a number of generous donors (a list of 
whom is given above) who have added some very desirable works to 
the Permanent Collection. 
Acknowledgments are also due to the kind lenders of several very 
important works especially a particularly choice example of 
the Art of Sir Henry Raeburn, hitherto unrepresented in the 
Gallery. 
There are now 1,276 items in the list of the Permanent Collection, 
of which 117 are at present on loan to public buildings in the City, 
viz., Town Hall, 25; Newsham House, 24; Central Library, 20; 
Kirkdale Library, 9; Everton Library, 7; Wavertree Library, 12; 
Toxteth Library, 4; St. Martin’s Hall, 1; Calderstones House, 14; 
Museum, 1. 
The Galleries were opened on Saturday evenings until 8 o’clock 
during the months of October to May, inclusive, and also on Sundays 
from 2 to 4-30 p.m. during the same period. 
During the year, rooms have been used for the following special 
exhibitions : — 
1. Exhibition of pictures by H. Clarence Whaite, P.R.C.A., 
R.W.S., from 28th January to Lith February. 
2. Exhibition of work by students of the Liverpool City 
School of Art, from 28th January to 11th February. 
3. The Northern Photographic Exhibition, from 3rd to 18th 
March. 
4. Forty-first Annual Autumn Exhibition of Modern Art, 
trom 23rd September, 1911, to 8th January, 1912. 
