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the Committee on certain conditions; for lack of financial support, 
however, the project was eventually abandoned, at any rate for the 
time being. 
The care of the Permanent Collection was continued on the lines 
of recent years. The following special work was done :— 
New frames were provided for No. 921, ‘‘ Fishing Boats off 
Yarmouth,’’ by R. W. Macbeth, R.A.; No. 914, ‘‘A Race 
Meeting,’’ by Thomas Rowlandson (also new mount). 
The following were re-lined:—No. 18, ‘‘ Faithful unto 
Death,” by Sir E. J. Poynter, Bart., P.R.A.; No. 422, 
** Strangers in a Strange Land,’’ by Albert Starling; No. 32, 
** Down in the Reeds by the River, by Frank Walton, R.1.; 
No. 496, ‘‘ A Disputed Bill of Costs,’’ by James Campbell. 
The frames of the following were repaired and re-gilt :— 
No. 422, “‘ Strangers in a Strange Land,’’ by Albert Starling; 
No. 32, ‘‘ Down in the Reeds by the River,’’ by Frank Walton, 
R.I.; No. 920, ‘‘The Pierhead, Liverpool,’’ and No. 875, 
“The Great Gale of January, 1839,’’ both by Samuel Walters ; 
No. 126, ‘‘Sunday Morning,’’ by J. Campbell Noble, R.S.A. 
(also new glass); No. 18, ‘‘ Faithful unto Death,’’ by Sir 
K. J. Poynter, Bart., P.R.A.; No. 882, ‘“‘ Wensleydale,’’ by 
D. A. Williamson (also new mount); No. 681, ‘‘ The Virgin 
Enthroned,’’ by Ghirlandaio; also a new glass for No. 142, 
‘“The Ancestor on the Tapestry,’’ by J. Haynes Williams; 
and new mounts for 15 Herdman Drawings. 
Under the agreement with the Trustees of the Royal Institution, 
the work of conserving the Roscoe Collection was continued. Hight 
pictures were cleaned and repaired and the frames re-gilt. The 
cost of this work amounted to £102 19s. 7d. 
The pictures in the Branch Libraries were inspected. 
Inscriptions were written on the frames or mounts of 130 
pictures. The attendance of students during the year numbered 
950. Ten new students’ tickets were granted. 
