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REPORT BY THE CURATOR OF THE 
WALKER ART GALLERY. 
I have the honour to report in reference to the work done during 
the year 1913 under the direction of the Art and Exhibitions Sub- 
Committee of the Library, Museum, and Arts Committee of the 
City Council. 
Some necessary renovation of the interior of the building was 
undertaken. Rooms B, C, E, F, H, K, L, M, and O were painted 
and redecorated. The ceilings of rooms G and N were painted, 
and the walls of Room D. The ventilation of the General 
Office being inadequate, an electric fan was installed to extract 
impure air. 
The care of the Permanent Collection was continued on the 
lines of previous years, and the following special work was done: — 
New frames provided for the pictures ‘‘ Bootle Land- 
marks,’’ by Samuel Austin, and ‘‘Ghemma en Turban 
Noir,” by E. Chahine; also outside protection cases for 
“Autumn,” by Sir L. Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A., “La Vie 
Paysanne,” by Cecil Jay, and ‘ Lorenzo and Isabella ” (also 
new inside flat), by Sir J. E. Millais, Bart., P.R.A. The 
frames of “The Pierhead, Liverpool,’ by Samuel Walters. 
and “Landscape,” by W. Davis, were regilt. Glasses were 
fitted to ““ Till Death us do Part,” by Sigismund Goetze, and 
“Bishop Shaxton Interviewing Anne Askew in Prison,” by 
W. L. Windus (also a new flat to the latter). 
By authorisation of the Art and Exhibitions Sub-Committee 
79 loose calico covers were provided to protect pictures while 
in store. 
The oil painting by W. L. Windus, “ Bishop Shaxton 
Interviewing Anne Askew in Prison,” recently presented by 
