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Three valuable Paintings were presented, by deed of gift, by the late 

 Mr. James Aikin, J. P. ; and the members of his family also presented 

 a fine marble copy of the " Crouching Venus." The Committee are also 

 indebted for other important Donations to Mr. A. G. Kurtz, Messrs. 

 Agnew & Sons, Mr. Thos, Harding, Mr. A. Legros, Col. A. H. Brown, 

 and H. Herkomer. Messrs. Frisch & Shierwater have presented a large 

 Clock, which is placed in the upper Hall. 



The sum of £2,994 16s. 2d. has been expended in purchases as 

 follows : — 



Oiij Paintings — 



"And when did you last see your Father?" — Commissioners and 

 Soldiers of the Long Parliament in a Manor House, questioning the 

 inhabitants as to the whereabouts of the Royalists ; by W. F. 

 Yeames, A.R.A. 



" A War Despatch at the Hotel de Ville," by A. C. Gow. 



" Gathering Bait," by J. Aumonier. 



" The Duenna," by J. Ecford Lauder. 



" Voices of the Sea," by the late F. W. Topham. 



" The Lake of Lucerne," by T. Danby. 



"A Woman and ChUd," by F. Goodall, R.A. 



" Eventide : a Scene in the Westminster Union," by Hubert Herkomer. 



" The Port of Genoa," by the late J. Holland. 



Watir Coloues — 



" A View of Water Street in 1810," by W. G. Herdman. 



" The New Haymarket in Liverpool," by S. Eglington. 



DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS. 



Oil Paintings — 



" An Italian Hostelry between Rome and Ancona," by C. W. 

 Cope, R.A. ; presented by Mr. Thomas Harding. 



" The North Shore, or Estuary of the River Mersey," by the late A. 

 Hunt ; presented by Mr. Thomas Harding. 



"Portrait of John Gibson, Esq., R.A.," by Partridge; presented by 

 Messrs. T. Agnew and Sons. 



