WALKEE ART GALLERY. 



The Gallery has been open to the public on 259 days, and closed for 

 cleaning and re-arrangement on 54 days. 



470,243 persons have visited the Gallery during the year, being a 

 daily average of 1,815. Of this number 69,786 paid for admission to 

 the Autumn Exhibition, and the total also includes 6,952 pupils from 

 schools of various denominations, admitted free by invitation of the 

 Committee. There has been a considerable increase in the attendance 

 of Art Students, who have the privilege of copying, under certain restric- 

 tions, the works forming the permanent collection, the average on the 

 Students' day being 24, as against 14 last year. 



The Descriptive Catalogue compiled by the Curator has met with a 

 large sale, more than 11,000 copies having been sold since its publica- 

 tion in July, 1881. 



The Committee acceeded to a request from the Council of the Royal 

 Academy to lend the picture by Rossetti, entitled "Dante's Dream," 

 for the exhibition of that artist's works at Burlington House, where it 

 has been accorded the place of honour. They have also lent to the 

 Yorkshire Fine Art Society, Crofts' "Evening of the Battle of Waterloo," 

 and "The Old Man's Treasure," by Prof. Carl Gussow. These will 

 shortly be returned to their places in the collection. 



In addition to the permanent collection, the following have been on 

 view during the year : — 



200 Drawings and Sketches by the late Henry Dawson, lent by the 



Executors. 

 Drawings and Sketches by the late J. M. W. Turner, lent by the 



Authorities of the National Gallery. 

 Six Drawings by the late John Burgess, lent by R. Aspa, Esq, 

 A collection of Drawings, illustrative of Ancient Liverpool, by the 

 late W. G. Herdman, lent by R. Brown, Esq. 

 On August 11th, the use of the lower Rooms was granted to the 

 Association for the "Reform and Codification of the Law of Nations," 

 for the purpose of a Conversazione. 



