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In addition to the Autumn Exhibition, a Loan Collection of Pictures, 

 kindly lent by the owners of Art Treasures in Liverpool and the neigh- 

 bourhood, was open in the Gallery during May, June, and July. This 

 afforded great satisfaction to all who visited it, and gave ample evidence 

 of the wealth of Art stored in the mansions in and around the City. 

 Statistics of these Exhibitions are given below. 



Concurrently with the Loan Exhibition, the Liverpool Society of 

 Painters in Water Colours, and the Liver Sketching Club, held their 

 Exhibitions in rooms, the free use of which was granted by the Com- 

 mittee. 



Towards the close of the year the Museum of Casts, illustrating the 

 Gothic and Kenaissance periods of Architecture, was opened. The Col- 

 lection was made by the Chairman of the Art Department, P. H. Rath- 

 bone, Esq., and Mr. Alderman Samuelson, with the assistance of Mr. T. 

 Armstrong, and Mr. H. M. Cundell, of South Kensington, the funds for 

 the same being provided by a grant of £500, made by the City Council, 

 supplemented by a grant of i6182, from the Lords of the Council on 

 Education. This department of the Art Collection is likely to be of 

 great utility, and if used by the artizans, cannot but add to their techni- 

 cal and artistic knowledge. 



The Committee lent Pictures during the year for the adornment of the 

 Town Hall, during the visit of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, and for 

 Newsham House, on the occasion of the visit of Her Majesty the Queen. 



Two Pictures were also lent for Exhibition at Berlin, viz. : — "And 

 when did you last see your father ?" by W. F. Yeames, E.A., and the 

 " Rival Grandfathers," by John R. Reid. Honours were awarded to the 

 Artists by the Fine Art Authorities at Berlin, Mr. Reid receiving the 

 Small Gold Medal, and Mr. Yeames Honourable Mention. 



Pictures have been deposited on Loan (and for the present remain in 

 the Gallery) by Mr. Alderman Samuelson, Mr. Merton Russell-Cotes, and 

 Messrs. Kendall & Sons. 



Rooms in the Gallery were further utilized during the year by the 

 Exhibition of the Cathfdi-al Plans, prepared by Mr. Emerson, Mr. Brooks, 



