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amount of thought and labour, has been successfully accomplished, and 

 the Exhibition is so extensive and complete in character that it will long 

 be remembered as one of the most important and interesting events m the 

 history of the Art Gallery. 



Mr. George Holt having suggested that Mr. W. Holman Hunt's 

 celebrated picture, " The Triumph of the Innocents," should be secured 

 for the Permanent Collection, and at the same time offering to contribute 

 the sum of £500 towards the purchase, the matter was taken up by 

 Mr. Harold S. Rathbone, with the result that the work has been acquired 

 by the Corporation for the Permanent Collection. Asum of £1,500 towards 



the purchase of the work was voted by the Arts Committee and a further 



sum of i'2,000 was contributed by the public, this amount having been 



collected chiefly through the enthusiasm and perseverance of Mr. Harold 



S. Rathbone. 



The Gallery was open on 294 days and closed for cleaning and other 



purposes on 19 days. 



The total number of visitors was 503,991, being a daily average 



attendance of 1,714. The above total includes 90,594 visitors who paid 



for admission to the Autumn Exhibition, and nearly 13,000 pupils of 



schools of various denominations admitted free. 



The Committee lent the picture by West, P.R.A., entitled " The Death 



of Nelson," to the Royal Naval Exhibition, Chelsea, which was open from 



May 2nd to the end of October. 



Additions to the Permanent Collection by Purchase. 



From the Autumn Exhibition of 1891 : — 



" A Select Committee " (oil), by H. Stacy Marks, R.A. 



" An Idyl " (oil), by Maurice Greiffenhagen. 



" In the Reign of Terror " (oil), by Miss Jessie Macgregor. 



" Ronda Fair " (water colour), by Arthur Melville, a.k.w.s. 



" There is a Rapture on the Lovely Shore " (water colour), by 



George Cockram. 

 Bronze Statue, " Peace," by E. Onslow Ford, a.e.a. 

 Terra-Cotta Bust of the late Edwin Waugh, by E. E. Geflowski. 



