THE EMELINE R, BALCH BEQUEST, 



On November 5, tiie publication of the will of the late Mrs. 

 Emeline R. Balch, who died on November i, announced the 

 following provisions, of interest to all members of the Institute : 



"I give, bequeath and devise, on account of the interest that 

 my late husband entertained in the advancement of art, my lot 

 of land with the dwelling house thereon, where I now reside, 

 situated in said Manchester, bounded and described as follows, 

 to wit : Westerly on Kim street, there measuring 120 feet ; 

 southerly on lot 2025, there measuring 120 feet; easterlj- on a 

 twenty-foot passageway, there measuring 120 feet, and norther- 

 ly on North street, there measuring 120 feet, to the Manchester 

 Institute of Arts and Sciences, in fee, for the benefit of the Art 

 Section of said Institute. 



I also give and bequeath to said Manchester Institute of Arts 

 and Sciences, for the benefit of the Art Section of said Institute, 

 my portrait of my late husband, my painting of Christ, St. John 

 and the Lamb, my painting of the Appian Wa}^ my painting 

 A^irora hy Guido Reni, mv mosaic picture of the Castle of St. 

 Angelo, my painting Vestal Virgin, my painting Tarantella, 

 my two Sevres banquet lamps, my pink glass toilet set, my 

 twelve red glass plates made at Sevres, my two Napoleon plates 

 marked with "N" and a crown, mj^ twelve French portrait 

 plates, my Cantonese silver tea service, my gilt sofa and chair 

 upholstered with Lyons velvet, my bronze statue Star of the 

 Morning, with the pedastal on which it stands, my Sedan chair 

 cabinet and its contents, m.y two stationary sideboards now in 

 my dining room and their contents, and all the chandeliers, gas 

 and electric fixtures in said dwelling house at ni}-' decease ; and 

 I direct that the several bequests above named from my person- 

 al estate shall be appropriateky^ placed and used in the Art 

 Building of said Institute ; and I also give and bequeath to said 

 Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences the sum of $50,000 

 for the benefit of the Art Section of said Institute." 



