REPORT. My Lords, National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, 14 January 1901. I HAVE the honour to submit to your Lordships the following Report on the National Gallery, and the National Gallery of British Art, for the year 1900. The present Trustees are, in the order of their nomination,- The Earl of Carlisle. Alfred C. de Rothschild, Esq. John P. Heseltine, Esq. The Marquess of Lansdowne, K.G. The subjects of the Report are, I.—Pictures purchased during the Year. III.-Loans to other Institutions. Sir Charles Tennant, Bart. Sir John Murray Scott. Bart. IV.-Details relating to the Galleries and Establishments. I. PICTURES PURCHASED DURING THE YEAR. (A.-Purchased out of the Grant in Aid Account.) 1. "The Courtyard of the Coptic Patriarch's House in Cairo," by J. F. Lewis, R.A. 2. "Portrait of a Man and his Wife," by Jan Gossart of Mabuse. 3. "The Adoration of the Shepherds," by Luca Signorelli. 4. "Portrait of Mrs. Collman," by Alfred Stevens. 5. " (B.-Purchased out of the "Lewis Fund.") 'The Virgin and Child, with the Infant St. John," by Fra Bartolommeo. (For details, see Appendix, No. 1.) II. BEQUESTS AND DONATIONS, 1. "Portrait of a Gentleman," Dutch School, 17th century. Bequeathed by Mr. Henry S. Ashbee. 2. Scene from Don Quixote," by Robert Smirke, R.A. 3. "Sancho Panza and the Duchess," by Robert Smirke, R.A. 4. "River Scene, with Ruins," by Richard Wilson, R.A. 5. " Canal of the Guidecca, Venice," by Edward W. Cooke, R.A. 6. "Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman," by William P. Frith, R.A. Bequeathed by Mrs. Elizabeth Young. 7. Portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth Young," by Sir David Wilkie, R.A. Bequeathed by Mr. Henry Vaughan. 8. "Marble Statue of Sir J. Reynolds, P.R A.," by John H. Foley, R.A. 9. "Marble Statue of John Flaxman, R.A.," by Henry Weekes, R.A. 10. "Landscape and River," by Thomas Creswick, R.A. 11. "The Lake of Thun," by Alexander Calame. 12. " A Donkey and Foal," by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. 13. "Landscape with Figures," by F. R. Lee, R.A., and Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. " 14. Figures outside an Inn," by Alexander Fraser. 15. "Lady Jane Grey refusing the Crown," by Charles R. Leslie, R.A 16. "Diana at the Bath," by William Hilton, R.A. 17. " The Duke and Duchess reading Don Quixote," by C. R. Leslie, R.A. 18. "Christ rebuking His Disciples," by C. R. Leslie, R.A. 19. "Falstaff personating the King," by Charles R. Leslie, R.A. 20. "A Study for the Head of Prince Hal," by C. R. Leslie, R.A. 24. "An Interior, with a Woman and her Child," by William Mulready, R.A. 26. " Charles II. and Lady Margaret Bellenden," by Charles R. Leslie, R.A. 27. "Landscape and Cattle," by Thomas S. Cooper, R.A. 28. "Viola and Olivia," by Charles R. Leslie, R.A. 29. "Mill, near Oxford," by Edward W. Cooke, R.A. 30. Portrait of John Everett Millais, A.R.A." by Charles R. Leslie, R.A. 31. "The Rape of the Lock," by Charles R. Leslie, R.A. 32. "Scene from Twelfth Night," by Charles R. Leslie, R.A. 33. " Scene from Romeo and Juliet," by Lord Leighton, P.R.A. 34. "A Maid offering a Basket of Fruit to a Cavalier," by Sir J. E. Millais, P.R.A. 35. "Charles I. and his Son in the Studio of Van Dyck," by Sir J. E. Millais, P.R.A. 36. The Grand Canal, Venice," by James Holland. 37. "Portrait of a Boy," by François Duchatel. 38. "The Painter's Daughters," by Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. 39. "Christ on the Mount of Olives," ascribed to La Spagna. 40. "View on Hampstead Heath," by John Constable, R.A. 41. "Salisbury," by John Constable, R.A. 42. "A Summer Afternoon after a Shower," by John Constable, R.A. 43. "The Mill Stream," by John Constable, R.A. 44. The Gleaners," by John Constable, R.A. 45. View at Epsom," by John Constable, R.A. 46. "Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk," by John Constable, R.A. 47. "Dedham," by John Constable, R.A. 48. "A Country Lane," by John Constable, R.A. 49. "Dedham Vale," by John Constable, R. A. 50. "The Glebe Farm," by John Constable, R.A. 51. "Sketch of a Landscape," by John Constable, R.A. 52. "Classical Landscape," by Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. 53. Portrait of the Painter," by John Opie, R.A. 54. A Nymph Sleeping," by Thomas Stothard, R.A. 55. "View in Sussex," by Patrick Nasmyth. 56. "Sans Souci," by Thomas Stothard, R.A. 57. "Shakespeare Characters," by Thomas Stothard, R.A. 58. "Brathey Bridge, Cumberland," by John Crome. 59. "Cupid bound to a Tree," by Thomas Stothard, R.A. 60. "Lord Wm. Russell taking leave of his Children," by John Stothard, R.A. 61. "Study for a Figure of Horror," by Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. 62. "Scene from Romeo and Juliet," by Thomas Stothard, R.A. 63. "Lady reclining," by Thomas Stothard, R.A. 64. "George, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, and his Family" (sketch for the picture at Blenheim), by Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. 65. " Fishing on a Mere," by Sir A. W. Callcott, R.A. 66. Portion of a Fresco," Tuscan School. (Drawings for the Liber Studiorum by J. M. W. Turner, R.A.) 67. "Liber Studiorum Frontispiece." 68. "Rizpah." 69. " Raglan." 70." Grande Chartreuse." 71. Macon." 72. "Crowhurst." 73. "The Deluge." 74. "Schaffhausen." 75. "Sea Piece-Vessels in a Breeze." 76. "The Temple of Egina." 77. "Banks of the Thames, Kingston." 78. "The Needles-Isle of Wight." 79. "The Fifth Plague of Egypt." 80. "Derwentwater." 81. " Basle." 82. "Ploughing at Eton." 83. "The Source of the Arveron." 84. "Windsor from Slough-Sheep-washing." 85. "Twickenham." 86. "Glaucus and Scilla." 87. "Temple of Isis-Scene in Petworth Park." Spenser's Fairy Queen," and 88. " 89. "Quarter-deck of the Victory." Presented by Lady Layard. 90. "The Virgin and Child," by Giovanni Bellini. Presented by Mr. C. Fairfax Murray. 91. "The Lesson," atributed to Jan Vermeer. 92. " Presented by Mr. George H. Boughton, R.A. Landscape with Water Mill," by Allart van Everdingen. Presented by a Body of Subscribers. 93. King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid," by Sir E. Burne-Jones, Bart. 94. Presented by Mr. George F. Watts, R.A. Love Triumphant," by George Frederick Watts, R.A. 95. "Time, Death, and Judgment," by George Frederick Watts, R.A. 96. "Clytie," (bronze bust), by George Frederick Watts, R.A. Presented by Mrs. Edwards. 97. "The Thames, from a Wharf near Waterloo Bridge," by Edwin Edwards. Presented by Mr. Ralph Peacock. 98. "The Sisters," by Ralph Peacock. Presented by Mr. Sidney R. J. Smith. 99. "The original design for the National Gallery of British Art," by Sidney R. J. Smith. Presented by Mr. Henry W. B. Davis, R.A. 100." After Sunset," by Henry William Banks Davis, R A. Presented by Mr. Cyrus J. Knowles. 101. "War" (a bas relief), by Harry Bates, A.R.A. Presented by Sir Henry Tate, Bart. 102. "Eve" (marble statue), by Thomas Brock, R.A. 66 Presented by Lady Tate. 103. The Boyhood of Raleigh," by Sir J. E. Millais, Bart., P.R.A. The two following pictures were purchased for the Nation by the President and Council of the Royal Academy of Arts under the terms of the Chantrey Bequest :"The Two Crowns," by Frank Dicksee, R.A. Of the six collections of Turner's drawings and sketches available for temporary loan to provincial institutions, Nos. 1, 2, and 4 remain deposited in the Gallery at Trafalgar Square, Nos. 3 and 6 still remain on loan at Newport and Bradford, respectively, and No. 5, having been returned from Chester, has been lent to the Corporation Galleries at Glasgow. The two following pictures, which were lent by the Victoria and Albert Museum. to the National Gallery, have been lent to the Victoria Art Gallery, Bath : Rocky Landscape, with Figures and Cattle," by D. Teniers. "The Garden of Eden," by Jan Brueghel. The two following pictures, which were lent to the Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery in 1898, have been returned to this Department, and are now re-hung in the Gallery at Trafalgar Square: 1167. "Portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft," by John Opie, R.A. The three following pictures, purchased by the President and Council of the Royal Academy of Arts under the terms of the Chantrey Bequest in 1899, which were lent to the Municipal Art Gallery and Museum, Wolverhampton, the City Art Gallery, Leeds, and the Corporation Art Gallery, Bradford, respectively, have now been returned and hung in the Gallery :: Off Valparaiso," by Thomas Somerscales, hung in the Gallery of British My Lady's Garden," by J. Young Hunter, hung in the Gallery of British "The Battle of the Nile," by W. L. Wyllie, A.R.A., hung in the Gallery of The two following pictures from the Chantrey Collection have been temporarily lent to the following Institutions, with the sanction of Her Majesty's Treasury, in pursuance of a custom initiated by the Royal Academy, and in response to a general desire that they might be seen in the Provinces before being finally housed in the National Gallery of British Art :— "The Two Crowns," by Frank Dicksee, R.A., to the City of Liverpool Walker Art Gallery. "Winter's Sleep," by H. W. Adams, to the Royal Museum and Art Gallery, Salford. DETAILS RELATING TO THE GALLERIES AND ESTABLISHMENTS. The Surrender of Pictures bequeathed by Lady Hamilton. In July 1899 H.M. Treasury informed the Trustees that a claim to the 20 pictures bequeathed to the National Gallery in 1892 by Marianna Augusta Lady Hamilton had been laid before the Treasury Solicitor. These pictures included the fine "Portrait of Lady Cockburn and her Children," by Sir Joshua Reynolds. This claim was submitted to the Solicitor to H.M. Treasury, who, in a letter dated 18th November 1899, furnished the National Gallery Board with an opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown and of Mr. Bradley Dyne, that "the claim to these pictures by the co-heiresses of Sir James Cockburn, Bart., cannot be resisted." Under these circumstances the Trustees considered that they had no alternative but to accept the opinion as conclusive, and, failing to obtain an offer from the owners, to sell to the Gallery the Portrait of Lady Cockburn, by Reynolds, they obtained the advice of the Solicitor to H.M. Treasury as to the persons to whom the pictures should be delivered; and in April 1900, as soon as a proper receipt could be prepared, the above-mentioned 20 pictures, as scheduled in the Director's Report of 1892, were delivered to the order of the following six ladies, viz. :-Miss Phelips, Mrs. Bankes, Mrs. Fortescue, Mrs. Benyon, Miss Astley, and Mrs. Hood. The removal of Pictures from Trafalgar Square to Millbank. In March 1900 it was decided, in view of the crowded state of the British School at Trafalgar Square, to remove temporarily to Millbank the following Modern Foreign Pictures which had hitherto been mingled with the British Pictures at Trafalgar Square, and to keep them separate from the British Pictures, viz. : 1285. E. J. H. Vernet, "Portrait of Napoleon I." 1448. F. Bonvin, "A Village Green." 810. C. Poussin, "Pardon Day in Brittany." 1493. G. Costa, "Landscape with a View of the Carrara Mountains." 1686. H. Fantin Latour, "Flowers." 815. P. J. Clays, "Dutch Boats in the Mouth of the Scheldt." It was also decided to transfer to Millbank the following Drawings and Sketches:: 1730. G. Cattermole, "Landscape." 1731. G. Cattermole, "Scene of Ancient Monastic Life." 1732. G. Cattermole, "Scene of Ancient Monastic Life." 1733. G. Cattermole, "Landscape." 1744. W. Mulready, R.A., "Academy Study from Life." 1745. W. Mulready, R.A., "Academy Study from Life." 1743. W. Mulready, R.A., "Academy Study from Life" (in pen and ink). 1734. David Cox, "Sketch of Harlech Castle." 1735. David Cox, "Sketch of a Harbour." 1736. David Cox, "Beckenham Church, Kent." 1737. J. Varley, "Sea-piece." 1738. J. Varley, "Sea-piece." 1739. Sir David Wilkie, R.A. "A Cottage Fireside." 1740. Sir David Wilkie, R.A., "Portrait of Miss J. E. Gordon." 1741. Sir David Wilkie, R.A. (six sketches in one frame). 1729. J. F. Lewis, R.A., "Sketch in Spain." 1728. W. J. Muller, "Lake-side Scene." Also the following pictures : 416. H. Pickersgill, R. A.," Portrait of Robert Vernon." 393. W. Mulready, R.A., "The Last in.' 394. W. Mulready, R.A., "Fair Time." 1038. W. Mulready, R.A., "A Snow Scene." 1181. W. Mulready, R.A., "Sea-shore Scene." |