[265] Pictures bought out of the Chantrey Bequest are not included. For
these see Vol. II.
[266] The number of this picture has now been given to the foregoing,
which has only recently been exhibited.
[267] This picture does not appear in the Official Catalogue; nor can I
find any trace, in the Director's Annual Reports, of what was done with
it. Its number has now been given to the foregoing picture, which has
only recently been exhibited.
[268] The donor was informed when he offered these two pictures that
they were too large, in view of the limited wall-space then at the
disposal of the Gallery, to be placed in the rooms to which the public
were admitted. The pictures were presented on those terms, and for many
years were not numbered or incorporated in the Official Catalogue. They
are now Nos. 2723, 2724.
[269] No. 622 appears to have been missed in the official numbering.
[270] No. 723 appears to have been missed in the official numbering.
[271] The central portion of this triptych was bought in 1874 for £525.
The two side panels were bought in 1878, at the sale of Mr. Barker's
pictures, for £33:12s., and were added to the central compartment under
the same number (909).
[272] £1224 from public Funds, £151:10s. from Lewis Fund.
[273] 1313 and 1318 were purchased together for £2500.
[274] £25,000 from a Parliamentary Grant; £30,000 from private gifts
(see p. xv.)
[275] 1313 and 1318 were purchased together for £2500.
[276] 1324 and 1326 were purchased together for £2500.
[277] Under the terms of Sir C. Eastlake's will these pictures were
offered to the National Gallery at the prices which he paid for them.
[278] This sum was made up as follows:--Special Grant from the
Treasury, £12,500; from the Annual Grant for 1898-99, £1550; gifts by
Mr. Alfred de Rothschild and Mr. Heseltine, £500 each.
[279] £9000 from the Parliamentary grant; the remainder subscribed by
Mr. W. W. Astor, Mr. A. Beit, Lord Burton, Lord Iveagh, Mr. J. Pierpont
Morgan, and Lady Wantage.
[280] To this sum Messrs. Colnaghi contributed £1000.
[281] Presented by the National Art-Collections Fund with the aid of a
grant from the Government of £10,000.
[282] The National Gallery funds provided £15,000; the Treasury made
a special grant of £15,000; and the National Art-Collections Fund
contributed £10,000.
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Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious spelling & typos corrected.
Italic is enclosed in _underscores_.
Bold is enclosed in =equals=.
[Symbol: hand pointing right] has been replaced with -->.
Removed first MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD., LONDON from the books
on art section as it is redundant.
P. xix through xxi is a list of updates. Author mostly used
"see also" notation in the INDEX LIST OF PAINTERS for the old
reference. Added same notation to missed index entries. Added
similar "See also" references to the NUMERICAL CATALOGUE. Also
updated INDEX LIST OF PICTURES where the author missed.
Moved "Portrait of a Young Man, 1052" from "Milanese School" to
"Lombard School (artist unknown)" in INDEX LIST OF PAINTERS to
agree with NUMERICAL CATALOGUE & INDEX LIST OF PICTURES.
Moved "Adoration of the Magi, 582" from "Angelico, _School of_"
to "Angelico, Fra, p. 329" in INDEX LIST OF PAINTERS to agree
with NUMERICAL CATALOGUE & INDEX LIST OF PICTURES.
Added "Judgment of Paris, 209" to "Poelenburgh, Cornelis van"
in INDEX LIST OF PAINTERS to agree with NUMERICAL CATALOGUE and
INDEX LIST OF PICTURES.
Moved "Scene on the Ice, 1850" from "Meulen A. F. van der" to
"Vermeulen, Andries" in INDEX LIST OF PAINTERS to agree with
NUMERICAL CATALOGUE and INDEX LIST OF PICTURES.
Moved "Interior of a Stable, 1851" from "Meulen A. F. van der"
to "Dutch School (artists unknown)" in INDEX LIST OF PAINTERS
to agree with NUMERICAL CATALOGUE and INDEX LIST OF PICTURES.