Catalogue, Descriptive and Historical, of the National Gallery of Scotland, Under the Management of the Board of Manufactures (Classic Reprint)Fb&c Limited, 2018 M10 5 - 162 pages Excerpt from Catalogue, Descriptive and Historical, of the National Gallery of Scotland, Under the Management of the Board of Manufactures The building having been completed, measures were taken to provide for the due conservation of the Works of Art intended to 'form the Collection, - for making them available to the public by free admission on certain days, - and for affording the means of study in the Galleries, to Artists, to Students in the Board's School of Art, and to all who may be disposed to devote their time to the cultiva tion of the Fine Arts, and are qualified to profit by such study. The Collection now exhibited in the National Gallery consists of The Pictures collected by the Directors of the Royal Insti tutico, and first exhibited to the public in 1831. The Pictures, Bronzes, etc, bequeathed by Sir James Erskine, of Torrie, to the College of Edinburgh, and deposited with the Board for exhibition under a Deed of Agreement. The Collection of Ancient and Modern Works commenced in 1829 by the Royal Scottish Academy. Pictures, the property of the Board, acquired either by pur chase or gift for the National Gallery. Modern Works pur chased by the Royal Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts, with funds set apart {or this purpose by their charter. Pictures deposited by the Duke of Abercorn for a fixed period. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
