Glasgow Art Gallery And Museum doc Catalogue (Classic Reprint)

Trustees, who shall have the sole control and management thereof. On Mr. ML ellans premature death in 1854, it was found that the state of his affairs would not permit of the carrying into effect of his bequest, and, after considerable discussion, the Collection of Works of Art and the block of buildings, together with the three saloons, were acquired by the Town Council for 44,500 being 29,500 for buildings and 16,000 for the Works of A rt. The ML ellan Collection was acquired by the Town Council in May, 1856, and soon thereafter additions to the Art property of the City began to be made by gifts and bequests, whilst in recent years numerous purchases have gone to enhance the value of the Art treasures of the City. Within a few weeks of the completion of the transaction, Mr. William Euing, in redemption of a pledge conditional on the acquisition of theM Lellan Collection, made a gift of thirty-six pictures, and tliat donation was afterwards supplemented by the bequest, under liberal conditions, of his entire Collection. In 1877, Mrs. Graham-G ilbert, of Yorkhill, bequeathed to the City the rich and valuable Cabinet of Pictures formed by her deceased husband, the eminent artist, John Graham-G ilbert, R.S.A. In January, 1896, the five sons of the late James Reid, of A uchterarder, and of Hydepark Locomotive Works, Glasgow, addressed a letter to the Lord Provost, stating that, in affectionate and grateful remembrance of their father, who, ut the time of his death, was Lord Dean of Guild for the City, and President of the Glasgow Institute of Fine A rts, they offered to present to the City ten of the most valuable Pictures from the portion of their fathers Art Collection formed by him in his town residence. The sum paid for these Pictures by Mr. Reid, it was stated, amounted to 22,723, and the value and significance of the donation were subsequently enhanced by(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)