Yale Center for British Art

Title:

Exhibition of water-colour drawings and pictures by amateur artists : and art contributions in aid of the Fund for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of British Officers Engaged in the War with Russia : gallery, 121, Pall Mall, opposite the opera colonnade.

Alternate Title(s):

Cover title: Art contributions to the patriotic fund

Edition:

First edition.

Published / Created:

London : Printed by A. and G.A. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square, 1855.

Physical Description:

52 pages ; 21 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
N1165.F72 E9 1855
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

The catalog lists 724 works.

The address at 121 Pall Mall is that of the French Gallery, founded by Ernest Gambart in 1854.

"The Committee regret the incompleteness of the catalogue; the contributions are so numerous, and so many have not been received in time, that they intend without delay to add a supplement to this first edition, which only comprises a portion of the collection."--Title page verso.

"Admission, 1s. Catalogue, 6d. Season ticket, 5s. Exhibitors' season ticket, 2s. 6d."--Title page.

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original gilt-stamped blue cloth, with binder's ticket of Westleys & Co., London. Ink stamp: "Bibliotheca Lambethana"

Subject Terms:

French Gallery (London, England) -- Exhibitions. | Fund for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of British Officers Engaged in the War with Russia. | Crimean War, 1853–1856 -- Casualties. | Charities -- Great Britain. | Art, Amateur -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions. | Lambeth Palace Library -- Stamp.

Form/Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Contributors:

Westleys & Co., binder. | French Gallery (London, England) | A. and G.A. Spottiswoode, printer, publisher.