Catalogue of the loan collection of British masters from the National and Tate Galleries, London.

8 19. "The St. Vincent i n Po r t smou t h Ha rbour "—C. E. HOLLOWAY 27. "Mrs. F r anc i s Robertson"—SIR THOS. LAWRENCE , P.R.A. (1838-1897). (1769-1830). Marine and landscape painter. Born a t Christchurch, Po r t r a i t painter, born in Bristol, worked a s a s t uden t in studied a t Leigh's Academy wi t h Fred. Wa l ke r and worked London. P a i n t e r in ord i na ry t o t he Ki ng in 1792, was f o r some time in Venice. knighted in 1815, and made P.R.A. in 1820. Visited P a r i s in L e n t by the Tate Gallery. 1825, and created a Chevalier of t h e Legion of Honour. 20. "The Red Ru i n"—SIR CHARLES J . HOLMES (1868- ) . L e n t by the National Gallery. Pa i n t e r , connoisseur, and critic. Fo rme r l y Director of 28. "Uncle Toby and t he Widow Wadman in t he Sen t r y Box"—C. R. t h e National Gallery and Slade Professor of F i ne A r t s a t LESL I E , R.A. (1794-1859). Oxford, and a membe r of t h e New English A r t Club. Po r t r a i t and subject painter. Born in Clerkenwell of L e n t by the Ta t e Gallery. American parentage, t aken in 1799 t o Philadelphia. Returned to Eng l and 1811, and entered t he Royal Academy School. Be- 21. "Miss Louisa Van Di e s t "—JOHN HOPPNER , R.A. (1758-1810)., g a n a s a po r t r a i t painter, b u t t u r ned his attention t o genre. Po r t r a i t painter, of Ge rman parentage. St uden t o f t he Professor of painting a t t he Royal Academy, 1848-1851. Royal Academy School a t t he King's expense. I n 1789 was appointed po r t r a i t pa i n t e r t o t he Prince of Wales. Le n t by the Tate Gallery. L e n t by the Tate Gallery. 29. "The Kn i gh t E r r a n t "—S I R J . E . MILLAIS, P.R.A. (1829-1896). 22. "Smugglers on t he I r i sh Coast"—J. C. IBBETSON (1759-1817). Po r t r a i t and subject painter. Born a t Southampton, Subject painter, born in Yorkshire, apprenticed t o a ship- studied a t t h e R.A. Schools. Millais wi t h Rossetti and Hol- pa i n t e r a t Hull. He exhibited a t the Royal Academy, 1785- ma n Hu n t formed t h e Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848. 1815. Millias' earliest pictures exhibited a t t h e Royal Academy were L e n t by the Tate Gallery, painted unde r these impulses, a nd f o r some years Millais con- tinued t o sha r e t he poetry of Rossetti and minute detail of 23. "The Moorland" (Dewa r Stone, Da r tmoo r )—J . W. INCHBOLD Holman Hun t . He became R.A. in 1863, and f r om t h a t time (1830-1888). his career wa s one of uninterrupted success. He wa s created Landscape pa i n t e r and etcher; wa s a d r augh t sman a t a ba rone t in 1885. Day & Haghe, t he lithographers, and studied water-colour L e n t by the Tate Gallery. pa i n t i ng unde r Louis Haghe. He came unde r t h e influence of t h e Pre-Raphaelite movement, bu t later adopted a f r e e r style. 30. "Roadside I nn"—GEORGE MORLAND (1763-1804). Le n t by the Tate Gallery. Po r t r a i t and subject painter. Pa i n t ed rustic scenes and gen r e subjects wi t h felicity and exquisiteness of touch. His 4. " Po r t r a i t of Admiral F i she r "—AUGUSTUS E . JOHN, R.A. paintings of animals and landscape a r e marked b y simple (1878- ). t r u t h and f r e s h harmonious colour. Po r t r a i t painter, studied a t t he Slade School. Equally Le n t by the National Gallery. well known as a po r t r a i t a nd decorative pa i n t e r and etcher. He exhibits a t t he Royal Academy and most exhibitions of con- 31. "Epsom Downs—City and Suburban Day"—A. J . MUNNINGS, t empo r a r y British A r t in Eng l and and abroad. He is a mem- R.A. (1878- ). b e r of t h e New English A r t Club and of t he Royal Society of Po r t r a i t Painters. Landscape and subject painter. Born in Suffolk, studied a r t locally and in Paris. A g r e a t pa i n t e r of horses and sport- L e n t by the Leicester Museum and Libraries Committee. ing life generally. He wa s elected R.A. on Derby Day, 1925. 5. "Ma Si Gyaw, Dancer"—G. F . KELLY, R.A. (1879- ) . Le n t by the Tate Gallery. Bo r n in London, received his a r t t r a i n i ng in Pa r i s , and is one of t he most distinguished of t he I r i sh painters. A mem- b e r of t he Royal Academy, London, and of t he Royal Hiber- (1849-1933). riian Society. Landscape painter. Bo r n in Glasgow, he became a Le n t by the Ta t e Gallery. pa i n t e r a f t e r eleven years of commercial life. Regarded by ma n y as t h e leading Scottish landscape pa i n t e r of his time. 26. "He ad of a n I r i sh Gi r l "—HENRY LAMB (1885- ) . He became Hono r a r y Member of t h e Royal Scottish Academy Bo r n in South Australia, studied a r t in London unde r in 1919, and wa s President of t h e Royal Institute of Painters Augustus John and Orpen, a nd later in Paris. in Wa t e r Colours f r om 1917 until his death. Le n t by the Tate Gallery. Len t by the Tate Gallery.