Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1884 [PAGE 46]

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50 has been at no expense for the valuable and beautiful gallery. The following figures show the liberality of the donors; many contributed smaller amounts: Six each gave $100 00 1 Eight each gave Thirty-five each g a v e . . . . 25 00 i One gave Two each gave 20 00 | Twelve each gave $50 00 40 00 10 00

The hall is 61x78 feet. The wall is tinted a dark maroon color, making a beautiful background for the white casts. The arrangement is such that a view is obtained, on entering, of nearly every thing in the room, the first sight being impressive, and ordinarily eliciting exclamations of surprise from the hundreds of visitors passing the threshold. Statues.—There are sixteen full-sized statues, among which are the Laocoon Group, Venus de Milo, Venus de Medicis, Diana de Gabies, Faun of Praxiteles, Gibson's Venus, Dying Slave of Michael Angelo, etc. Of the reduced size statues, there are forty-two, including the Apollo Belvidere, Diana the Huntress, Achilles, Minerva, Dying Gladiator, etc. There are ninety-two full-size busts, representing famous persons of all ages, from Homer to many now living. Among these, we find ten Boman Emperors, Hippocrates, Socrates, Demosthenes, Cicero, Lord Bacon, Dr. Johnson, Gladstone, Washington, Webster, Douglas, Lincoln, etc. There are twentyeight busts of smaller size from the best artists. BaS'Reliefs.—Forty-two pieces. We name, as among the prominently noticeable ones, the Architrave of the celebrated Ghiberti gates in the Baptistery at Florence, Garden of Eden, Cain and Abel, Assyrian Sculpture excavated in 1848, Lion Hunt, Four Seasons, etc. Medallion Beads.—Large size, twenty-seven; smaller, four! hundred and ninety. These have their names stamped upon them. Engravings.—There are fifty-four beautiful engravings from paintings by Baphael, Landseer, David, Hessig, Turner, Hogarth, etc. Photographs.—Two hundred and thirty-two. Boman views, views of Venice, Switzerland, of noted paintings, of bas-reliefs, etc. Portraits.—Four hundred and seven lithographs of eminent^ personages, mostly French, with name, date and other information marked on each.

COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IN SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN.

Students not seeking a professional training may yet avail themselves of the two years' course in industrial art. Any person of ordinary ability who faithfully completes this course will be qualified to teach drawing and designing in the public schools, or enter professions with great advantage in the various branches of industry, where artistic skill and taste are indispensable to success.