The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-02 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL ART-UNION

The annual grand drawing, in connection with the
Liverpool Art-Union, took place at the Exhibition Rooms,
Old Post-office-place, yesterday. In the absence of the
Mayor, Mr. J. C. Ewart, M.P., was called on to preside.
The Chairman expressed his regret that the Mayor was
unable to be present in consequence of the sitting of the
council that day. Ile congratulated the society upon the
fact that the year's exhibition has been a very successful
one, although he expressed a doubt whether, in general,
Liverpool was not in: this respect behind many other
places.

The following report was read:—

REPORT,

The Art-Union of last year having declined to the lowest
sum ever collected in Liverpool, there appeared every proba-
bility of, this useful mode of encouraging the arts being
altogether abandoned as far as regards our local society. It
was determined, however, to try if a more extended patronage
could be obtained, being confident there was sufficient spirit,
and love of the arts, in Liverpool and the neighbourhood, to
keep up a good local Art-Union, if properly and judiciously
mana zed.

Accordingly, lett

outh Line

were sent to nearly all the nobility
id Cheshire, to a number :of Liver-

nearly all the

!rely to become agents in
1 towns in the north of England, south
kc. The answers to these applications
;petted, very :various, hut the prepon-
vourable side; and the society, as now

'O, as n

derange was on t

ents the very impos

g giamm

seen its circular

This enlarzed est

tsion of its influence could not be realised

'clonal expense, buy.
than it did when reconstructed, foul
years-ago, on a much smaller basis than it is at present. No
society of this kind that is known costs less in its management;
or returns so great an amount of the money subscribed in
pictures to the shareholders.

about some

amounts to -no more

the whole expenditure

The subject of agents in distant towns will have to be well
considered by a future committee, as they have been a great
expense with very little return. The committee are still deter-
mined not to spend the money of the subscribers in prints, as
it so materially diminishes their- chances of obtaining a picture,
which is considered their chief object. They at the same time
return their thanks to Mr. Palmer for his very liberal donation
of eighty prints of Wilkie's " Blind Man's Buff," which will
be given to the first eighty blanks, the first name drawn to
have the framed one.

The expenses have been aslollows : • -
Expenses of management, which in.
elude postage, paper, incidental ex-
penses, stage, &c., ..... -
Printing ..
Advertising
Secretary ...
Commission to Collectors, &c~

Total expenses ,

. £3G 5 9

The sum left in the hands of the Treasurer is £50.5, which
has been allotted in prizes as follows :—One of £5O ; one of
£4O ; two of £3O; two of £25; five of £2O; fivo of £l5;
nine of 10 ; and eight of £5.

The Committee are desirous of announcing that they intend
to alter their plan of operation, by commencing the next year's
Art-Union immediately after the closo of the present, and by
having the drawing over before the exhibition opens, they will
thus enable the prize.holder to come into the exhibition on the
first day of the private view, and select his picture when the
full choice of the exhibition is before him.

The drawing then commenced ;.two of the 131ns-coat boys, as
usual, drawing the names and the prizes, which occupied about
en hour. The following is a list of the

PRIZES

C. Atkinson, Lark lane, Toxteth park
Miss Broom, Lord street
Miss Maclntire, 20, Duke.street .
Mr. Tamplin, West Derby ...
James Jones, 35, Chapel street
Henry Heap, Mathew street
John Rivencroft,
John Pilkington, Water street
A. Bayley, Blackstock street
John Crossley, Tue Brook •
L. B. Fox, 53, Castle street
Walter Hay, Salop , .
Miss Winstanley, 9, Dean street
Thomas Middleton, 102, C,atham street..
D. Currie, Abercromby square..
Mrs. It. Y. Yates, Dingle
J. Whittaker, Lancaster buildings
George Nickson, 16, Canterbury street
Mr. Tamplin, West Derby .

£5O

riingsdale Lodge, Birkenhead

Mrs— R. Y. Yates, Dingle
Mrs. R. Rathbone, Woodeote....,
John Pilkington, Water street... . ..
Joseph Bretherton, 10, Grenville street „
Thomas Green, Wellesley terrace, Prince's park
Joseph C. Ewart, M.P., New Btighton
Thomas Blackburne, Liver chambers
Ideates, Greenfield Hall, Holywell
John Pilkington, Water street
John Lamb, Ilk
Liss Lucy,Shuttleworth. Mount pleasant
-nli Leather, Exchange buildings..
' Earl, Lancaster buildings
''ver, Lord street
'hanks to the el-

❑yton, near Presco

A. vote c

Ilardirnan

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