National Gallery.
The Times, 1824-03-30T00:00:00

Irl I IVerp- IQ~n.Jt~n .t, OAGt. J,iarlof Liverpool acquaints the Board, that his Majesty's vng deemed it tg behighly expedient thuat an. oppor- ttu)itrrwhich pres nted itself of purcaigbhoecletonf pictures belonging to the late Alr. Angerstein for the use of the pub- lic should not be lost, he had entered into a negoti.tior with theexe cutors and representatives of that gentleman. and had concliuded xs Igreemlent for the purchase of the bhole coll'eeidou oc wnich he de- l:vered a catalogue to the Bo2rd, for the sum of 67,0001. Lord Liverpool further .tates to the Board, that he has made an aranemetwihte xctors, and with Mlr. J. 3. Angersteln, for ahe odcupaton of the house ill Pall-mall, where the pictures now' Are, urig the remander of the term for which it is held by Mr. Angeratein at the renlt whic he pays for it. as Lorship further states, that he found, after a careful ineuirr t in orer to provide for the securitv and due conser,xtion of the pictures, and ter grvlng access to the public to view them whilst thy bremain in their present situation, the folowi:)g establish ment A Reeper of the Gallery, at a salary of 20OL per annum..To have the charge of the collection, and to attend parteularly to the preseation of the pcture,; tO superintend the arrangements for <Lussionr ; and to be present occasionally in the galery ; and Liverpool is of oDinio,, that the person to be appointed to this office should be comnpetent to value, and (if called upon) to nego- tiate the purchase of any pictures that may in future be added to the collection, &c. An Assistant Keeper or Secretary, at a salary of 1501. per an nu, -To attend in the gallery on the public days during the hours of adm.s.i:on to issue the tickets of admission; to superintend, under the direction of the keeper, any arrangement which it may be necessary to make, respecting the artists whio may be lpermited to study n the gallery; and to act as secretary at all meetings of the trustees orotr managers of the gallery, &c. Atrespectable person to attend in the two principal rooms during the time of public view, to prevent persons touching or injuring the pictures, may receive two guineas per week. A person to attend the lower room, containing the English picturea, two guineas per week. A porter to attend in the hall to receive the tickets of admission., and to take charge of sticks sare un brellas: this person to reside in th ouse, at a ssanc of 801. per annum. A housemaid, to attend the fires and to clean the apartments : to reside in the house, at a yearly salary of 401. nt wlbe requisite to have co3ls, candles, and a small quantity of He recommends, therefore, that an estimate be prepared to be laid before Parliamnent, for a vote to defray the purchase of the pic. tures, and tbr the chasel of the aebove establishment, and to cover 'the contingencies thiereof for one year. y r Lords concur in opinion wvith Lord ILiverpool as to the ex- pedncy ofthis purchase, and aS to the establishmnent required, un.er the present cirCamstanCeS, for the care of tbem and the cus- tody of the a31ery, and desire that an estimiate be Prepared and laid bePnre Parliament accordmsly. LIST OF~ THE PICTt-ltES OF TilE LATE J. J. ANOIERSTEa2r, ESQ., IN PALL-NIALL. I The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba Claude. 9. The 1irriage of Rebecca. . . Claude. 3.Ganvrnedc ..Titian. 4. The'Rape of the Sabines Titiar l The Epineror Thieodosius exuelled the Church by St. Anmbrose . . . . . . Vandyke. 6. St. John in the WVilterness . . . A. Carracci. 7. Susannah and the Eliers . . . Lud. Carracci. I. A Bacelianalian Triumph . . . N. Poussin. 9. Ennenia with the Shepherds . . . Domenichino. 3). Philip the Fourth of Spain and bis Queen . Velasquez. i. Venus aend Adonis . . . . Titian. 12. Landscape--" i\Iorning". . . . Claude 13. An Italian Seaport-" Evening" . Claude. 14. The Raising of Lazarus . Seb. del Piombo. 15. 'A Concert .. .Titian. 16. Pope Julius the Second .. . R aphael. 17. Christ on the Mount . . . . Correggio. ;18. Portrait of Govattius. . . . . Vandyke. 19. The Nativity. . . . . Rebrandt. 20. The Woman taken in Adultery Rembrandt. 21. h'lie Embarkation of St. Ursula Claude. 22. Abraham and Isaac. . . . . G Poussin. 23. A Land Storm G. Poussin 24. A Landscape, with Cattle and Figures Cuvp. 25. Apollo and Silenus . . . A. Carracci 2fi. Holy Famnily in a Landscape Rubens. 27. The Portrait of Rubens. . . . . Vandyke. 28. Studies of Heads. . . . . Correggio. '?. Studies of Heads. . . . . . Correggio. 30.1 31. -35.J 36. Portrait of Lord Heathfield . Sir J. Reynolds. 37. The Village Holvday . . .Wikie. 38. Portrait of the Painter. . . Hogath. An estimate of the sum which will be required to defray the Charge of purchasing, together with the expenses incidental to the pre- servation and public exhibionof the collection of pictures which helonged to the la.e J. J. Aagerstein, Esq, 60,001. WVhitehalll, Trea.sury Chambers, J. C. HERRIF& MUarch26, 1824. ATIOA 4L GALLLPRAP ANQ.ER?-Tp-,-I-N''c(T.T,r ' . Tnvj kLavf'wJ---TREASn'VV - .--.