PEOPLE AND ART.
The trustees of the National Portrait Gallery, some 14 peers, antiquarians, and Dean Inge, have issued their 74th annual report. This year 11 portraits have been purchased, and among loans is the outstanding Goya portrait ofthe Duke of Wellington, owned by the Duke ot Leeds. But the gallery is overcrowded, and 80 works, of which better examples exist in the building, have been loaned to other galleries. The years 1924 and 1J27 are noteworthy for record attendances a* the Portrait Gallery, as many as 190,000 and 191.000 people paying for admission By 1930, visitors had dropped to 135,000, or 642 per day—unless 6d was charged tor admission, when only 108 dug into their pockets. August and April are the busiest months, partly owing to foreign visitors, and, to be honest, many peoples desire to "go somewhere in the cool and rest.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 37, 13 February 1932, Page 3 (Supplement)
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