ENGLAND’S ART TREASURES
MUNIFICENT GIFTS FOR HOUSING. British Official Wireless. - Rugby, Oct. 11. Sir Joseph Duvcen, who has already made magnificent gifts to England's art treasures and to ensure their adequate housing, has now, subject to certain provisions, offered firstly, a gallery for foreign sculpture at the Tate Gallery; secondly, an extension to the National Portrait Gallery to relieve the present inartistic overcrowding; and thirdly, funds to enable the trustees of the British Museum to provide a dignified setting for the Elgin Marbles and Nerid statues. Sir Joseph has already promised a sew gallery for Italian art at the National Gallery.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 October 1928, Page 13
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101ENGLAND’S ART TREASURES Taranaki Daily News, 13 October 1928, Page 13
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