§
Mr. Glenvil Hall,
pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 16th March, 1949, Vol. 462, c. 193], supplied the following information as to purchases out of grants-in-aid provided in Votes 1 to 8 of the Civil Estimates, Class IV, for the year ended 31st March, 1948. It is not in
71W
the public interest to disclose the prices of individual purchases.
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£ |
s. |
d. |
| National Gallery |
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| Landscape with a Snake (Nicolas Poussin). |
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| National Portrait Gallery |
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| Self Portrait of John Phillip |
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| Portrait of Sir Augustus W. |
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| Callcott. |
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| Portrait of Sir Thomas More |
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| Portrait of Sir Charles Holmes |
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| Portrait of Sir John Everett |
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| Millais. |
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| Portrait of Edward IV |
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| Collection of 198 drawings by |
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| Harry Furniss. |
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| Collection of 67 drawings by |
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| Harry Furniss. |
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| Collection of engraved works by |
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| Gillray. |
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| Total (National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery) |
£7,810 |
13 |
0 |
| Tate Gallery |
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| Kensington Sand Quarry (John Linnell). |
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| A Lake Scene—Effect of Storm (Edwin Landseer). |
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| Old London Bridge (D. Turner) |
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| Westminster Bridge (D. Turner) |
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| Portrait of Francis Beckford(Reynolds). |
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| Portrait of Susannah Beckford (Reynolds). |
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| Portrait of the Rt. Hon. Sir Capel Molyneux, Bart. |
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| Broken Vows (P. H. Calderon) |
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| Total |
£2,228 |
8 |
0 |
| Victoria and Albert Museum |
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|
|
| Architecture and Sculpture: 5 items |
320 |
0 |
0 |
| Ceramics: 6 items |
188 |
0 |
0 |
| Engraving, Illustration and Design: 24 items |
745 |
15 |
6 |
| Metal work: 1 item |
650 |
0 |
0 |
| Paintings: 2 items |
381 |
15 |
0 |
| Textiles: 10 items |
1,408 |
19 |
0 |
| Woodwork: 13 items. |
2,259 |
10 |
0 |
| Indian Art: 5 items |
786 |
17 |
3 |
| For the Circulation Department: 61 items |
613 |
19 |
8 |
| Books for the Library: about 2,100 |
3,838 |
10 |
0 |
| Total |
£11,193 |
6 |
5 |
| Science Museum |
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|
|
| Department of Physics and Geophysics: 2 items |
165 |
0 |
0 |
| Department of Land Transport, Civil Construction, etc.: 4 items |
29 |
0 |
8 |
| Total |
£194 |
0 |
8 |
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| British Museum |
£ |
s. |
d. |
| The Library |
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|
|
| Department of Printed Books: |
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|
|
| approx. 25,000 books |
13,384 |
0 |
0 |
| Department of Manuscripts:4 items |
830 |
0 |
0 |
| Department of Oriental Books and Manuscripts: items |
628 |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
£14,842 |
0 |
0 |
| The Museum |
|
|
|
| Prints and Drawings: 520 items |
633 |
0 |
0 |
| Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities: 7 items |
25 |
0 |
0 |
| British and Medieval Antiquities: 3 items |
6,118 |
0 |
0 |
| Greek and Roman Antiquities: 27 items |
4,480 |
0 |
0 |
| Ethnographical Specimens: 720 items |
668 |
0 |
0 |
| Oriental Antiquities: 48 items |
799 |
0 |
0 |
| Coins and Medals: 1,665 items |
1,862 |
0 |
0 |
| Freight and carriage on the above |
681 |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
£15,266 |
0 |
0 |
| The British Museum (Natural History) |
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|
|
| Zoological specimens;19,188 items |
1,575 |
0 |
0 |
| Insect specimens; 38,715 items |
605 |
17 |
0 |
| Fossils; 1,551 items |
130 |
0 |
0 |
| Mineral specimens; 31 items |
197 |
12 |
2 |
| Plant specimens; 18,814 items |
903 |
4 |
4 |
| Books for the Library |
1,791 |
5 |
0 |
| Total |
£5,202 |
18 |
6 |
| Imperial War Museum |
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|
|
| Ship models |
914 |
10 |
0 |
| Models of landing craft |
140 |
10 |
0 |
| Maps and diagrams of naval action |
120 |
0 |
0 |
| Copies of Army "flashes" |
70 |
17 |
0 |
| A Drawing |
15 |
15 |
0 |
| Air photographs |
1 |
7 |
11 |
| German paper money |
1 |
18 |
6 |
| German medals |
1 |
8 |
0 |
| Books and periodicals for the Library |
163 |
3 |
8 |
| Total |
£1,429 |
10 |
1 |
| National Maritime Museum |
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|
|
| Ship models; 3 items |
51 |
8 |
3 |
| Prints; 3 items |
26 |
6 |
3 |
| Drawings; 4 items |
26 |
6 |
3 |
| Gun; 1 item |
20 |
0 |
0 |
| Relics and miscellaneous items;4 items |
18 |
17 |
6 |
| Books for the Library; 13 items |
54 |
3 |
7 |
| Manuscripts; 1 item |
5 |
5 |
0 |
| Total |
£202 |
6 |
10 |
73W
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£ |
s. |
d. |
| The London Museum |
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|
|
| Prints and drawings; 747 items |
120 |
11 |
6 |
| Old books and manuscripts relating to London; 27 items |
119 |
2 |
3 |
| Textiles and costumes; 2 items |
5 |
7 |
0 |
| Arms and armour; 5 items |
24 |
0 |
0 |
| Metal work |
105 |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
£374 |
0 |
9 |
| Local Museums Grant-in-Aid 15 Miscellaneous items |
£829 |
17 |
6 |