HC Deb 23 July 1956 vol 557 cc7-8W
61. Mr. Hector Hughes

asked the Secretary to the Treasury where each of the pictures comprising the bequest by the late Sir Hugh Lane now is; how many and which are now on public exhibition; where they are now publicly exhibited; what use is now being made of those which are not at present being publicly exhibited; and what changes it is proposed to make in the near future in the location of each of the pictures.

15 Mr. H. Brooke

Of the 39 pictures in the Lane Bequest, 29 are at the National Gallery and 10 at the Tate Gallery. 14 are on exhibition at the former, and 2 at the latter.

The others can of course be seen by students and others. The National Gallery intends to exhibit further pictures from the Bequest in the near future. There is no immediate intention of changing the distribution of the pictures between the two Galleries.

The details about individual pictures are as follows:

I. At the National Gallery

(i) On Exhibition:pictures

  • Boudin: The Beach.
  • Corot: Palace of the Popes, Avignom, Summer Morning, Peasant Woman.
  • Courbet: Self Portrait, Snowstorm. The Pool.
  • Daumier: Don Quixote.
  • Degas: La Plage.
  • Manet: Mlle. Eva Gonzales, Concert at the Tuileries.
  • Monet: Vétheuil: Sunshine and Snow.
  • Pissarro: Printemps: Louveciennes.
  • Renoir: Les Parapluies.

(ii) Not on exhibition:pictures

  • Barye: Forest of Fontainebleau.
  • Bonvin: Still Life.
  • Courbet: In the Forest.
  • Daubigny: Daumier.
  • Diaz: Love's Offspring.
  • Fromentin: The Slave.
  • Gérome: A Naval Cadet.
  • Ingres: The Duke of Orleans.
  • Jongkind: Skating in Holland.
  • Maris: The Birdcage.
  • Monticelli: The Hayfield.
  • Puvis de Chavannes: Beheading of John the Baptist, The Toilet.
  • Rousseau: Moonlight.
  • Stevens: The Present.

II. At the Tate Gallery

(i) On Exhibition: two pictures

  • Morisot: Jour d'Été.
  • Vuillard: The Mantelpiece.

(ii) Not on exhibition: eight pictures

  • Brown, J. L.: The Mountebank.
  • Fantin-Latour: Still life.
  • Forain: The Law Courts.
  • Madrozo: Portrait Study of a Woman.
  • Mancini: La Douane, En Voyage, Marquis de Grillo, Aurelia.

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