Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland . the admirable set of busts of celebratedGreeks and Romans, known by the name of the Albacini Col-lection. In the picture gallery is deposited a small but valu-able collection of works by ancient and modern masters, amongwhich are some very fine specimens of Vandyke, and in themodern section some masterly paintings by Etty. The collec-tion since its first formation has been enlarged by the additionof the pictures, bronzes, and marbles belonging to the late SirJames Erskine of Torrie, who bequeathed them to the Collegeat Edinburgh, for the purpose of lay
Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland . the admirable set of busts of celebratedGreeks and Romans, known by the name of the Albacini Col-lection. In the picture gallery is deposited a small but valu-able collection of works by ancient and modern masters, amongwhich are some very fine specimens of Vandyke, and in themodern section some masterly paintings by Etty. The collec-tion since its first formation has been enlarged by the additionof the pictures, bronzes, and marbles belonging to the late SirJames Erskine of Torrie, who bequeathed them to the Collegeat Edinburgh, for the purpose of laying a foundatioti for agallery for the encouragement of the fine arts ; and in the year1845, with the consent of the Senatus Academicus, an agree-ment was entered into between the trustees of Sir JamesErskines will and the Board of Trustees for Manufactures,that the collection should be placed in the Royal Institution forpublic exhibition, where it passes under the name of TheTorrie Collection. The whole of the collections are increased. PRINCES STREET—ROYAL INSTITUTION. 13 from time to time by gifts or purchases of works of art, or bytheir temporary deposit in charge of the Board for the purposeof exhibition. The galleries are opened gratuitously to thepublic ; the statue gallery for five days in the week, and thepicture gallery for two. On other days the picture gallery isreserved for the use of artists and students. Exhibition of Ancient Pictures open Wednesday andSaturday, from 10 to 4 The Gallery of Casts isopen every day, except Saturday and Sunday. FIRST ROOM, Specimens of the Flemish and Dutch and French Schools of sixteenth andseventeenth centuries, and the Marbles and Bronzes. 1. Rrmbhandt Van Ryn. 2 and 23. Minderhout Hobbima. 3. Anthony FbancisVandeemeulen. 4. T. B. Greuze. 5. Andrew Both. 6 and 26. Jan Both. 7. TiziANO Vecelli. 8. Carel Du Jardin. 9. GiULio Ilpr, called G. Romano. 10 and 18. Jacob Ruysdael. The figures by Ph. Wouvernians. 11 and 12. Dom
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