Art
[NATIONAL ART-COLLECTIONS FUND EXHIBITIONS, BRITISH MUSEUM AND VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM.]
IF tangible proof of the activities of the National Art-Collec- tions Fund were needed, the two exhibitions at the Victoria and Albert and at the British Museum will supply it. Here are collected most of the works of art which this Fund has helped to secure for the Galleries and Museums of the Empire. A visit will show how various are the works so collected, for here are not only Old Masters like the Rokeby Velasquez and Holbein's Duchess of Milan, but pictures and drawings ranging from Rembrandt to Rothenstein, furniture, porcelains, stained glass, tapestry, Greek vases, Buddhas, silver, Peruvian pottery, antiquities from Egypt, watches, books, and goodness knows what besides. These have been lent for exhibition by the museums to which they have been presented.
The National Art-Collections Fund is one of our bulwarks against the tide which is so rapidly sweeping many of our works of art to the other side of the Atlantic. The strength of the Fund depends greatly on the number and enthusiasm of its members, and we would suggest to our readers that they should support it.
G. G.
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