AN EXPENSIVE PICTURE.
PURCHASE FOR MELBOURNE. By Teleyraph—Preß3 Association—CopyrightLondon, August 29. " The trustees of the Felton Bequest have purchased a large painting by watteau for .£3125, for tho Victorian National. Gallery., Mr. Alfred Felton, a Melbourne merchant, left two public bequests on his dcp.th in 1904, each of about .£BOOO _ per annum. One was to certain charities, and the other to the National Gallery of Victoria. In 1907 the trustees made their most expensive purchase, so far, -that of Corot s "Bent Tree," for .£SOOO odd.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 909, 31 August 1910, Page 7
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86AN EXPENSIVE PICTURE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 909, 31 August 1910, Page 7
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