A NEW NATIONAL GALLERY.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XII, Issue 553, 4 November 1867, Page 1

A NEW NATIONAL GALLERY.

I We understand that it is the intention to deco, rate the corridor of the Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences, when it is completed, with paintingsrs. ! presenting the principal events connected with English history that have occurred since the coin. | ineucamc.it of the present century. We need . scarcely say that the subjects will be selected ctclusivuiy from the celebrated work “The Early veirs of ii.ll IT t.lm Prince Consort.” and each nleture will he in illustration of soma distinctive virtue possessed by the Prince. The following are a few of the subjects already determined upon; — 1. Bnrerj :.i ih: Field. —Albert the Good giviuj the young Count Mensdorff a black eye—un* intentionally. 2. C.Vu-alry. —Albert the Good reproving his companions in a game of “King of the Castle,” when they suggested going into the castle up the backstairs. 3. Dlsi»!eres*cJ Sacrifice. —Albert the Good in the act of sacrificing his future prospects in lift by accepting ii'j.ooo a year and the hand of th« Sovereign in marriage. I 4. liiunilliy. —Albert the Good abandoning the splendors and ceremonies of the Court, and being I nseo.vr; i in Osbcrne Wools hating a p.pj—wvii the nigh' ingnles. 5. M>ral Fortitude. —Albert the Good heroically receiving the distressing intelligence that it wa-m’r a boy. 6. Pa,-ity of Life. —Albert the Good going to bed at nine'o’clock, after having refused to go to the races, and having declined to “imitate the vices of former generations of the Royal Family." Vu; believe that M. Desauges, the artist whoso ablv depicted on canvass the incidents for which the'Victoria Cross was conferred, has received a commission to execute this most interesting gal» lery of paintings.