AUCKLAND MUNICIPAL HANDBOOK
and the question of extra accommodation is again engaging the attention of the Council.
A word on the artistic value of the collections. The Grey collection contains many old canvasses, some of which are reputed to be, and undoubtedly are, genuine old masters: others may be replicas or copies of the originals. The City collection contains a number of interesting British and Continental paintings, including examples of Alfred Parsons, Brangwyn, T. McEwan, J. R. Reid, Terrick Willams, R. Anning Bell, J. L. Pickering, Stanhope Forbes, A. Hacker, Briton Riviere, Harold Knight, Watson Gordon, T. B. Kennington, T. B. Hardy, W. Duffield, Sir E. A. Waterlow, G. Chambers, J. J. Tissot, and A. J. Hanson. The section devoted to New Zealand artists contains paintings by Miss Richmond, L. J. Steele, P. Van der Velden, C. F. Goldie, F. and W. Wright, C. Blomfield, J. Gibb, T. L. Drummond, R. Proctor, K. Watkins, Albin Martin, C. W. Foster, G. E. Butler, E. Spenser Macky, W. Menzies Gibb, C. N. Worsley, John Gully, J. C. Hoyte and others.
The Mackelvie collection consists of two broad divisions, paintings and objets d'art. The latter, collected by Mr. Mackelvie himself, comprises what is perhaps the most valuable aggregation of its kind among Australasian collections. In it are to be found beautiful examples of carvings in metal, wood and ivory, porcelain, crystal ware, mosaics, terra-cotta, enamelled ware, miniatures, antique clocks, watches, snuff-boxes, bon-
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