Excerpt from A Popular Handbook to the Tate Gallery, 'National Gallery of British Art' In the notes on the pictures I have not thought it necessary to give those detailed descriptions which, though desirable for purposes of identification in an Official catalogue, would seem to be out of place in a book designed for popular use in the Gallery itself. Nor as a general rule have I included technical criticism. My object has rather been to describe the sentiment of the pictures, and to suggest such other matters Of incidental interest as might be likely to appeal to the general reader. I have also quoted freely the critical remarks of esteemed judges, endeavouring in all cases to acknowledge the source of such quotations. If I have anywhere failed in this respect, I beg to apologise for the inadvertence. I may here thank my friend Mr. M. H. Spielmann for much assistance kindly given to me in compiling this Handbook. In an introductory chapter an account will be found of the origin and history of the Tale Gallery, together with some general remarks on the British School of Painting as now illustrated within walls. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.