1913 was an important formative year for the National Gallery. 384 Canadian and European works of art catalogued under 220 artist entries in 5 sections: oil paintings; water-colours; drawings, etchings and designs; architectural drawings; and sculpture. Includes artists' bios (varies from a couple lines to a couple pages), number and title of piece(s) with little or no description (e.g., "sepia and gouache", "diploma picture", "bought by the Advisory Arts Council, 1908"). 177p: chain-laid paper; 14 leaves of black/white plates on coated paper hors-texte; 24cm. Index. 637g. Book: Interior Very Good (clean and sound); Binding Good (evidence of spillage to spine and rear board, less so to front board). No dustjacket.

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