Excerpt from The New Gallery, 1888: An Illustrated Catalogue of the Summer Exhibition at the New Gallery, 121 Regent Street, WThe West and North Galleries are on the ground ¿oor, and are entirely devoted to oil paintings. In, the Balcony above, which is carried round the sides of the Central Hall (as indicated in the illustration), are smaller works in oils and water-colours, also etchings and drawings.The building itself IS of great interest, not only on account of the short time in which it has been completed, but for the ingenuity and good taste of the architect 1n dealing with existing conditions - ia giving dignity and beauty to a site and to a structure where meanness had reigned supreme.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.