CATALOGUE OF THE EXHIBITION OF A SELECTION OF WORKS BY EARLY AND MODERN PAINTERS OF THE DUTCH SCHOOL. With Descriptive and Biographical Notes.

First edition. Contemporary full dark red morocco with five raised bands to the spine, with titles in gilt to the spine and with the Corporation of London logo and borders in gilt to the upper board. Inner dentelles elaborately decorated in gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm with rubbing and a little scuffing to the extremities, the gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout, and without inscriptions or stamps. A very attractive example.

A beautifully bound guide to the Art Gallery of the Corporation of London's, otherwise known as the Guildhall Art Gallery, twelfth exhibition since its founding, and fifth exhibition thus far to have displayed works by artists from the Dutch School. The exhibition is stated to have run from Tuesday 28th April to Saturday 25th July 1903. Sir Alfred George Temple FSA (1848-1928) was the first director of the Guildhall Art Gallery, a post he held for 42 years. Through his diligent efforts, he built up the collection into one of the finest in England and wrote many books and articles on art.