[274] £25,000 from a Parliamentary Grant; £30,000 from private gifts (see p. [xv].)
[275] 1313 and 1318 were purchased together for £2500.
[276] 1324 and 1326 were purchased together for £2500.
[277] Under the terms of Sir C. Eastlake's will these pictures were offered to the National Gallery at the prices which he paid for them.
[278] This sum was made up as follows:—Special Grant from the Treasury, £12,500; from the Annual Grant for 1898-99, £1550; gifts by Mr. Alfred de Rothschild and Mr. Heseltine, £500 each.
[279] £9000 from the Parliamentary grant; the remainder subscribed by Mr. W. W. Astor, Mr. A. Beit, Lord Burton, Lord Iveagh, Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, and Lady Wantage.
[280] To this sum Messrs. Colnaghi contributed £1000.
[281] Presented by the National Art-Collections Fund with the aid of a grant from the Government of £10,000.
[282] The National Gallery funds provided £15,000; the Treasury made a special grant of £15,000; and the National Art-Collections Fund contributed £10,000.
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