1854–2004

by Somerville-Large, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781904288084
• ISBN10: 1904288081
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-30
• Publisher: Paul Holberton Pub

Table of Contents

Foreword	10	(2)
Opening Day	12	(8)
Moves to Create a Gallery for Ireland	20	(11)
Fixing a Site on Leinster Lawn	31	(8)
From Dargan Committee to Irish Institution	39	(8)
The Parliamentary Bill and Marsh's Library Saga	47	(11)
Battle of Five Architects	58	(15)
Initial Acquisitions and Aducci Pictures	73	(17)
Preparations for the Opening	90	(17)
Developments During the 1860s	107	(16)
Everyday Business and the Loss of the First Registrar	123	(13)
The Indispensable Lord Powerscourt	136	(14)
Opening a National Portrait Gallery	150	(17)
Running Affairs in the 1890s	167	(16)
The Milltown Gift	183	(18)
Bequests and Bargains	201	(17)
Modern Art for Dublin	218	(14)
A Whirlwind Year	232	(14)
Events to the Easter Rising	246	(13)
The Gallery at War	259	(15)
Hugh Lane's Legacy	274	(20)
Adapting to the New State	294	(16)
`One of the Great Collections'	310	(21)
Optimism and Despair	331	(20)
Chester Beatty and Great Expectations	351	(23)
More Gifts From Bernard Shaw	374	(24)
The Sweeney Bequest and Beit Gift	398	(25)
Full Circle: Building and Acquisitions	423	(21)
The Millennium Wing	444	(18)
NGI Bibliography	462	(4)
Index	466