DECISIONS SPECIALLY APPLICABLE

TO

SECTION 4.—MODERN FINE ARTS.

Class 37. Architecture.
,, 38. Paintings in Oil and Water Colours and Drawings.
,, 39. Sculpture, Models, Die-sinking and Intaglios.
,, 40. Engravings and Etchings.

110. The object of the Exhibition being to illustrate the progress and present condition of ‘Modern Art,’ each country will decide the period of Art which in its own case will best attain that end.

111. The Exhibition of British Art in this Section will include the works of artists alive on or subsequent to the 1st of May, 1762.

112. It is not proposed to award Prizes in this Section.

113. Prices will not be allowed to be affixed to any Work of Art exhibited in this Section.

114. One-half of the space to be allotted to Section IV. will be given to Foreign Countries, and one-half will be reserved for the works of British and Colonial Artists.

115. The subdivisions of the space allotted to Foreign Countries will be made, after consideration of the demands received from the Commission, or other Central Authority, of each Foreign Country. It is, therefore, important that these demands should be transmitted to Her Majesty’s Commissioners at the earliest possible date.

116. The arrangement of the Works of Art within the space allotted to each Foreign Country will be entirely under the control of the accredited representatives of that country, subject only to the necessary general regulations.

117. For the purposes of the Catalogue, it will be necessary that the Central Authority of each Foreign Country should furnish Her Majesty’s Commissioners, on or before the 1st of January, 1862, with a description of the several Works of Art which will be sent for exhibition, specifying in each case the name of the artist, the title of the work, and (when possible) the date of its production.

118. The space at the disposal of Her Majesty’s Commissioners for the display of British Art being limited, and it being at the same time desirable to bring together as careful and perfect an illustration as possible, a selection of the works to be exhibited will be indispensable.

119. The selection of Exhibitors, the space and number of works to be allowed to each, and the arrangement of them, will be entrusted to Committees to be nominated by Her Majesty’s Commissioners.

120. In the case of living artists, Her Majesty’s Commissioners would desire to consult the wishes of the artists themselves as to the particular works by which they would prefer to be represented. The selection of works so made by the artists will not necessarily be binding upon Her Majesty’s Commissioners, but in no case will any work by a living artist be exhibited against his wish, if expressed in writing, and delivered to the Commissioners on or before the 31st of March, 1862.

121. Her Majesty’s Commissioners will avail themselves of the following eight Art Institutions of this country in communicating with artists who are members of those institutions, viz.:

The Royal Academy,
The Royal Scottish Academy,
The Royal Hibernian Academy,
The Society of Painters in Water Colours,
The Society of British Artists,
The New Society of Painters in Water Colours,
The Institute of British Artists,
The Institute of British Architects.

122. Intending Exhibitors in the British Division of Section IV, who are not members of any of the preceding Institutions, may at once receive Forms of demand for Space, by applying to the Secretary to Her Majesty’s Commissioners. These Forms must be filled up and returned before the 1st of June, 1861.

By order,

F. R. SANDFORD,
Secretary.

Offices of Her Majesty’s Commissioners,
454, West Strand, London, W.C.

Several numbers are left blank, with the view of incorporating future decisions.

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