Minutes of board meeting held on 1st April 1936

Minutes of board meeting held on 1st April 1936 in which the following was discussed: discussion of postcards, agreement to purchase same from The Stationery Office. Any profit made should go towards the purchase of pictures. A letter from the Revenue Commissioners was read regarding the importation of 50 - 100 cardboard boxes of photographs without paying duty. It was decided by a vote of 7 - 2 to purchase "David and Goliath" by Orazio Gentileschi [NGI 980] for £1500. An offer of a portrait of Lord Montgomery by Hoffman for £300 declined. A loan of a portrait of Sarah Purser by Romney accepted. Overcrowding of the Portrait Gallery reported - extension required. The Director reported average attendance figures but they are not noted. Several offers of pictures recorded as declined. Mrs O'Brien, the Secretary of the Lover of Art and of Children requested to loan of 'certain reproductions of Old Masters'. The loan was approved.