An Act to provide for the Establishment of a National Gallery of Paintings, Sculpture, and the Fine Arts, for the Care of a Public Library, and the Erection of a Public Museum, in Dublin.
WHEREAS it is expedient to establish a National Gallery of Paintings, Sculpture, and the Fine Arts in Ireland: And whereas it is also expedient to render Archbishop Marsh's Library more conveniently accessible than it now is to the Inhabitants of Dublin: And whereas at the Close of the Great Industrial Exhibition of 1853 in Dublin a Subscription was entered into by several Individuals, both in Great Britain and Ireland, for the Purpose of commemorating the eminent public Services of William D...