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Exhibition Dates
The Exhibition was open from Saturday 24 February until
Saturday 10 March. At the Opening, there was a
presentation of medals awarded by the judges:
- Messrs J Craig Annan
- W S MacGeorge ARSA
- Archibald Cochrane.
It remained open for two weeks until
Saturday 10 March.
[Transactions of EPS:
March 1906, p.93] |
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Exhibition Entertainment
Entertainment
was scheduled to be provided for EPS
members and their friends on Saturday evenings during the
exhibition. The following programme was advertised in the
November 1905 edition of edition of Transactions of EPS:
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Sat. 24 Feb
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Opening |
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Sat. 24 Feb
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Presentation of Awards |
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Sat. 24 Feb
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'A Trip from Tunisia to Algeria,
and the Desert
OR, Life among the Moors,
Berbers and Bedouin'
[illustrated] Rev. Alexander M
Sutherland] |
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Sat. 3 Mar
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'Japan'
[illustrated] J Duncan Millar,
Advocate |
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Sat. 3 Mar |
Art Union Drawing |
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Sat 10 Mar |
'Church Bells and Change Ringing'
with lantern and hand-bell illustrations. J S
McCulloch assisted by members of St Cuthbert's Society of
Change-Ringers. |
[Transactions of EPS:
Nov 1905,., p.25]
It is not clear whether or not the lecture scheduled for 24
February went ahead.
The lecture scheduled for 3 March 1906 was changed, J Duncan
Millar instead giving his lecture to EPS Open Exhibition in
1907.
Transactions of EPS, issued after the exhibition,
listed only the following entertainment:
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Sat. 3 Mar
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'The Story of Arthur's
Seat' [illustrated]
T Cuthbert Day |
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Sat. 3 Mar |
Art Union Drawing |
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Sat 10 Mar |
'Church Bells and Change Ringing'
with lantern and hand-bell illustrations. J S
McCulloch assisted by members of St Cuthbert's Society of
Change-Ringers. |
[Transactions of EPS:
Mar 1906, p.92] |
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Exhibition Judges
Transactions
of EPS reported:
"It is annually a matter of regret
that better accommodation to house the collection than the
Society's Hall, which has been somewhat aptly termed the Calton
tunnel, cannot be procured except at ruinous cost."
The EPS Transactions reported that
approaches had been made in 1903 to use the Royal Scottish
Academy Rooms, but the future administration of these galleries
was now uncertain so no further application had been made.
[Transactions of EPS:
March 1906, p.93] |
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The Art Union Scheme
The Art Union
scheme, introduced for the first time in 1905 was another success
this year. The Society's donation and the sale of tickets
amounted together to £24 8s 6d . (£24 1s 6d in
1905).
This sum was allocated used to provide 29 prizes, the winners
being required to purchase pictures from amongst those exhibited.
A full list of names and addresses of the winners appeared in
Transactions of the EPS.
[Transactions of the EPS; April
1906, p.110]
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