British Gallery of Pictures Act 1820
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Citation | 1820 c. lxxxix |
| Year | 1820 |
ANNO PRIMO
GEORGII IV. REGIS.
Cap.
lxxxix.
An Act to extend and amend an Act passed in the
Fifty-seventh Year of His late Majesty, to enable
Peltro William Tomkins, Engraver, to dispose of
his Collection of Paintings, Drawings, and En-
gravings, together with several Copies of certain
Books therein mentioned, and the Lease of the
Premises called The British, Gallery of Pictures,
by way of Lottery. [24th July 1820.]
W
HEREAS by an Act made in the Fifty-seventh Year of the
Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, inti-
tuled An Act to
enable
Peltro William Tomkins of New 57G.3.c.6U
Bond Street, in the City of Westminster, Engraver to the Queen's
most Excellent Majesty, to dispose of his
Collections
of Paintings,
Drawings, and Engravings, together with several
Copies
of certain
Books therein mentioned, and the Lease of
the
Premises called
The
British Gallery of Pictures, by may of Lottery; it was amongst other
things enacted, that it should be lawful for the said Peltro William
Tomkins, his Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, to sell and
dispose of the said Collection of Paintings, Drawings, and Engrav-
ings,
and the several Pieces composing the same, together with the
Copies of
Thomson'%
Seasons, and the British Gallery of Pictures,
in Two Series therein mentioned, and also the Lease of the Premises
Number Fifty-four, in New Bond Street, by way of Chance, without
being liable to any Penalty or Forfeiture imposed by any Act of
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Parliament,
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