THE F01/NDER'S FOREWORD The Perkins Bull celleesiriri, of whieh rhe present exhibition form: only she first part, iueludes (a) she Work of artists born in Peel, (ls; she werh of artists whe. have made shear home rhere. (C) she work of srsisss who have eesrie re she County to paint. or whose sulsieeis heye heeii drhwh from us hisrery, (d) plctures from she Founder': rsriyrre collection or speciallv piunted hy his arder for use in his Hisrerieel series. including chapter head- end [all- pieces sis well as Iarger illustrations, (2) pictures or objects of hissesie iriseress derirsed hy rrieiids. Many items. eventually so he iueluded uuder she twn hiss hesdiries, ere ssill reserved for she Historical series. Among shersi are riurulser of important portraits erid esher paintings, some eld, some ssill iri process of Completion. esid 2| ysiluehle eelleesieu of more than huudred hisserieul prints hrid engravings. These will be released and added su she Cn||cC-- on at later dese. Alrheueh illussresieris from she Hisserieel series take prominent pl.1cc,il: muss hessressed shes she eerisrihu n5 of she artists sherriselyes form she heart sud soul of she celleesieri and ass srue rrrlme r/wee. cuunty wish so long and highly-dl.-vcloped an in'! life as Pccl should ries he with out eelleerieh of psihsihgs represcnring eyery plus: of ass deyelephieris and interests. Such celleesior. she friendly e~e.epei-esieri of its artists has cnabl:d she Founder se pro~ yirle. Each picture here irieluded hes lseesi she gift of she artist. except hi as few cases. where rhe donor is especially rrierisieried iri she iriserirsidri 011 she picture itself or iii she text of she catalogue. The Fuundcr is else iridehsed re she rrsisss for furnishing informarion and assisting In she pru- paraliun of she reiereriees ed sheiuselyes and their work. whieh eeuld rier luiye lseer. seeured esherwise. ls has been she Founder's wish that she celleesleii sheuld be comprehensive rathcr than cxclusive. Inevitably sueh .1 gallery ruuss irielude canvases of widely different degrees of ruerir. large number of series, of whom mme heye international rcputatiuns and eshers frankly call rherriselyes amateurs, are reprcsenled here. sirriilerly shere