National Gallery of Ireland Act, 1854

Governors and Guardians of the National Gallery for Ireland incorporated.

VII. The President and Senior Vice-President of the Royal Dublin Society for the Time being, the President of the Royal Hibernian Academy for the Time being, the President of the Royal Irish Academy for the Time being, the Chairman of the Board of Public Works in Ireland for the Time being, George Petrie Esquire, George Francis Mulvany Esquire, William Brabazon Earl of Meath, Thomas Aiskew Larcom Esquire, William Dargan Esquire, Francis William Earl of Charlemont, the Right Honourable Maziere Brady, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, the Lord Talbot de Malahide, Sir George Frederick John Hodson Baronet, Robert Calwell Esquire, John Calvert Stronge Esquire, and John Edward Pigot Esquire, and their Successors appointed as herein-after directed, and subject to the Provisions herein-after contained, shall be and they are hereby constituted a Body Corporate by the Name of “The Governors and Guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland,” and shall have a Common Seal, and by the said Name shall have perpetual Succession, and shall and may take, purchase, and hold Lands and Real Estate and other Property in trust for the Purposes of a National Gallery of Paintings, Sculpture, and the Fine Arts, subject to the Provisions of this Act; and all the Powers of the said Corporation may be exercised so long and so often as there shall exist Five Members thereof.