An anonymous artist slipped into the gallery’s modern art section and put up his own 7 foot high montage of photographs, which was swiftly removed by staff.

James Owens of Merridale Lane prefered the classical school to modern sculpture. The photograph shows him alongside the brass head.

An watercolour from 1809, “A Savoy Scene” by William Turner, was the centrepiece of the exhibition. The photograph shows William Clement of Hatton Road viewing a painting by Sidney Causer.

The building was undergoing its first restoration in a hundred years. The photograph shows stonemason Alan Hopkins working on the figures of art and science on scaffolding above St Peter’s Gardens, including the premises of Frank Innes, Sketchley and Pru

The paintings and drawings were commissioned by the War Artists Advisory Committee, covering all aspects of the Second World War, and were presented to the town by the Imperial War Museum. Edward Ardizzone, the Marlog “O” prison camp ouside Bremen and Joh

Actress Adrienne Corri had spotted an unidentified sketch at Wolverhampton Art Gallery while she was appearing at the Grand Theatre, which she believed was of Frederick, Prince of Wales, painted by either Kneller or Jonathan Richardson. Gainsborough, Reyn

Christine Holder of Oldbury Wells in Bridgnorth, along with her brother Leslie, presented a nineteenth century reproduction of an eighteenth century ladies cylinder bureau, in memory of their father, Reverend Leslie Chown. The photograph shows Peter Vigur

Artist Mick Powell, who grew up in Wolverhampton during the Second World War, used his experiences to produce many of the works on show in the exhibition. Dudley Zoo is mentioned. The photograph shows Mick holding an image of The Great Dante at the Hippod

The Arts Council was running special art teaching sessions alongside the exhibition. Peter Vigurs and Sue Clive are mentioned. The photograph shows (from left) Karen Thomas, Craig Furnace and Paul Abbotts from Haughton Hall School, Shifnal, lying on the f

The photograph shows Jayne Aston with a bust of Edward Bird in front of his painting, “The Arrival of Louis XVIII at Calais”, which had recently been cleaned.