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who is the head curator of anthropology in the National Museum, 

 also serves as curator of the Gallery. The enclosure constructed for 

 the Gallery some years ago is adapted only for paintings, offering no 

 space for works of sculpture, of which the few pieces now in the 

 possession of the Gallery are exhibited in the north entrance lobby 

 and the rotunda. Arrangements for the special exhibition and for 

 the changes in and additions to the loan collections have entailed a 

 considerable amount of planning and labor, but with excellent 

 results, and at the close of the year the Gallery presented a greater 

 assemblage of attractions and a better appearance than at any 

 previous time. 



The additions by Mr. Charles L. Freer to his splendid gift con- 

 sisted of 110 objects assembled between February 2i, 1914, and Janu- 

 ary 11, 1915, title to which was given on the latter date. Of Ameri- 

 can works there were 8, namely, 1 oil painting by Dwight W. Tryon, 



I oil painting and 2 silver points by Thomas W. Dewing, and 3 

 drawings and sketches and 1 lithograph by James McNeill Whistler. 

 The oriental part, aggregating 102 examples, comprised 50 paint- 

 ings, of which 8 panels, 11 kakemono, 10 makimono and an album of 



II paintings are Chinese, and 1 screen, 1 panel and 5 kakemono are 

 Japanese; 11 pieces of pottery, of which 12 are Chinese, and 1 each 

 Rakka and Eaghes : and 24 pieces of jade, 5 sculptures in stone, and 

 9 bronzes, all Chinese. The original donation by Mr. Freer, num- 

 bering approximately 2,326 objects, was conveyed to the Smithsonian 

 Institution by a deed of gift dated May 5, 1906, in which it was 

 provided that the collection should remain in the possession of the 

 donor during his life and that he might make such appropriate addi- 

 tions to it as he should select. Such additions have, in fact, been 

 made on a most extensive scale, and have from time to time been 

 formally transferred by supplemental deeds of gift, which now num- 

 .ber 6 in all. So liberal indeed has been this benefactor that he has 

 more than doubled the size of his contribution, which now contains 

 approximately 4,811 pieces, of which 991 are American and 3,820 

 oriental. A summary of the collection as at present constituted will 

 be found on a subsequent page. 



The other permanent acquisitions, all donations, numbered 12, of 

 which 7 are oil paintings, 1 is a marble statue, 2 are busts in bronze 

 and 2 plaster casts. The principal contributor was Mr. William T. 

 Evans, whose interest in the welfare of the Gallery has shown no 

 abatement since his original gift in 1907. The collection of the 

 works of contemporary American artists, which he has augmented 

 from year to year, now comprises 151 paintings and 1 bronze by 107 

 persons, besides 115 proofs of wood engravings by 16 of the most 

 prominent American workers in this line. His donations of last 

 12264°— NAT MXJS 1915 6 



