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artist. The first of the bequests, from the late Mrs. Elizabeth C. 

 Hobson, of Washington, was a painting executed by Hamdy Bey 

 in Constantinople in 1884 expressly for Mrs. Hobson, and entitled 

 Tomb of "Mahomet the Gentleman" at Broussa; the other was a por- 

 trait of Col. Albert G. Brackett, U. S. Army, by G. P. A. Healy, de- 

 vised to the Gallery by Mrs. Brackett, also formerly a resident of 

 Washington. 



The Lewis collection of Washington relics, purchased by the Gov- 

 ernment in 1878, contained an oil paintmg of General Washington by 

 an undetermined artist, which was retained at the Department of the 

 Interior when the Lewis collection was transferred to the National 

 Museum in 1883. This portrait, more recently turned over to the 

 Smithsonian Institution, was placed in the Gallery during last year, 

 as was also a marble allegorical statue entitled II Penseroso, the work 

 of Joseph Mozier (1812-1870), which had previously been exhibited 

 in the older budding. 



Air. Charles L. Freer announces important additions from the Far 

 East to the rich collection of American and oriental art of which the 

 people of the Nation were made the beneficiaries several years ago. 

 Under the terms of the gift, this great and generous donation still 

 remains in the custody of Mr. Freer, in Detroit, for further study and 

 perfection, and to enable him to work out appropriate methods for 

 installing its varied treasures as a basis for planning the building in 

 which it will finally be housed in Washington. 



The loans received by the Gallery, consisting mainly of oil paintings, 

 were as follows: From Mrs. Abercrombie-MUler : Alpine Landscape, 

 by HiUner, and Sheep, by Eugene Verboeckhoven. From Dr. Thomas 

 M. Chatard: Portrait of Henrietta Maria, by Janssens, Portrait of 

 Mrs. Kous, by Sir Peter Lely, and Portrait of Mrs. Nicholas Bosley of 

 Hayfields, Md., by Thomas Sully. From Eev. F. Ward Denys: 

 Madonna and Child, by Perugino, and Saint Michael, by Guido Reni. 

 From Hon. George Peabody Wetmore: Military Review, a water 

 color, by Edouard Detaille, and Versailles, by Constant Wauters. 

 From Mrs. Frances E. Musgrave: Death Preferred, by J. Van Lerius. 

 From Mr. Benson B. Moore: Portrait of Rembrandt, attributed to 

 himself. From I^Ir. J. Carroll Beckwith: The Emperor, by Mr. Beck- 

 with. From Mr. and Airs. Charles Francis Adams: Two portraits of 

 Mr. Adams, by Robert Vonnoh, one full length, the other a bust. 

 From Mr, Walter R. Tuckerman: Portrait of Joseph Tuckerman, 

 D. D., by Gilbert Stuart. From Mrs. Henry Wells: A copy of 

 MuriUo's painting The Beggars. From Mrs. Mary Peoli Maginn: 

 Cupid Caged and Love Conquers, by John J. Peoli. From Mrs. 

 Florence A. Ebbs: Two pieces of marble sculpture, namely, Cordelia, 

 attributed to Harriet Hosmer, and Esmeralda, by RomaneUi. 



