REPORT OF NATION AL, MUSEUM, 1920. 63 



maimer, has been further enlarged through his generosity by the 

 following additions: A piano made by Isaac Hawkins in Phila- 

 delphia, 1801, and said to be the first American upright piano: a 

 second made by C. F, L. Albrecht, Philadelphia, about 1827; and a 

 third made by Babcock, Boston, about 1829; also a double bank 

 harpsichord made by Burkhardt, London, about 1847. Mrs. J. Rj^an 

 Devereux, Chevy Chase, Maryland, gaA^e 81 musical instrimients of 

 A'arious types, a very noteworthy addition. A silver keyed flute made 

 in Germany in the 19th century was received by bequest of Thomson 

 H. Alexander, through Mrs. Alexander; and Mr. Harry L. McCal- 

 mont,- Washington, District of Columbia, gave a Boehm-system flute 

 and an oboe or hautboi used in present day bands and orchestras. 



Ceramics. — In the ceramic gallery the installation was improved 

 by the elimination of unimportant exhibits and rearrangement of 

 others. Several specimens were transferred to the exhibit of the 

 N^ational Gallery of Art. Loans were credited to Miss E. B. Lowo 

 of part of a set of old English porcelain with bold dragon design 

 in sanguine, and from Miss Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore of several 

 pieces of Japanese porcelain and bronze. 



Graphic Arts. — The collections of this division, installed as dur- 

 ing previous years in the main hall and chapel of the Smithsonian 

 building, continued in charge of Mr. Paul Brockett with Mr. Ruel P. 

 Tolman as assistant. In May Mr. L. W. Beeson, in charge of the sec- 

 tion of photography, resigned and Mr. A. J. Olmsted was appointed 

 to fill the vacancy. 



Additions to the collections for the year are slightly in excess 

 of those of the preceding year, the accessions numbering 15. The 

 most important gift was that of Earle W. Huckel, which comprises 

 366 wood engravings, mezzotints, aquatints, photogravures, rotar}'- 

 photogravures, etchings, collotypes, Japanese wood block prints, 

 halftones, reproductions in line, chromolithographs, and a " Plumbeo- 

 type." The following gifts also are worthy of mention: 4 miniature 

 mosaics from Mr. Stockton W. Jones; 6 copies of sephiograph 

 reproductions from the Crane Lithograph Company; and a piece of 

 American-made vellum from Mr. George A. Hathaway. 



In addition to the regular exhibition series a number of very 

 large and beautiful photographs made by Secretary Charles D. Wal- 

 cott of striking scenic features of the Yellowstone National Park 

 and a collection of 32 water color paintings of Eastern spring and 

 summer flowers by Mrs. Charles D. Walcott were placed on view. 



All of the collections of the division, both study and exhibition 

 were carefully gone over from time to time to see that the cases were 

 dust tight and that the exhibits were properly arranged and labeled. 



In the section of photography there was but one accession during 

 the year, that of the photographic apparatus used by Muybridge in 



