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don; "The Valley Farm," by Jolin Constable; "Madonna and Child," 

 after the manner of Correggio; "Portrait of Madame Tulp," by 

 Cornelis-Janson van Ceiilen (Jansen); "Portrait of Josepha Boe- 

 gart," by Francis Pourbus, the Younger; "Independence," by Klaus 

 Meyer; "A Street Scene m the East," by Edwin Lord Weeks; "The 

 Prince of Wales and President Buchanan at the Tomb of Waslmig- 

 ton. Mount Vernon, 1S60," by Thomas P. Rossiter; "Portrait of 

 President Buchanan," by Jacob Eicholtz; "Miniature of President 

 Buchanan," by John Henry Brown; and "Portrait of James Buchanan 

 Johnston," by Harper Pennington. The collection also includes sev- 

 eral articles of historical mterest and three pieces of sculpture, 

 namely, a bust of President Buchanan by Henry Dexter, and a bust 

 of Henry Elliot Johnston and a full length of Henry Elliot Jolm- 

 ston, jr., at the age of 2 years, by William Henry Rinehart. A marble 

 bust of Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston, by Rinehart, was added as a 

 loan during the past year by Miss May S. Kennedy, of Charlestown, 

 West Virginia. 



The gift of Mr. Charles L. Freer was accepted by the Board of 

 Regents of the Listitution on January 24, 1906. Its general charac- 

 ter and the principal conditions under which it was tendered were 

 stated by Mr. Freer in an early communication, as follows: 



"These several collections include specimens of very widely sepa- 

 rated periods of artistic development, begmning before the birth of 

 Christ and ending to-day. No attempt has been made to secure 

 specimens from unsympathetic sources, my collectmg having been 

 confined to American and Asiatic schools. My great desire has been 

 to unite modern work with masterpieces of certain periods of high 

 civilization harmonious in spiritual and physical suggestion, having 

 the power to broaden esthetic culture and the grace to elevate the 

 human mind. 



"These collections I desire to retain during my life for the enjoy- 

 ment of students, my friends, and myself, and for the further purpose 

 of making additions and improvements from time to time. Believ- 

 ing that good models only should be used in artistic instruction, I 

 wish to continue my censorship, aided by the best expert advice, 

 and remove every undesirable article and add in the future whatever 

 I can obtain of like harmonious standard quality." 



On May 5, 1906, Mr. Freer transferred to the ownership of the 

 Institution all of the objects then assembled for the collection, the 

 conveyance being made by a deed of gift, accompanied by a descrip- 

 tive inventory. In the same connection provision was made for the 

 erection, at the proper time and at the cost of the donor, of a suitable 

 and worthy building to house the collection, which is to be adjacent 

 to the National Museum. During subsequent years ^Ir. Freer has 

 added very extensively to the original gift, mainly as the result of 



