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the smaller rooms, and comprises the roUowing 9 paintings of excep- 

 tional merit: "Italian Landscape," by Richard Wilson; "Portrait 

 of Archibald Skirving," by Sir Henry Raeburn; "Portrait of Sir 

 Sampson Wright," by George Romney; "Marine," by Wilham 

 Clarkson Stanfield; "Madonna and Child," by Govaert Flinck; 

 "A Man's Portrait," by N. Maes; "A View in Rome," by Francesco 

 Guardi; "Portrait of Mrs. Price," by William Hogarth; and "Out- 

 skirts of a Wood," by David Cox. 



Especiall}^ interesting is a series of 15 paintings by early American 

 artists, deposited in the spring of 1910, by Dr. George Reuling, of 

 Baltimore. The pieces are as follows: "Launching of the Brigan- 

 tme," by P. F. Rothermel; "Battle of Bunker Hill," "General 

 Washington at Trenton," and "Portrait of General Washington," 

 by John Trumbull; "General Washington at Princeton," and 

 "Portrait of General Andrew Jackson," by Charles Willson Peale; 

 "Portrait of Mrs. Lloyd," by Gilbert Stuart; "Hemy Clay on his 

 estate, Ashland," by G. P. A. Healy; "Portrait of Miss Rieman," 

 by Gilbert Stuart Newton; "Henry Clay making his Great Speech," 

 and "Portrait of Sergeant Wallace," by John Neagle; "Portrait of 

 William Clark, the Explorer," by Jarvis; "Portrait of Henry Clay," 

 "Portrait of General Zebulon Montgomery Pike," and "Portrait of a 

 Lady," by Rembrandt Peale. The loan also includes a painting by 

 Sir Henry Raeburn, entitled "English Country Squire." 



A valuable collection lent by the Duchess de Arcos and turned 

 over to the Gallery in June, 1910, comprises 18 paintings, and a 

 marble Bacchante by Bien Aime. Among the painters represented 

 are Van Dyck, John Opie, Albano, Zuccarelli, Pietro de Cortona, 

 Perino del Vaga, Baroccio, and Berchem. As the paintings have 

 been in storage for some years, they will require cleaning and some 

 repair before they can be installed. 



A portrait of the late Prof. Simon Newcomb, by C. H. L. Mac- 

 donald, was deposited by Mrs. Newcomb, and one of Miss Viola W. 

 Myer, by Carle J. Blenner, was lent by Miss Myer. 



Reference has been made in a previous report to a large painting 

 designed as a mural decoration for the great east hall of the new 

 building, executed by Mr. John Elhott, as a gift to the Museum from 

 Mr. and Mrs. Larz Anderson, of Boston and Wasliington. It is enti- 

 tled "Diana of the Tides," and was painted in the studio of the artist 

 in Rome, Italy, durmg the years 1906-1908. Tliis canvas, which 

 measures 25 by 11 feet, was first unpacked, framed, and installed for 

 exhibition at the opening of the Gallery on March 17, 1910, being 

 given a position on the southern wall of the middle hall, outside of 

 the Gallery inclosure, where it attracted much attention and was the 

 subject of much praise. Before the close of the year, however, it 

 was removed to its place in the east hall, where it occupies a high 



