REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 139 



Of American works of art there were 20, namely, 1 oil painting 

 and 3 pastels by Dwight W. Tryon, 2 oil paintings by Thomas W. 

 Dewing, 1 oil painting by Abbott H. Thayer, 2 water colors by Wins- 

 low Homer, 2 oil paintings by John S. Sargent, 1 oil painting by 

 John H. Twachtman, and 4 oil paintings, 1 water color, and 1 etch- 

 ing by James McNeill Whistler, besides the Coast Survey copper 

 plate made famous by Wliistler and 1 impression from the same. 

 The oriental part of the collection aggregated 178 examples, and 

 consisted of 19 paintings, of which 1 large screen, 1 panel, 4 kake- 

 mono and 6 makimono were Chinese and 7 makimono were Japa- 

 nese; 23 pieces of pottery, of which 14 were Chinese, 5 Japanese, 3 

 Korean, and 1 Eakka; 58 bronzes, of which 56 were Chinese and 1 

 each Japanese and Babylonian; 65 objects sculptured in various 

 kinds of stone, all Chinese ; 8 figures in cast iron and 1 in pewter, of 

 Chinese origin ; 1 piece of Chinese and 1 of Persian glass ; 1 Chinese 

 rug, and 1 piece of Chinese velvet. 



The original donation by Mr. Freer contained approximately 

 2,326 objects. In the deed of gift of May 5, 1906, by which convey- 

 ance was made to the Institution, it was provided that the collection 

 should remain in the possession of the donor during his life and that 

 he might make such appropriate additions to it as he should select. 

 Additions have, in fact, been made continuously and on a lavish scale, 

 and from time to time these have been formally transferred by sup- 

 plemental deeds of gift, which now number 5 in all. They record 

 in the aggregate a slightly larger number of objects than composed 

 the first contribution and this remarkable collection has therefore 

 been more than doubled during the intervening eight years. 



Following is a brief summary of the original gift : The American 

 examples numbered 859, and comprised 95 oil paintings by James 

 McNeill "Wliistler, Dwight W. Tryon, Thomas W. Dewing, and Ab- 

 bott H. Thayer; 42 water colors by Whistler, Tryon, and Thayer; 

 43 pastels by "Wliistler, Tryon, and Dewing; 1 silver point by Dew- 

 ing; and 100 drawings and sketches, 3 wood engravings, 388 etchings 

 and dry points, 164 lithographs, 22 original copper plates, and the 

 decorations of The Peacock Room, by Whistler. Of oriental paint- 

 ings there were 489, namely, 121 Japanese screens, 50 Japanese and 3 

 Chinese panels, 251 Japanese and 36 Chinese kakemono, 9 Japanese 

 and 2 Chinese makimono, 4 albums of Japanese paintings and 

 sketches, and 13 Tibetan paintings. Oriental pottery was represented 

 by 953 pieces, of which 681 were Japanese, 92 Chinese, 84 Korean, 

 92 central Asian, 1 each Egyptian and Moorish, and 2 Grecian. The 

 remainder of the collection consisted of 5 Chinese bronzes, 19 lac- 

 quered objects, and 1 decorated Japanese box. 



The collection as constituted to-day contains approximately 983 

 examples of American art and 3,718 examples of oriental art, or a 

 total of 4,701 pieces. 



