82 THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 



PORTRAIT OF THE LATE EMPRESS DOWAGER OF CHINA, Repre- 

 senting Her Majesty, Hsi Tzu, Seated on Her Throne, Sur- 

 rounded WITH THE Emblems of Good Fortune. Painted by 

 Katherine A. Carl, at the Imperial Palace, Peking, 1903, and pre- 

 sented to the United States by the Government of China. 



CATLIN INDIAN PAINTINGS. 



This collection, referred to on page 51, was presented to the 

 Museum in 1879 by Mrs. Joseph Harrison, of Philadelphia. 



PAINTINGS BY J. J. AUDUBON. 



Some years ago the Museum obtained by purchase four orig- 

 inal paintings of birds by this distinguished ornithologist and 

 artist, several of the figures of which were reproduced in his 

 well-known work. One of these paintings was executed in oil 

 on canvas and represents the rose-breasted grosbeak. The 

 others are water colors on paper and depict both sexes of the 

 cardinal, the purple grackle and the towhee. The Museum also 

 has four of the copper plates from which were printed the illus- 

 trations for "The Birds of America." 



HISTORY OF PAINTING. 



A selection of about 250 of the celebrated autotypes published 

 by Adolph Braun & Co., of Dornach, illustrating the history of 

 painting from the time of Cimabue and Giotto. Each of the 

 greater masters is represented by copies of from one to six paint- 

 ings, as far as it was possible to obtain them. 



Miscellaneous Sculpture, Models, Bronzes, etc. 



The Institution and Museum have received many objects of 

 art other than paintings which, for the most part, have not 

 been segregated except such as have been incorporated in the 

 collections illustrating the arts and crafts and American his- 

 tory. The collection of busts now numbers several hundred, 

 but only a very few of these are of more than historical value. 

 The following are especially worthy of mention : 



STATUE OF WASHINGTON. By Horatio Greenough. Colossal, partly 

 nude, figure in Carrara marble, seated in a Roman chair, on which 

 are carved several small accessory figures. Washington is repre- 

 sented with his right hand pointing upward and with his left holding 

 a sheathed sword. Height about 11 feet; base, 5 feet 6 inches by 

 8 feet 6 inches. 



