64 THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 



"A large marble bust of Pulaski on deposit; a colossal bust in 

 plaster of Dr. Robert Hare. Another, of the same size, of Hon. 

 George M. Dallas; also a bust of Thomas Jefferson, and another 

 of Dr. E. K. Kane, all by purchase. They are original works of 

 art, of considerable merit, by Henry D. Saunders. 



"Besides these, a series of busts in plaster, several valuable 

 pieces of sculpture in marble, and a number of pictures, have 

 been received from the museum at the Patent Office. Among 

 the busts are the following: An excellent likeness of John 

 Vaughan, for a long time librarian of the American Philosophical 

 Society; one of Cuvier, the French naturalist; of Hon. Dixon 

 H. Lewis, late member of Congress, remarkable for his immense 

 bodily size; and of the Hon. Peter Force, of this city. Among 

 the articles in marble are a full-sized medallion of Minerva from 

 Pompeii, a half-size copy of the Apollo Belvidere, and two other 

 half-size ancient statues, all of elaborate finish. Among the 

 pictures is an original portrait of Washington by the elder Peale, 

 painted immediately after the battle of Princeton. In addition 

 to the foregoing, the collection has been increased by one hundred 

 large engravings presented by Charles B. King, a well-known 

 artist, who has resided many years in this city. These engrav- 

 ings are copies of celebrated pictures, and are illustrations of 

 the style of some of the best masters of the art of engraving. 

 They were to have been bequeathed to the Institution, as Mr. 

 King himself informed me, but he has lately concluded to present 

 them before his death. A list of the engravings will be found 

 in the appendix to the report of the present year, from which 

 it will be seen that they form an interesting addition to the 

 valuable collection of engravings already belonging to the In- 

 stitution," 



The acquisitions in 1862 comprised a bust of Prof. Benjamin 

 Silliman, presented by his son, and one of Gen. William H. 

 Sumner, presented by Mr. George Wood, of Washington. 



1865 



At the beginning of 1865, in spite of the adverse conditions 

 which have been described, the collection of art objects at the 

 Smithsonian Institution had reached considerable size, and, 

 although only a relatively small proportion was of a character 



