42 THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 



PEASANTS. By Unknown Artist. 



This painting is briefly described in Alfred Hunter's catalogue 

 of the National Institute, 1855, page 52, where it is attributed 

 to Teniers. Its origin is not given. 



"A FINE OLD ITALIAN PAINTING. Architectural Piece with 

 Figures After the Manner op Claude Loraine." 



The above title, without description, is given in Hunter's 

 catalogue, but no reference to the picture has been found in 

 any other records of the Institute. 



FOUR LANDSCAPES, One Winter Scene, and One Marine View. 



These paintings, mentioned in Hunter's catalogue of 1855, 

 were lent to the Institute by Mr. Joseph Gales, of Washington, 

 to whom they were returned in 1856. 



PAINTING OF A CHINESE VILLAGE. 

 From the collection of John Varden. 



CUPID. A Painting. 



Listed, without explanation, in Hunter's catalogue. 



BACCHANALIAN CUPIDS Gathering Grapes for the Wine Press 

 AND Other Fruits; Emblematic op Peace and Plenty. 



The character of this picture, except as suggested in the 

 above title, is not indicated in Hunter's catalogue. 



THE LAST SUPPER. Engraving by Dick of the painting by Leonardo 

 da Vinci. 



GREEKS DEFENDING MISSOLONGHI. A small print. 



Paintings of Indians 



A large number of portraits of American Indians were exhib- 

 ited in the museum of the Institute, where they were deposited 

 by the Secretary of War in June, 1841. They belonged to the 

 Government, for which they had been painted by Charles B. 

 King, a pupil of Benjamin West, and two or three other artists. 

 The names of only a few of the pictures are mentioned in the 

 records of the Institute, but in connection with the Smithsonian 

 Institution, to which they were transferred in 1858, it has been 

 possible to account for the entire collection. 



