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Right Hon. Edmund P. Burke, M. P., by Sir Joshua Reynolds ; Mrs. 

 Crouch, Mrs. De Crespigny, Mrs. Finch, Lady Grantham, Lady 

 Hamilton (study head), Mrs. Tickell, Rev. John Wesley, and Little 

 Bo-Peep, by George Romney; Landscape with Cattle, by James 

 Stark ; Laborers — The Brick Cart, 1767, by George Stubbs ; Burning 

 of the Houses of Parliament, by J. M. W. Turner; Sir Walter Scott, 

 Bart., by Sir John Watson-Gordon ; View on the Thames, by Richard 

 Wilson. 



Five paintings by French masters, withdrawn by the Hon. and 

 Mrs. Louis A. Frothingham; The Lake (panel) and Twilight on 

 the River Oise, by C. F. Daubigny; The Little Marauders (panel) 

 and Group of Dogs (Fox Hounds) (panel), by Narcisse Diaz; The 

 Setting Sun (canvas), by J. B. C. Corot. 



Mention should be made here of the privilege granted by the 

 gallery to the sculptor Moses W. Dykaar, who has been permitted 

 to temporarily occupy room 29 in the National Museum, which is 

 assigned to the gallery as a studio and workroom. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



The wall coverings of the gallery, the background for the paint- 

 ings and other art works, are a consideration of first importance. 

 The burlaps applied to the walls six years ago gradually faded to a 

 golden brown, giving a rich effect to the halls, but later changed to a 

 dull brown so somber that it was removed and replaced in part by 

 burlaps of a light-green tone, a little too positive but contrasting 

 agreeably with the warm tones of the paintings. 



A number of burlap-covered screens for gallery use, a prime 

 necessity in acconmiodating overflow of exhibits, were added to the 

 already large supply. Four easels required for the display of paint- 

 ings of special note were added, besides one exhibition case of the 

 gem type, eight mahogany settees, and four pedestals for the installa- 

 tion of portrait busts. The gallery to-day is not crowded as here- 

 tofore and presents a more finished and restful appearance than at 

 any previous date. Oil paintings, 337 in number, and 82 drawings 

 in various mediums by French artists of note are shown to good ad- 

 vantage on folding screens in the south room, and 70 works worthy 

 of a place in the gallery are held in reserve to be utilized as oppor- 

 tunity occurs. 



LIBRARY 



The gallery library has added by gift, purchase, and subscription 

 1,096 numbers to its upward of 1,500 volumes, pamphlets, and peri- 

 odicals, and 12 water-color paintings by W. H. Holmes, gift of the 

 artist. 



