88 KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1897. 



PHOTOGKAPHER. 



Mr. T. W. Smillie reports that the following work lias been accom- 

 plished in the photographic laboratory: Seven hundred and thirty- 

 tliree negatives have been made; also 1,318 platinum prints, 50 silver 

 prints, 1,100 cyanotypes, 6 bromide enlargements, and 41 lantern slides. 



The free public lectures in the Museum have, as usual, been illus- 

 trated under the direction of the photographer, and Mr. SmilUe has 

 served as chairman of the Board on Photography of the United States 

 Civil Service Commission. 



COLORIST. 



The work of Mr. A. Zeno Shindler on the series of paintings repre- 

 senting the races of man has been continued. Five paintings were 

 completed during the year and two more are nearly finished. Fifty- 

 nine paintings belonging to the Catlin collection were cleaned or 

 restored. This work requires a great deal of time and much care. The 

 hands, heads, and feet of several lay figures were i)ainted, also a num- 

 ber of casts of fishes and reptiles. 



