122 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1893. 



(6) A series of water-color drawings, about 200 in number, of deco- 

 rate<l powder horns carried by soldiers of the American Revolution; 



(7) Models of the Sally Constant and Mai/foirrr, the first passen.tter 

 ships of the Virginia and Plymouth colonies ; 



(8) Engravings illustrating the settlement of Jamestown, Va., the 

 landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, and other colonial and later 

 events in American history, 



THE GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION, 



The collections illustrating the graphic arts have continued, as hitherto, 

 under the care of Mr. S. R, Koehler, who divides his time between the 

 National Museum and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, where he has 

 similar responsibilities. 



Nearly all the time available during the year has been devoted by him 

 to supplying the specimens placed on exhibition with written labels, and 

 this important task is so nearly finished that but for the Columl>ian 

 Exposition it would probably have been completed by this time. That 

 part of the collections which is not on exhibition is still awaiting its 

 definite arrangement and classification. 



The material so far gathered is not esi>ecially available for use in 

 special researches. A useful series of notes on Japanese wood-cutting 

 and woodcut printing was received from INIr. Tokuno, the chief of the 

 Japanese Government printing office, which has been edited by Mr. 

 Koehler and printed in the Museum report for 1892. This publication, 

 which is fully illustrated, is the first treatise on this most interesting 

 subject, based on authentic information received from a comi)etent 

 native Japanese source; it has all the value of a treatise based on 

 original research. 



Some additional specimens have been placed on exhibition, Mhich 

 serve to complete or better the series previously arranged, but no new 

 series have been begun, jior, indeed, will this be possible, so long as 

 the means and the space at command are as limited as they are at present. 



Although the accessions by gift include a number of interesting and 

 instructive specimens, it is difficult to point out any of them as of special 

 im^)ortance. with the excejjtion, perhaps, of an impression of Adolf 

 JVIenzePs celebrate<l original lithograph, Christ among the Doctors, 

 presented to the Museum by ^Ir. ,]. W. Osborne, and a fine large photo- 

 gravure reproduction of Stuart's portrait of Washington, known as the 

 Atheneum head, by Messrs. A. W, Elson & Co,, of Boston, The 

 thirty-three [)rints by Schongauer, Diirer, (roltzius, Rembrandt, Xan- 

 teuil, Wille, Bartolzzi, Walker, Mercuri, (iaillard, etc, which, together 

 with a number of technical specimens, were bought for exhibition at 

 the World's Columbian Exposition, at a cost of about 81,100, will of 

 course add valuable material to the collections. 



The exhibit prepared by Mr. Koehler for Chicago, thougli of necessity 

 small, Avas exceedingly choice and instructive. 



