49 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1914. 
material which he had assembled since the last previous transfer in 
November, 1912. This collection, as will be recalled, relates wholly 
to American and oriental art, and is to remain in the possession of 
the donor during his life. The original gift, made in 1906, con- 
tained approximately 2,326 objects, but through subsequent contri- 
butions this number has been increased to 4,701, of which 983 are 
examples of American art and 3,718 are examples of oriental art. 
These may be summarized as follows: 
In the American section James McNeill Whistler is represented by 
62 oil paintings, 44 water colors, 32 pastels, and 798 drawings, etch- 
ings, lithographs, ete., besides 1 album of sketches, 38 original copper 
plates, and the entire decoration of the famous Peacock Room. The 
remainder of this section is composed of 75 oil paintings, 6 water 
colors, 25 pastels, and 1 silver point, illustrating the work of 9 other 
American painters, namely, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Childe Hassam, 
Winslow Homer, J. Gari Melchers, John Singer Sargent, Joseph 
Lindon Smith, Abbott Handerson Thayer, Dwight William Tryon, 
and John Henry Twachtman. The oriental paintings comprise 826 
screens, panels, kakemono, and makimono from Japan and China; 
32 albums of paintings and sketches from the same countries; and 18 
paintings from Tibet. Of oriental pottery there are 1,665 pieces, 
mainly from Japan, China, Corea, central and western Asia, and 
Egypt; of bronzes, 236 pieces, of which over 200 came from China; 
of stone objects, including sculptures, 234 pieces, mainly Chinese; of 
wood carvings, 17 pieces; and of lacquered objects, 31 pieces. The 
collection also contains over 600 pieces of ancient Egyptian glass in 
the form of bottles, vases, and various other shapes, besides a large 
number of miscellaneous objects from both the Far and Near East. 
Other permanent additions to the Gallery consisted of 3 paint- 
ings-by Miss Clara Taggart MacChesney, Guy C. Wiggins, and Addi- 
son T. Millar, respectively, contributed by Mr. William T. Evans, of 
New York; a painting by Du Bois Fenelon Hasbrouck, presented by 
Mr. Frederic Fairchild Sherman in memory of his wife; and 4 
paintings by Walter Shirlaw and a portrait sketch of him by Frank 
Duveneck, received as a gift from Mrs. Shirlaw. 
The loans to the Gallery aggregated 109 paintings and 3 pieces of 
sculpture from 12 sources. Eighty-one of the paintings were re- 
ceived for 2 special exhibitions, the first comprising 25 portraits in 
oil from the National Association of Portrait Painters, the other 
consisting of 56 marine paintings by Mr. William F. Halsall, of 
Boston. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
It is gratifying to announce a bequest by the late Rev. Dr. Leander 
Trowbridge Chamberlain, an honorary associate of the Museum, 
of the sum of $35,000, to be known as the Frances Lea Chamberlain 
