28 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1911. 



While little work was done in connection with the collection of 

 ceramics, and with the objects of glass and metal work installed with 

 it in the same gallery, the material has been maintained in good 

 condition, and the exhibition arrangement, while provisional, is satis- 

 factory for the present. 



Graphic arts. — The quarters occupied both for the storage and ex- 

 hibition of the processes and results of engraving have for several 

 years been so overcrowded that no special efforts have recently been 

 made to add to the collection. The material on hand has been con- 

 stantly looked after and is in satisfactory condition, but with the 

 small space allotted to it it has been impossible to keep the exhibition 

 series in touch with the times. Shortly before the close of the year, 

 however, additional room was set aside for overhauling the collec- 

 tion and for revising and increasing the public display. It is ex- 

 pected that considerable progress will soon be made in these direc- 

 tions, and substantial help has been promised by printing and engrav- 

 ing establishments. 



Among the accessions of the year were a series of engravings lent 

 by Mrs. Emma K. Hanvey, of Washington ; an artist's proof etching 

 of Dore's " Neophyte," deposited by Mrs. E. P. Wood, of Washing- 

 ton ; an example of brush line work and a photo-engraved reproduc- 

 tion of it, representing " Head of Lion," after Rosa Bonheur : pre- 

 sented by Mr. W. Frank Clark, of Washington; and 35 prints of 

 vignettes, from bank-note dies engraved by Frederick Girsch, 1849 to 

 1894, donated by Mr. Charles W. Girsch, of Mount Vernon, New York. 



Preparations were begun for placing on exhibition the exceedingly 

 valuable collection illustrating the history of photography in all its 

 branches which has been assembled under the supervision of the 

 custodian of the section of photography, Mr. Thomas W. Smillie. 

 This work has involved most earnest and painstaking effort on the 

 part of Mr. Smillie during a long term of years, and the collection 

 has no equal elsewhere for completeness and rarity of objects. It 

 will be found to be, on the completion of its installation, one of the 

 most interesting and instructive exhibits in the Museum. Among 

 the additions of the year were a number of fine ambrotypes and 

 daguerreotypes, some of which were purchased, while others were 

 presented by the Misses Long, of Washington, and Mr. John H. 

 Clark, of New Orleans, Louisiana. 



Musical instruments. — The valuable collection of musical instru- 

 ments is also one of those which long ago outgrew its original allot- 

 ment of exhibition space, but it will soon be given the facilities for an 

 appropriate presentation. The collection has been for many years in 

 the direct charge of Mr. E. H. Hawley, who has not only looked after 

 the preservation of the material, which is in excellent condition, but 

 has also paid much attention to the subject of a scientific classifica- 



