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don; “The Valley Farm,” by John Constable; ‘Madonna and Child,” 
after the manner of Correggio; ‘Portrait of Madame Tulp,” by 
Cornelis-Janson van Ceulen (Jansen); ‘Portrait of Josepha Boe- 
gart,’’ by Francis Pourbus, the Younger; ‘‘ Independence,”’ by Klaus 
Meyer; ‘‘A Street Scene in the East,’’ by Edwin Lord Weeks; “The 
Prince of Wales and President Buchanan at the Tomb of Washing- 
ton, Mount Vernon, 1860,” by Thomas P. Rossiter; “Portrait of 
President Buchanan,” by Jacob Eicholtz; “‘Miniature of President 
Buchanan,” by John Henry Brown; and “ Portrait of James Buchanan > 
Johnston,” by Harper Pennington. The collection also includes sev- 
eral articles of historical interest and three pieces of sculpture, 
namely, a bust of President Buchanan by Henry Dexter, and a bust 
of Henry Elliot Johnston and a full length of Henry Elliot John- 
ston, jr., at the age of 2 years, by William Henry Rinehart. A marble 
bust of Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston, by Rinehart, was added as a 
loan during the past year by Miss May S. Kennedy, of Charlestown, 
West Virginia. 
The gift of Mr. Charles L. Freer was accepted by the Board of 
Regents of the Institution on January 24, 1906. Its general charac- 
ter and the principal conditions under which it was tendered were 
stated by Mr. Freer in an early communication, as follows: 
“These several collections include specimens of very widely sepa- 
rated periods of artistic development, beginning before the birth of 
Christ and ending to-day. No attempt has been made to secure 
specimens from unsympathetic sources, my collecting having been 
confined to American and Asiatic schools. My great desire has been 
to unite modern work with masterpieces of certain periods of high 
civilization harmonious in spiritual and physical suggestion, having 
the power to broaden esthetic culture and the grace to elevate the 
human mind. . 
“These collections I desire to retain during my life for the enjoy- 
ment of students, my friends, and myself, and for the further purpose 
of making additions and improvements from time to time. Beliey- 
ing that good models only should be used in artistic instruction, I 
wish to continue my censorship, aided by the best expert advice, 
and remove every undesirable article and add in the future whatever 
I can obtain of like harmonious standard quality.” 
On May 5, 1906, Mr. Freer transferred to the ownership of the 
Institution all of the objects then assembled for the collection, the 
conveyance being made by a deed of gift, accompanied by a descrip- 
tive inventory. In the same connection provision was made for the 
erection, at the proper time and at the cost of the donor, of a suitable 
and worthy building to house the collection, which is to be adjacent 
to the National Museum. During subsequent years Mr. Freer has 
added very extensively to the original gift, mainly as the result of 
