68 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1912. 



50 feet wide and receives its illumination through a ceiling light some 

 54 feet above the floor. Frink reflectors with electric lamps were 

 also provisionally introduced for night use. The side walls and one 

 at the end of the room were utilized for the paintings, except the 

 scrolls and albums, which, together with most other classes of objects. 

 were arranged in floor cases specially planned and constructed for the 

 purpose. The exhibition opened with a special view on the evening 

 of April 15, at which there was a large attendance, and continued 

 until June 16. A catalogue of the collection, containing biographical 

 sketches of the painters represented, was issued for gratuitous distri- 

 bution in the form of a Museum bulletin. 

 Following is a list of the objects exhibited : 

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AMERICAN PAINTINGS. 



James McXeill "Wliistler. The Isles of Venice (pastel) ; Harmony 

 in Brown and Gold — Old Chelsea Church; The Summer Sea; Blue 

 and Gray — Unloading; A Note in Ked; An Orange Note — Sweet- 

 shop; Low Tide; Petite Mephiste; Purple and Gold — Phryne the 

 Superb, Builder of Temples; A Note in Blue and Opal — The Sun 

 Cloud; Green and Gold — The Great Sea; Chelsea Shops; Little 

 Green Cap; Wortley — Note in Green; Venus Astarte (pastel) ; Traf- 

 algar Square — Chelsea; Blue and Silver — Trouville; Symphony in 

 Gray — Early Morning, Thames; Rose and Red — The Little Pink 

 Cap (pastel) ; Jeune Femme, dite I'Americaine — Arrangement in 

 Black and White No. 1; Portrait of F. R. Leyland; Nocturne, Blue 

 and Silver — Bognor; Nocturne, Blue and Gold — Valparaiso; Noc- 

 turne, Blue and Silver — Battersea Reach. 



Thomas AV. Dewing. Yellow Tulips; The Piano; A Lady Play- 

 ing the A^ioloncello ; Pastel No. 20; Pastel No. 6. 



Dwight W. Tryon. Autumn Day; The Sea — Evening; Autumn — 

 Morning; Early Night (pastel) ; The Sea — Moonlight (pastel). 



Abbott H. Thayer. Monadnock in Winter; Diana; Capri. 



Winslow Homer. Waterfall in the Adirondacks (water color). 



JAPANESE PAINTINGS. 



Yeitoku Kano (1543-1590). Trees in snow. 



Honnami Koyetsu (1556-1637). Bamboo; Rabbits and grasses; 

 Stork; Birds and Avaves; Flowers. 



Tawaraya Sotatsu (flourished 1624-1643). Waves and island; 

 Waves and islands ; Poppies. 



Ogata Korin (1640-1716). Garden scene. 



Ogata Kenzan (1662-1743). Flowers; Pine branch in snow. 



Mori Sosen (1747-1821). Peacock. 



