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entitled Autumn, Landscape, and Litchfield Elms. From the Misses 

 Olivia and Ida Walter, a painting by Costantino Brumidi, entitled 

 The Five Senses. From the trustees of the estate of E. E. Howell, 

 an oil painting by Thomas Moran, entitled From Hiawatha. 



Of sculptural works four pieces were received by the Gallery on 

 deposit. Two are reproductions from the famous heroic statue of 

 Abraham Lincoln by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, which stands in Lin- 

 coln Park, Chicago, and were graciously tendered by Mrs. Saint- 

 Gaudens. One is a reduced copy of the entire statue, the other a 

 copy of the bust, actual size, and both are in bronze. The other 

 pieces are a life-size bronze statue of Napoleon by Launt Thompson, 

 lent by Mrs. James W. Pinchot; and a plaster bust of Vittorio 

 Emanuele III, King of Italy, by Henry Hudson Kitson, lent by the 

 artist. 



The general arrangement of the paintings in the Gallery remained 

 the same as described in the last report. An important improvement 

 in the equipment consisted in the introduction of Frink reflectors, 

 with electric lamps, throughout all of the rooms and corridors, 

 so as to permit of night opening, advantage of which was first taken 

 at the function given by the American Institute of Architects on the 

 evening of December 13, 1911. The reflectors aggregate in total 

 length about 750 feet, and the lamps are spaced about 1 foot apart. 

 The latter are of 25-watt tungsten, with the exception of about 100 

 lamps of 40 and 60 watt, required in some connections. The best 

 illuminating effects were found to be secured by placing the lamps 

 approximately 5 feet from the screens and 12 feet G inches above the 

 floor, but in the narrow corridors it was necessary to reduce the dis- 

 tance from the screens to 3 feet 8 inches. 



ART TEXTILES. 



Interest in the collection of art textiles, under the patronage and 

 direction of Mrs. James W. Pinchot, continued unabated, and many 

 additions were received. The laces have now become sufficiently well 

 represented to permit the arrangement of a synoptical series, in 

 which all of the varieties are shown, and a special exhibit constitut- 

 ing a resume of the history of lace making was also installed, the 

 latter consisting solely of specimens belonging to the Museum. In 

 this work Mrs. Pinchot had the active assistance of Miss Frances 

 Morris, of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and of Mrs. 

 S. F. Emmons and other ladies of Washington. 



The acquisitions during the year numbered 68 examples of differ- 

 ent kinds of handiwork, comprised in 22 accessions, of which 16 were 

 loans and 6 were gifts. The collection in its entirety was thereby 

 increased to over 1,050 specimens. The gifts included two pieces of 



