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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  loaned 
  by 
  the 
  artist 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  M. 
  Grant, 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

   City. 
  

  

  Preliminary 
  steps 
  had 
  been 
  taken 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  toward 
  

   the 
  acceptance 
  of 
  a 
  rich 
  collection 
  of 
  British 
  masterpieces 
  brought 
  

   together 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  John 
  H. 
  McFadden, 
  of 
  Philadelphia. 
  The 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  comprises 
  44 
  notable 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  nineteen 
  British 
  

   artists, 
  and 
  the 
  acceptance 
  of 
  this 
  valuable 
  loan 
  is 
  regarded 
  with 
  

   much 
  favor. 
  

  

  A 
  number 
  of 
  paintings 
  were 
  acquired 
  from 
  the 
  income 
  of 
  the 
  

   Henry 
  Ward 
  E 
  anger 
  bequest 
  and 
  assigned 
  to 
  various 
  art 
  institutions 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  country. 
  The 
  terms 
  of 
  this 
  bequest 
  stipulate 
  that 
  

   any 
  of 
  the 
  art 
  works 
  so 
  acquired 
  may 
  be 
  claimed 
  during 
  a 
  certain 
  

   period 
  after 
  the 
  artist's 
  death 
  by 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art, 
  

   remaining 
  thereafter 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery. 
  The 
  

   selection 
  and 
  distribution 
  of 
  these 
  purchases 
  is 
  entrusted 
  to 
  the 
  

   National 
  Academy 
  of 
  Design. 
  

  

  The 
  income 
  from 
  the 
  Bruce 
  Hughes 
  bequest 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  to 
  estab- 
  

   lish 
  and 
  maintain 
  a 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  

   for 
  reference 
  works 
  of 
  art, 
  to 
  be 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Hughes 
  alcove. 
  Dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  first 
  purchases 
  were 
  made 
  from 
  this 
  fund. 
  An 
  

   illustrated 
  catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  art 
  works 
  of 
  the 
  gallery 
  was 
  prepared 
  

   and 
  submitted 
  to 
  the 
  printer 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  but 
  on 
  June 
  30, 
  1922, 
  

   had 
  not 
  been 
  published. 
  A 
  lecture 
  on 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery, 
  illus- 
  

   trated 
  by 
  75 
  slides 
  mostly 
  in 
  color, 
  was 
  prepared, 
  and 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  placed 
  

   at 
  the 
  disposal 
  of 
  persons 
  throughout 
  the 
  country 
  who 
  desire 
  to 
  

   present 
  it. 
  

  

  , 
  The 
  first 
  annual 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  Com- 
  

   mission 
  was 
  held 
  on 
  December 
  6, 
  1921. 
  Reports 
  of 
  the 
  committees 
  

   were 
  presented 
  and 
  many 
  important 
  matters 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  gallery 
  

   were 
  discussed, 
  among 
  them 
  the 
  urgent 
  need 
  of 
  a 
  National 
  Gallery 
  

   Building 
  and 
  the 
  problem 
  of 
  the 
  acceptance 
  of 
  proffered 
  works 
  of 
  art. 
  

  

  FREER 
  GALLERY 
  OF 
  ART. 
  

  

  Work 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  on 
  the 
  collections 
  of 
  the 
  Freer 
  Gallery 
  

   of 
  Art 
  included 
  chiefly 
  the 
  classification 
  and 
  cataloguing 
  of 
  Chinese, 
  

   Japanese, 
  and 
  Tibetan 
  paintings, 
  Chinese 
  tapestries, 
  and 
  Chinese 
  and 
  

   Japanese 
  pottery; 
  the 
  preliminary 
  classification 
  of 
  Korean 
  pottery 
  

   and 
  Chinese 
  and 
  Japanese 
  stone 
  sculptures 
  and 
  jades; 
  and 
  the 
  

   cataloguing 
  of 
  American 
  paintings, 
  drawings, 
  and 
  prints. 
  

  

  Progress 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  also 
  on 
  completing 
  certain 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  

   interior 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  installation 
  of 
  the 
  collections. 
  

   Miss 
  Grace 
  Dunham 
  Guest 
  was 
  appointed 
  assistant 
  curator 
  on 
  Janu- 
  

   ary 
  1, 
  1922, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Carl 
  W. 
  Bishop 
  associate 
  curator, 
  April 
  9, 
  1922. 
  

   Miss 
  Guest 
  sailed 
  for 
  Europe 
  on 
  June 
  24, 
  1922, 
  to 
  represent 
  the 
  

   Freer 
  Gallery 
  at 
  the 
  double 
  centennial 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Societe 
  Asia- 
  

  

  