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of portrait busts in marble and bronze, by Moses Wainer Dykaar; 
and an important assemblage of modern Italian art collected and 
exhibited under the patronage of His Majesty, the King of Italy. 
Hight paintings were purchased and assigned to various institu- 
tions during the year from the fund provided by the Henry Ward 
Ranger bequest. It will be recalled that any of these paintings may 
be reclaimed by the National Gallery of Art during the five-year 
period beginning 10 years after the death of the artist represented. 
Accessions of art works during the year, subject to the approval 
of the advisory committee of the gallery commission, were 10 paint- 
ings to be known as the George Buchanan Coale Collection, 1819-— 
1887; a portrait of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, United States 
Navy; two portrait busts by Moses W. Dykaar; and three paintings 
by Edward Moran. A number of art works were accepted as loans 
during the year, and several previously accepted were withdrawn. 
Nineteen paintings belonging to the gallery were loaned for exhibi- 
tion by other institutions. 
The gallery’s library has increased to over 1,400 volumes and 
pamphlets. A second number of the gallery’s catalogues of collec- 
tions was issued during the year. 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
The year’s work in the preservation of the collection included 
work on 10 American oil paintings and the reconditioning of the 
ceiling of the Peacock Room, half of the latter work being com- 
pleted at the close of the year. The study of a considerable number 
of Japanese paintings, including classification and the translation 
of signatures, seals, and inscriptions upon them, was accomplished 
during the year. The collection of Near Eastern pottery also was in- 
tensively studied and considerably revised. 
- The library was increased by 500 volumes, of which 462 are in 
the Chinese and Japanese languages, 72 periodicals, and 142 pamph- 
lets. ‘There has been an increasing demand for photographs of 
objects in the collection, and 518 subjects are now available for 
purchase at cost. Over 1,400 photographs were sold during the year. 
Several hundred copies each of the three publications issued by the 
gallery—the descriptive pamphlet, gallery books, and the Synopsis 
of History—were also sold. 
The total attendance at the gallery for the year was 108,310. Of 
this number, several hundred came for special purposes such as 
to examine objects not on exhibition, and to make copies or photo- 
graphs of objects in the collections, and six groups varying in num- 
ber from 20 to 148 made appointments for special study or instruc- 
tion regarding: the collections. 
