APPENDIX 3 
REPORT ON THE FREER GALLERY OF ART 
Sir: I have the honor to submit the sixth annual report on the 
Freer Gallery of Art for the year ending June 30, 1926: 
THE COLLECTION 
The work continued during the year in the preservation of the 
collection includes the work upon 10 American oil paintings and 
the work of reconditioning the ceiling of the Peacock Room. Half 
of the latter work has been successfully completed at the date of 
this report. In the oriental section 2 Chinese panels, 3 Japanese 
screens, and 1 Chinese scroll have been remounted and restored. 
Work within the collection has included the study of a consid- 
erable number of Japanese paintings, involving their proper classi- 
fication and the translations of signatures, seals, and inscriptions 
found upon them. All this matter has been recorded in the folder 
sheets. Every object in the collection is represented by such a 
dossier, and the work of compilation goes forward from year to year. 
The collection of Near Eastern pottery has also undergone an inten- 
sive study and considerable revision. 
Changes in exhibition during the year involved 9 Japanese screens, 
7 Chinese panels, 2 Chinese scrolls, and 10 Persian potteries. 
An addition to the collection of Chinese paintings is as follows: 
26.1. Dllustration to a Buddhist siitra: The Buddha addressing Yamaraja at 
KuSinagara. Ink, color and gold on paper. Sung Dynasty. 
Additions to the library by gift and purchase include 500 volumes, 
of which 462 are in the Chinese and Japanese languages, 72 periodi- 
cals, and 142 pamphlets. A list of these accompanies this report as 
Appendix A (not printed). 
The work of photographing objects for registration continues. In 
the meantime an increasing demand for photographs of objects in 
the collection has caused a rapid development of that part of the 
work. Five hundred and eighteen subjects are now available for pur- 
chase in sizes 5 by 7, 8 by 10, or 11 by 14, at cost price; 5 subjects 
are issued in post-card form to be sold at 10 cents each. During 
the past year 1,467 photographs, 28 lantern slides, and 115 post cards 
have been sold. Of the publications issued by the gallery, there have 
been sold during the year 698 copies of the descriptive pamphlet, 
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