103. Report of the Committee of Fine Arts. 



The number of works exhibited was 389, consisting of 

 the following classes: 

 Paintings in oil : 



Ancient 116 



Modern 70 



186 



Pointings in water colors 86 



Gouaches 5 



Drawings — Crayons, & c II 



Pencil 1.3 



Pen and ink 5 



Miniatures 3i 



Daguerreotypes 10 



Engravings 16 



Miscellaneous — such as Medals, Busts, Ca- 



moeiis, worsted work, & c 23 



Total. ... 380 

 The number of Artists whose works were exhibited was 

 135. of whom 



31 were ancient masters, 



4-8 modern foreign masters, 



24 Creole or resident artists, 



32 Amateurs. 



Among the works of the ancient masters were several of 

 high excellence, which would deserve a more lengthened 

 notice than the Committee can give to them: — the magni- 

 ficent head of a warrior by Albert Cuyp, the Rape of Eu- 

 ropa by Paul Veronese, a Farm Yard by Van-der Meulen. 

 the Susannah by Jordaens, already mentioned, a Landscape 

 by Velvet Brueghel, two companion landscapes by Decker 

 and Ostade, the head of a Bacchanalian by Frank Hals, a 





