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glass worker at Murano, Italy. By binding tiny straws of colored 

 glass together into a rod 5 centimeters thick he formed at the end 

 of the rod a miniature portrait, or other design. This combination 

 rod was then fused at a glass blowpipe and drawn out until no 

 larger than a knitting needle, and when cut into cross sections each 

 section retained the perfect portrait or other design. No one has 

 since been found to duplicate this work. By bequest of Mrs. Florence 

 W. Bernadou came two valuable bronze vases presented by the Gov- 

 ernment of Japan to her husband, Ensign (afterwards commander) 

 John B. Bernadou, United States Navy, in recognition of his services 

 to Japanese citizens at an outbreak at Seoul, Korea, in December, 

 1884. A large series of period china and beautiful Dresden groups 

 was lent to the Museum by Mrs. Allan McLane; and the collection of 

 ivories, which is associated with ceramics, was increased by the loan, 

 by Mrs. James Lansburgh, of 39 Japanese and Chinese ivory carv- 

 ings collected by Mr. Lansburgh. 



Graphic arts. — The gifts of particular importance, as filling in 

 series or marking some definite advance in method of work, were 

 specimens of four wood-cut blocks, and progressive proofs from 

 these in colors as follows: (1) Yellowish brown; (2) dark brown; 

 (3) 1 and 2 combined; (4) dark blue; (5) 1, 2, and 4 combined; (6) 

 black; (7) 1, 2, 4, and 6 combined, together making the finished 

 artist proof, from the artist, Mr. Gustav Baumann, cut by his own 

 hand from his own design ; nine specimens of intaglio color printing, 

 from Miss Gabrielle De V. Clements; six illustrations of the pro- 

 cess called " brulegravure," a new and unique method of printing 

 pictures without the use of ink, a specially prepared copper plate 

 being when heated placed upon a piece of paper producing a picture 

 in varied shades of brown, from the inventor, Mr. John Williams 

 Robbins; and an akrograph portrait of C. W. Wason, made by 

 Lord Kelvin, who invented the process of making carbon relief pho- 

 tographs, from the Cleveland Engineering Society. 



Further additions included a facsimile of the horn book owned 

 by Miss De Neale, made and donated by Mr. R. P. Tolman ; 19 wood 

 engravings by Henry Wolf, the gift of Dr. Walter Hough; and 

 eight crayon lithographs of landscapes with buildings, published 

 by W. Hermes, and 38 chromo-lithographs, from the estate of Dr. 

 E. A. Mearns. 



The collections of the division were at the close of the year in 

 better condition, including both exhibition and storage series, than 

 heretofore. Efforts are being made to secure specimens of such 

 graphic processes as are lacking in the collections and to complete 

 series already in hand, giving special attention to rounding out sets 

 in bringing them up to date. While this ma}' not result in the secur- 



