AMERICAN ESTATES AND GARDENS 



crimination, and includes many paintings both fine in themselves and thoroughly represent- 

 .iiive of the best work of the best artists of all periods. It. is at once the chief pride of its 

 owner and the crowning distinction of his house, for this room, more than the sumptuous 

 living-rooms, is the real center of Mr. Widener's house, and gives it an importance and 

 interest that few other great houses in America possess. 



