LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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 Portrait of James Smithson. Prom an oil painting by Johns. Aix la 



Chapellc, 1816. By the Heliotype Printing Co., Boston 1 



Portrait of Jamks Smithson. In the costume of an Oxford student, 

 1786. From an oil painting ; artist unknown. By the Helio- 

 type Printing Co., Boston 8 



Portrait OF Jamks Smithson. From a medallion. Engraved on steel 



by Ohas. Burt, of Brooklyn, N. Y 10 



ToMii OF Smitubon, at Genoa, Italy. From a photograph taken in 1880__ 11 



Fac-Simile of Smithson's Visiting Card, used in Paris 17 



Fac-Similk of Smithson's Dinner Invitation Card 17 



Silhouette Portrait of Henry Jambs Htjnqerford, nephew of James 



Smithson 22 



Fao-Similk of the Wii-l of Smithson 24 



Portrait of Sir Hugh Smithson, First Duke of Northumberland, father 

 of James Smithson, From an engraving belonging to James 

 Smithson 51 



North View of Smithsonian Institution Building, Washington 68 



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