42 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1914. 



material which he had assembled since the last previous transfer in 

 November, 1912. This collection, as will be recalled, relates wholly 

 to American and oriental art, and is to remain in the possession of 

 the donor during his life. The original gift, made in 1906, con- 

 tained approximately 2,3"2() objects, but through subsequent contri- 

 butions this number has been increased to 4:,701, of which 983 are 

 examples of American art and 3,718 are examples of oriental art. 

 These may be summarized as follows: 



In the American section James McNeill Whistler is represented by 

 G2 oil paintings, 44 water colors, 32 pastels, and 798 drawings, etch- 

 ings, lithographs, etc., besides 1 album of sketches, 38 original copper 

 plates, and the entire decoration of the famous Peacock Room. The 

 remainder of this section is composed of 75 oil paintings, 6 water 

 colors, 25 pastels, and 1 silver point, illustrating the work of 9 other 

 American painters, namely, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Childe Hassam, 

 Winslow Homer, J. Gari Melchers, John Singer Sargent, Joseph 

 Lindon Smith, Abbott Handerson Thayer, Dwight AYilliam Tryon, 

 and John Henry Twachtman. The oriental paintings comprise 82G 

 screens, panels, kakemono, and makimono from Japan and China; 

 32 albums of paintings and sketches from the same countries ; and 13 

 paintings from Tibet. Of oriental pottery there are 1,665 pieces, 

 mainly from Japan, China, Corea, central and western Asia, and 

 Egypt; of bronzes, 236 pieces, of which over 200 came from China; 

 of stone objects, including sculptures, 234 pieces, mainly Chinese; of 

 wood carvings, 17 pieces; and of lacquered objects, 31 pieces. The 

 collection also contains over 600 pieces of ancient Egyptian glass in 

 the form of bottles, vases, and various other shapes, besides a large 

 number of miscellaneous objects from both the Far and Near East. 



Other permanent additions to the Gallery consisted of 3 paint- 

 ings by Miss Clara Taggart MacChesney, Guy C. Wiggins, and Addi- 

 son T. Millar, respectively, contributed by Mr, William T. Evans, of 

 New York ; a painting by Du Bois Fenelon Hasbrouck, presented by 

 Mr, Frederic Fairchild Sherman in memory of his wife; and 4 

 paintings by Walter Shirlaw and a portrait sketch of him by Frank 

 Duveneck, received as a gift from Mrs. Shirlaw. 



The loans to the Gallery aggregated 109 paintings and 3 pieces of 

 sculpture from 12 sources. Eighty-one of the paintings were re- 

 ceived for 2 special exhibitions, the first comprising 25 portraits in 

 oil from the National Association of Portrait Painters, the other 

 consisting of 56 marine paintings by Mr. William F. Halsall, of 

 Boston. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



It is gratifying to announce a bequest by the late Rev. Dr. Leander 

 Trowbridge Chamberlain, an honorary associate of the Museum, 

 of the sum of $35,000, to be known as the Frances Lea Chamberlain 



