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John H. Twachtman, Henry Oliver Walker, Wortliington Whittredge, Carleton 

 Wiggins, Irving R. Wiles, and Frederick Ballard Williams. Among other gifts 

 of paintings to the gallery may be mentioned the following : " Crossing the 

 Ferry," by Adrien Moreau, presented by Mrs. James Lowndes in memory of 

 her father, Lucius Tuckerman ; and " Indian Summer Day," by Max Weyl, 

 presented by 30 of his Washington friends in commemoration of the seventieth 

 anniversary of the artist's birth. 



The collection of 13 historical marine paintings executed by the late Edward 

 Moran during the later years of his life, have, through the courtesy of Mr. 

 Theodore Sutro, of New York, been temporarily deposited in the gallery, of 

 which they form a conspicuous feature. The titles of the several pieces of the 

 series are as follows: The Ocean — The Highway of all Nations; Landing of 

 Lief Erickson in the New World in the Year 1001 ; The Santa Maria, Nina, and 

 Pinta ; The Debarkation of Columbus ; Midnight Mass on the Mississippi Over 

 the Body of Ferdinand De Soto, 1542j Henry Hudson Entering New York Bay, 

 September 11, 1609 ; Embarkation of the Pilgrims from Southampton, August 5, 

 1620 ; First Recognition of the American Flag by a Foreign Government, in the 

 Harbor of Quiberon, France, February 13, 1778 ; Burning of the Frigate Phila- 

 delphia in the Harbor of Tripoli, February 16, 1804; The Brig Armstrong 

 Engaging the British Fleet in the Harbor of Fayal, September 26, 1814 ; Iron 

 versus Wood — Sinking of thei^ Cumberland by the Merrimac, in Hampton Roads, 

 March 8, 1862 ; The White Squadron's Farewell Salute to the Body of Captain 

 John Ericsson, New York Bay, August 25, 1890; Return of the Conquerors, 

 Typifying Our Victory in the Late Spanish-American War, September 29, 1899. 



By act of Congress, approved May 22, 1908, the colossal marble statue of 

 Washington by Horatio Greenough, completed in 1840, and since 1875 occupy- 

 ing its well-known position in front- of the main steps of the Capitol, was trans- 

 ferred to the custody of the Smithsonian Institution. It is intended to remove 

 this work at once to the Smithsonian building, where it will be installed for the 

 present. 



In accordance with the plan proposed the year before, with the object of 

 maintaining a proper standard of merit in the acceptance of paintings and 

 works of sculpture for the National Gallery of Art, a committee of five artists 

 to act in an advisory capacity was designated in the spring of 1908. The 

 selection of three members of the committee was requested of three leading art 

 associations, the other two members being named by the Institution. This 

 committee held its first meeting, for the purposes of organization and prelimi- 

 nary considerations, at the Smithsonian Institution, on April 16, 1908. As 

 organized, it is constituted as follows: Mr. Francis D. Millet, president; Mr. 

 Frederick Crowniushield, representing the Fine Arts Federation, of which he 

 is the president; Mr. Edwin H. Blashfield, representing the National Academy 

 of Design ; Mr. Herbert Adams, representing the National Sculpture Society, 

 of which he is the president ; and Mr. William H. Holmes, of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, secretary of the committee. 



In May, 1908, a number of the ladies of Washington, acting on their own 

 initiative but with the hearty concurrence of the Institution, effected an in- 

 formal organization looking to the building up in the National Museum of a 

 worthy collection of laces, embroideries, and other artistic objects of personal 

 adornment and utility. Having decided that the assembling of a loan collection 

 might best further their efforts by stimulating an interest in the subject, a 

 working committee, with Mrs. James W. Pinchot as chairman, was immediately 

 appointed, and during May and June a very large number of appropriate objects 

 was brought together. The installation, made by the members of the commit- 

 tee, filled twenty cases, which had unfortunately to be placed in the very 



