380 ISTew Yoek at the "World's Columbian Exposition. 



Number of works entered on application : 



Paintings in oil • ■ • 1,480 



"Water colors 268 



Sculpture ' ^ 



Architecture ^ °1 



Etchings 280 



"Wood engravings 227 



Chalk, charcoal, etc 622 



Total J^131 



Number of works submitted to the juries of selection : 



Paintings in oil 758 



"Water colors l'^3 



Sculpture 50 



Architecture 186 



Etchings 191 



"Wood engravings - 278 



Chalk, charcoal, etc 501 



Total 2,137 



Number of works accepted for the Chicago Exposition : 



Paintings in oil 324 



"Water colors 63 



Sculpture 37 



Architecture 99 



Etchings 174 



"Wood engravings 255 



Chalk, charcoal, etc 397 



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Total 1,349 



Number of " invited " works of art in New York city . 281 

 Number of " invited " works of art from places other 



than New York city 85 



Total loan exhibition 366 



Total number of works sent to Chicago 1,715 



After the close of the fair 1,331 works were returned to the art 

 bureau, and by them distributed to their owners, .and ninety-nine 

 works (architecture) were returned at the cost of the exposition. The 

 remainder were disposed of as follows at the expense of the consignees : 

 Forty-nine were sent to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; 

 twenty-five to the Art Club of Philadelphia ; twenty-five to the Mid- 

 winter Exposition at San Francisco ; thirty-nine to the World's Fair 

 Prize "Winners Association, and 147 directly to owners or artists at 

 their request. 



The entire cost of the exhibit was borne by the Board of General Man- 

 agers. The total amount of money disbursed directly by the art bureau 



