46 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



25 from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich; 



33 from the Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg; 

 and a valuable collection of works on natural history from one of 

 the regents, General Joseph G. Totten, of the United States army. 



Gallery of Art. — The Stanley collection of Indian portraits and 

 scenes of Indian life, together with the Indian portraits received 

 from the museum of the Patent Office, still continue to form an 

 ethnological gallery of much interest to the numerous visitors of 

 the Institution. The small appropriation which was previously 

 made to repay Mr. Stanley for incidental expenses connected with 

 this gallery has been continued during the past year. The appli- 

 cation which Mr. Stanley has, for several years, made to Congress 

 for the purchase of his gallery cannot be expected at this time 

 to receive attention, although we hope that in a more favorable 

 condition of the treasury an appropriation for the purpose will be 

 granted. 



The following are the additions which have been made to the col- 

 lection of objects of art during the past year : A large marble bust 

 of Pulaski on deposit; a colossal bust in plaster of Dr. Robert Hare. 

 Another, of the same size, of Hon. George M. Dallas ; also a bust of 

 Thomas Jefferson, and another of Dr. B. K. Kane, all by purchase. 

 They are original works of art, of considerable merit, by Henry D. 

 Saunders. 



Besides these, a series of busts in plaster, several valuable pieces 

 of sculpture in marble, and a number of pictures, have been received 

 from the museum at the Patent Office. Among the busts are the fol- 

 lowing : An excellent likeness of John Vaughan, for a long time libra- 

 rian of the American Philosophical Society ; one of Cuvier, the French 

 naturalist; of Hon. Dixon H. Lewis, late member of Congress, re- 

 markable for his immense bodily size; and of the Hon. Peter Force, of 

 this city. Among the articles in marble are a full-sized medallion of 

 Minerva from Pompeii, a half-size copy of the Apollo Belvidere, and 

 two other half-size ancient statues, all of elaborate finish. Among 

 the pictures is an original portrait of Washington by the elder Peale, 

 painted immediately after the battle of Princeton. In addition to the 

 foregoing, the collection has been increased by one hundred large 

 engravings presented by Charles B. King, a well-known artist}, who 

 has resided many years in this city. These engravings are copies of 

 celebrated pictures, and are illustrations of the style of some of the 

 best masters of the art of engraving. They were to have been be- 



