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THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
PEASANTS. By Unknown Artist. 
This painting is briefly described in Alfred Hunter’s catalogue 
of the National Institute, 1855, page 52, where it is attributed 
to Teniers. Its origin is not given. 
“A FINE OLD ITALIAN PAINTING. Architectural Piece with 
Figures After the Manner of Claude Loraine.” 
The above title, without description, is given in Hunter’s 
catalogue, but no reference to the picture has been found in 
any other records of the Institute. 
FOUR LANDSCAPES, One Winter Scene, and One Marine View. 
These paintings, mentioned in Hunter’s catalogue of 1855, 
were lent to the Institute by Mr. Joseph Gales, of Washington, 
to whom they were returned in 1856. 
PAINTING OF A CHINESE VILLAGE. 
From the collection of John Varden. 
CUPID. A Painting. 
Listed, without explanation, in Hunter’s catalogue. 
BACCHANALIAN CUPIDS Gathering Grapes for the Wine Press 
and Other Fruits; Emblematic of Peace and Plenty. 
The character of this picture, except as suggested in the 
above title, is not indicated in Hunter’s catalogue. 
THE LAST SUPPER. Engraving by Dick of the painting by Leonardo 
da Vinci. 
GREEKS DEFENDING MISSOLONGHI. A small print. 
Paintings of Indians 
A large number of portraits of American Indians were exhib- 
ited in the museum of the Institute, where they were deposited 
by the Secretary of War in June, 1841. They belonged to the 
Government, for which they had been painted by Charles B. 
King, a pupil of Benjamin West, and two or three other artists. 
The names of only a few of the pictures are mentioned in the 
records of the Institute, but in connection with the Smithsonian 
Institution, to which they were transferred in 1858, it has been 
possible to account for the entire collection. 
