THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
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Statuary, Models, etc. 
HEAD OF SAINT CECILIA. By Thorwaldsen. In marble. Presented 
to James Smithson at Copenhagen by Doctor Brandis, physician to 
the King of Denmark. 
THE DYING GLADIATOR. Executed by JosephGott , an English sculptor. 
A copy in Carrara marble of this celebrated statue in Rome. De- 
posited by F. W. Risque. 
APOLLO BELVIDERE. A small copy in marble. 
BUST OF CERES. In porphoritic marble, from Pompeii. 
HEAD OF BACCHANTE. Marble. In high relief. From Pompeii. 
VENUS DE MEDICI. A plaster copy. 
STATUE OF WASHINGTON. By F. Pettrich. 
STATUETTE OF FERDINAND PHILIPPE D’ORLEANS, Due d’Or- 
eEans. By A. Barre, Paris, 1842. Inscribed “A ITnstitut Na- 
tional des Etats Unis d’Amerique, hommage de 1 ’auteur A. Barre.” 
STATUETTE OF ANDREW JACKSON ON HORSEBACK. By Clark 
Mills. 
STATUETTE OF DANIEL O’CONNELL. Marked “Published by Dau- 
ton of London, 1834.” 
BROKEN HEART. Statue. Reclining figure. 
THE YOUNG HUNTER, SLEEPING CHILD, GIRL FISHING, and 
other models by F. Pettrich. 
Miscellaneous 
STONE SARCOPHAGUS from Beirut, Syria. Obtained and trans- 
mitted by Commodore Elliott, U. S. Navy. 
ALBUM OF SKETCHES of the principae ruins in Athens and views 
of famous historical peaces in different parts of Greece. 
By Miss Elizabeth B. Contaxaki and others . 
The fire of 186 5 
On January 24, 1865, the Smithsonian building was visited by 
a serious fire, which destroyed the greater part of the art collec- 
tion. A series of cases intended for ethnological specimens had 
been constructed in the gallery on the second floor, which made 
it necessary to rearrange the Indian paintings. The day was 
extremely cold, and with a view to their comfort in hanging the 
pictures the workmen brought a stove into the room and inad- 
vertently inserted the pipe in a ventilating flue which opened 
under the roof. The conflagration which ensued burnt out the 
