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THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
PORTRAIT OF THE LATE EMPRESS DOWAGER OF CHINA, Repre- 
senting Her Majesty, Tze Hsi, Seated on Her Throne, Sur- 
rounded with the Emblems or Good Fortune. Painted by 
Katherine A. Carl, at the Imperial Palace, Peking, 1903, and pre- 
sented to the United States by the Government of China. 
CATLIN INDIAN PAINTINGS. 
This collection, referred to on page 5 1 , was presented to the 
Museum in 1879 by Mrs. Joseph Harrison, of Philadelphia. 
PAINTINGS BY J. J. AUDUBON. 
Some years ago the Museum obtained by purchase four orig- 
inal paintings of birds by this distinguished ornithologist and 
artist, several of the figures of which were reproduced in his 
well-known work. One of these paintings was executed in oil 
on canvas and represents the rose-breasted grosbeak. The 
others are water colors on paper and depict both sexes of the 
cardinal, the purple grackle and the towhee. The Museum also 
has four of the copper plates from which were printed the illus- 
trations for “The Birds of America.” 
HISTORY OF PAINTING. 
A selection of about 2 50 of the celebrated autotypes published 
by Adolph Braun & Co., of Dornach, illustrating the history of 
painting from the time of Cimabue and Giotto. Each of the 
greater masters is represented by copies of from one to six paint- 
ings, as far as it was possible to obtain them. 
Miscellaneous Sculpture, Models, Bronzes, etc. 
The Institution and Museum have received many objects of 
art other than paintings which, for the most part, have not 
been segregated except such as have been incorporated in the 
collections illustrating the arts and crafts and American his- 
tory. The collection of busts now numbers several hundred, 
but only a very few of these are of more than historical value. 
The following are especially worthy of mention : 
STATUE OF WASHINGTON. By Horatio Greenough. Colossal, partly 
nude, figure in Carrara marble, seated in a Roman chair, on which 
are carved several small accessory figures. Washington is repre- 
sented with his right hand pointing upward and with his left holding 
a sheathed sword. Height about 11 feet; base, 5 feet 6 inches by 
8 feet 6 inches. 
