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In witness whereof the said party of the first part has hereunto set his 
hand and seal, and said party of the second part has caused this instru- 
ment to be executed in duplicate by its Acting Secretary and its seal to 
be hereto affixed, this fifth day of May, 1906. 
(Signed) Charles I,. Freer, [seal.] 
Smithsonian Institution, 
(Signed) By Richard Rathbun, [seal.] 
Acting Secretary . 
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of — 
(Signed) Herbert E. Boynton, [seal.] 
(Signed) Frank W. Hackett. [seal.] 
Each of the conveyances is accompanied by a printed inven- 
tory in which all the objects are described in a manner to insure 
their identification. It is the intention of Mr. Freer to prepare 
and publish at a future date a full descriptive catalogue for the 
use of students and others interested in art. In this connec- 
tion only such a summary of the contents of the collection is 
given as will serve to convey to the public some idea of its char- 
acter, richness and extent. 
[Since the execution of the original deed of gift in 1906, Mr. 
Freer has added 2,485 objects to this collection through six 
supplemental transfers, the last dated January n, 1915, whereby 
the extent of this remarkable donation to the public has been 
more than doubled, now embracing approximately 4,811 exam- 
ples, of which 991 are American and 3,820 oriental. It is also 
of extreme interest to note that Mr. Freer has not only increased 
to one million dollars the provision for housing this collection, 
but, in November, 1915, waiving the original conditions, he 
decided upon the early erection of the structure, thereby per- 
mitting the transfer of the collection to Washington within a 
comparatively short time. The site selected for this purpose 
is in the Smithsonian reservation west of the Smithsonian 
building. January, 1916.] 
SUMMARY OF THE CHARLES L. FREER COLLECTION 
American Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, etc. 
Dewing, Thomas Wxlmer. 
Born, Boston, Mass., May 4, 1851. Pupil of Boulanger and Lefebvre in 
Paris. Clarke prize, Nat. Acad. Design, 1887; silver medal, Paris Exp., 
1889; gold medals, Pan-Amer. Exp., Buffalo, 1901, and St. Louis Exp., 1904; 
