THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
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CATTLE PIECE, PEASANTS, ETC. 
On canvas, 18 yi H., 22 W. 
This picture was among the effects of James Smithson, 
received in connection with his bequest. 
Church, Frederick Edwin. 
Bom, Hartford, Conn., May 4, 1826; died, New York, Apr. 7, 1900. 
Landscape painter. Pupil of Thomas Cole at Catskill, where he worked for 
several years before opening a studio in New York. Was elected a member 
of the National Academy of Design in 1849. Traveled in South America 
in 1853 and 1857; later visited Labrador and the West Indies, and in 1868 
made his first trip through Europe, which also extended to Palestine. 
Received a second-class medal at the Paris Exposition, 1867. His best 
known work is The Falls of Niagara, owned by the Corcoran Gallery of Art. 
AURORA BOREALIS. 
Signed and dated, 1865. On canvas, 57 H., 83^ W. 
Gift of Miss Eleanor Blodgett, of New York, 1907. 
Duveneck, Frank. 
Born, Covington, Ky., 1848. Pupil of Diez and others in Munich, where 
he remained over ten years. Medal, Columbian Exp., Chicago, 1893; hon. 
mention, Paris Salon, 1895; silver medal, Pan-Amer. Exp., Buffalo, 1901; 
awarded a special commemorative medal by the Panama-Pacific Intemat. 
Exp., San Francisco, 1915. N. A., 1906; member, Soc. Western Artists; 
Cincinnati Art Club; Nat. Inst. Arts and Letters. Painter, sculptor, 
etcher, teacher. Instmctor in the Academy of Fine Arts, Cincinnati, Ohio, 
but has lived much of the time since 1881 in Florence, Italy, painting and 
teaching. 
PORTRAIT SKETCH OF WALTER SHIRLAW AT THE AGE OF 35 
YEARS. 
On canvas, 24 H., 18 W. 
Gift of Mrs. Walter Shirlaw, 1913. 
Earl, R. E. W. 
PORTRAIT OF ANDREW JACKSON in the Uniform of a Major 
General, U. S. Army. 
Signed and dated, 1836. On canvas, 35^ H., 27^ W. 
Donated to the National Institute in 1844 by Maj. William 
H. Chase, U. S. Engineers, and transferred to the Smithsonian 
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