THE FREER GALLERY 
Smithsonian Report for 1919 
The permanent acquisitions by the Rational Gal3 ery 
of Art for the year 1919 consisted mainly of additions by 
Mr. Charles L. Freer to his munificent donation of American 
and Oriental art. These additions aggregated 555 items. 
Abbott H. Thayer, Willard L. Metcalf and J. Francis Murphy, 
American artists, are each represented by an oil painting; 
Dwight W. Tryon, by 18 pastels; and Augustus Saint Gaudens, 
by the two large bronze sculptures known as the "Library 
Groups," designed for the Boston Public Library. These are 
among the last works on which this sculptor was engaged and 
unfinished at his death, and represent "Labor Supported by 
Science and Art" and "Law Supported by Power and Love." Of 
oriental paintings there were 15 panels, 55 kakemono, 11 
makimono and two albums of 6 and 12 paintings, respectively, 
all Chinese with the exception of a set of 5 Japanese makimono; 
of oriental pottery, 52 pieces, of which 29 are Chinese and 
2 Corean, while 1 is attributed to Tibet; of bronzes 292 
examples, 288 being Chinese, 5 Corean and 1 Japanese; and of 
Chinese jades, 51 pieces. Belonging to other classes were 
stone sculptures and carvings; iron, pewter and silver work; 
lacquer, glass, ivory, fabrics, etc., all except one of 
Chinese origin. 
