THE FREER UNIT OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY, 1920 
Smithsonian Report, 1920 
The number of specimens in the Freer collection 
(now 1920) exceeds 6,000‘, of which something over one 
thousand are American, four-fifths of the latter being 
the work of Whistler. The famous "Peacock Room" is in¬ 
cluded and is installed in the room especially provided 
for its reception. The Oriental part of the collection, 
some 5,000 items, consists of Chinese and Japanese paintings, 
various forms of pottery chiefly from Japan, Korea, China, 
Mesopotamia, Persia, and Egypt; of Egyptian glass, and of 
figures, statuettes, sculptures, mirrors, boxes, etc., in 
bronze, stone, wood, lacquer, etc. The collection also 
contains some important ancient Biblical manuscripts obtained 
in Egypt. 
Mr. Freer has allowed $1,200,000 for the building, 
and has provided an endowment of about $2,700,000, the in¬ 
come of which is to be used in the main for the purchase 
of works of art. 
ESTIMATED VALUES OF THE FREER FOUNDATION. 
Art Collections-$2,500,000 
Building- 1,200,000 
Endowment- 2,700,000 
Total-$6,400,000 
