Report on the Progress and Condition of the U.S. National Museum for the Year Ending June 30 ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 |
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Página 32 - The present war colleges developed from the various military schools which were established during the latter part of the 18th and the early part of the 19th centuries for the development of professional military officers. This need was felt when the "general staff" organizations of the major armies of Europe took on a directing role in the management of their armed forces.
Página 3 - SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith a report upon the present condition of the United States National Museum, and upon the work accomplished in its various departments during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910.
Página 7 - That, in proportion as suitable arrangements can be made for their reception, all objects of art and of foreign and curious research, and all objects of natural history, plants, and geological and mineralogical specimens, belonging or hereafter to belong, to the United States, which may be in the city of Washington...
Página 9 - The gallery of art, your committee think, should include both paintings and sculpture, as well as engravings and architectural designs; and it is desirable to have in connexion with it one or more studios in which young artists might copy without interruption, being admitted under such regulations as the board may prescribe. Your committee also think that, as the collection of paintings and sculpture will probably accumulate slowly, the room destined for a gallery of art might properly and usefully...
Página 91 - GOLD — PHYRNE, THE SUPERB, BUILDER OF TEMPLES. CHELSEA SHOPS. BLUE AND GRAY — UNLOADING. THE SEA AND SAND. HARMONY IN BROWN AND GOLD — OLD CHELSEA CHURCH. BLUE AND GREEN — THE COAL SHAFT. THE WHITE HOUSE. WORTLEY— NOTE IN GREEN. Low TIDE. A NOTE IN RED. A PORTRAIT. DEVONSHIRE LANDSCAPE. LITTLE GREEN CAP. YELLOW AND BLUE. PURPLE AND BLUE. TRAFALGAR SQUARE — CHELSEA. PORTRAIT OF STEVIE MANUEL. NOCTURNE. BLUE AND GOLD — VALPARAISO. THE LITTLE FAUSTINA. (Unfinished.) GRAY AND SILVER —...
Página 103 - ... 1912. Lucien Whiting Powell. Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River. Gift of Hon. JB Henderson, of Washington, 1907. Thomas Buchanan Read (1822-1872). Portrait of himself. Henry Reuterdahl. The Combat between the Monitor and the Merrimac. Gift of the Swedish American Republican League of Illinois, 1912. Jose de Ribera (Spagnoletto) (1588-1652). Job and His Comforters. Presented by Dr. Robert W. Gibbes, of Columbia, SC, in 1841, to the National Institute, from which it was received in 1862. William...
Página 60 - ... Idaho; cebollite (new species) and an unusually large cleavage specimen of melilite recently discovered in Colorado; the rare mercury minerals montroydite, eglestonite, kleinite, terlinguite and calomel, from Terlingua district, Tex ; variscite and lucinite (new species) from Lucin, Utah ; f erberite crystals from Colorado ; struverite from South Dakota ; neptunite from California; fremontite (new species) from Canon City, Colo.; and vesuvianite, bournonite and prehnite from new localities. phenacite...
Página 109 - August 5, 1620 ; First Recognition of the American Flag by a Foreign Government — In the Harbor of Quiberon, France, February 13, 1778...
Página 8 - December and January following, shows a thorough consideration of the subject in both the spirit and letter of the law. It would seem not out of place to cite here the first pronouncement of the board with reference to the character of the Museum : "In obedience to the requirements of the charter,1 which leaves little discretion in regard to the extent of accommodations to be provided, your committee recommend that there be included in the building a museum of liberal size, fitted up to receive the...
Página 88 - VIOLINCELLO. THE GARLAND. Pastels — SAPPHO. THE PINK DRESS. THE PEARL. NUDE STUDY. IN ROSE. Silver Point — STUDY OF A HEAD. MELCHERS, J. GARI. Oil Painting — PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. THAYER, ABBOTT HENDERSON. Oil Paintings — HEAD. PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S SON. PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S ELDEST DAUGHTER. THE VIRGIN. DIANA. SKETCH OF CORNISH HEADLANDS. CAPRI. MONADNOCK IN WINTER. WINGED FIGURE.