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Fine Arts Department of the Boston Public
Library.

10 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass.......
Art Gallery, Smith College..

12 Essex Institute, Fine Arts Department..
Museum of Art and History, University of

17 Metropolitan Museum of Art

Museum and Gallery of Art of the New York
Historical Society.

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a 41 are the models of all Bartholomew's statues, and 10 of the busts are by the same artist.

b Collection of bronzes made in China and Japan by Prof. W. P. Blake in 1862-'63.
e Swedish and American vases; also cornices, capitals, columns, &c., for use in
architecture.

d Specimens of Oriental, European, old English, and American pottery; special
collections of glassware and of British, Spanish, and American tiles; also
examples of artistic tiles manufactured in Connecticut, with specimens of
materials used.

e 8 of these are copies and 1 is an original.

ƒ 24 casts of antique statues and 2 of busts belonging to the Peabody Institute are at present in this museum.

g Copies.

h2 are colossal: the "David" of Michael Angelo and the "Taney," by Rinehart; 13 are models of original statues by Rinehart.

i 25 are models of originals by Rinehart.

j The famous reproduction of the Ghiberti gates, made by Barbedienne, of Paris,
for the Vienna Exposition, half size of the originals.

k 5 are originals by Rinehart; there are also two models of large vases by him.
The Peabody has 260 feet of the Parthenon frieze in position in the sculpture
gallery. It has also 170 feet in duplicate. Twenty-four casts of antique
statues and 2 of busts are deposited with the Historical Society.

m 60 fragments of antique sculpture, collected in Rome by Mr. C. C. Perkins, are set in the wall of the corridor, as is customary in Italy.

n Of these, 2 are bronze and 1 terra cotta.

o Among the casts of antique sculpture are 6 Greek vases, 36 slabs of the frieze

of the Parthenon, 24 slabs of the frieze of the Temple of Apollo at Bassæ, and other large reliefs.

p 11 of these are originals.

q Among Egyptian antiquities.

Antiquities from Cyprus, Tanagra figurines, &c.

8 These are plaster casts; the museum has also 5 carvings in ivory and 50 carvings in wood.

t Also the Dixwell collection of Etruscan pottery, 47 objects, and a large number of Græco-Italian fictile painted vases, collected by Castellani and presented to the museum by Mr. Thomas G. Appleton.

u 6 ancient inscriptions in stone.

These are the famous miniature copies of antiques made by Mollica in Naples; 42 statuettes, 35 portrait busts, and 4 busts of the medieval poets of Italy. w 3 of these are copies.

x One medallion portrait and 9 modern statuettes.

y Pieces and fragments of ancient Indian pottery from Brazil and Peru.
z A large and fine collection of specimens of wood carving.
aa 2 are copies in marble.

bb This is the number of pieces of ancient Cypriote statuary contained in the Di
Cesnola collections. These are cut in the soft limestone of Cyprus, there
being no marble on the island. Among these are massive sarcophagi, heroic
and life-size statues, statuettes, many hundred heads broken off from statues
and statuettes, votive offerings, and mural tablets with inscriptions, the whole
forming a continuous series of examples of the progress of the art, beginning
with the Phoenicians and continuing with the early and later Greeks to the
Romans.
ce 1 copy in marble.

dd Di Cesnola collection.

ee Of these, 49 are antiques in stone, 35 are plaster copies of antiques. The museum has also 19 carvings in ivory, 6 in wood, and 137 ancient inscriptions in stone. ff Antique ceramics, 7,232; antique glass, 1,239; medieval glass, 127; modernglass, 11; modern mosaic, 1.

gg 1 of these is an original bust.

hh Copies of medieval statuary.

jj 8 are copies.

kk 3 are copies.

u1 is a copy.

mm 17 are originals.

nn Original Tanagra figurines.

00 1 is original.

pp 3 are copies in marble.

99 116 are by Barye, of Paris. The Hall of Bronzes contains, also, a case of the Hildesheim treasures, 30 pieces; a case of electrotype reproductions from South Kensington, 90 pieces; and the Milton shield and other Elkington work. rr Copies in plaster. Of these 78, the 198 feet of the frieze of the Parthenon which form the frieze of the Hall of Antique Sculpture and the Ghiberti gates are each reckoned as a single example.

88 4 exquisite Sèvres vases, the Prometheus vase by Minton, 2 majolica vases by Decker, of Paris, and 2 porcelain plaques by Schopin, of Paris, are in this small but costly collection of ceramics.

TABLE XXIII.-PART 2.-Statistics of museums of art, fc.-Continued.

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13 Museum of Art and History, University of Michigan. 14 Buffalo Fine Arts Academy.

15 Art Collection, Cornell University.

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18 Museum and Gallery of Art of the New York Historical Society.

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Collection of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 25 Permanent Art Collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

a Series of panel pictures representing windows of Cologne Cathedral.

b The life size groups illustrating life in Sweden and Lapland which were exhibited at the International Exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876. The museum has also a collec tion of textile fabrics, 40 or 50 specimens of laces, and a series of large tapestry hangings, "Flemish," 12 feet by 15 feet, illustrating the adventures of Don Quixote. e Carvings in jade, crystal, and ivory.

d Including a series of 18 bronze medals, struck by order of Congress between 1776 and 1815; a few antique Greek and Roman coins and many hundred modern coins; also, the "Towson cabinet of medals and coins," numbering 251 specimens, contained in 19 volumes, and extending from 300 B. c. to 1851 A. D.

e Cardinal Tosti's collection, now deposited on loan in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

The museum contains a room known as the Lawrence Room, which is fitted with the entire lining and ceiling in carved oak of an English room of the sixteenth century,
elaborately ornamented with bass reliefs and with portraits of English kings and queens in panels; purchased in London in 1871, and presented by Mrs. T. B. Lawrence. In
this room are exhibited chests and other articles of furniture in carved wood, of the fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries. The museum also possesses
collections illustrating the application of art to industry, including many specimens of rare embroideries, a large number of textile fabrics, 79 examples of artistic metal work,
etc. Many valuable paintings as well as choice examples of art work of every description which belong to private owners are constantly to be seen in the galleries of the
museum, while special loan exhibitions to illustrate particular branches of art are held from time to time.
g 40 of these are water colors.

h These are etchings; the Gray collection of 6,000 engravings and the Tosti collection of 7,000 engravings are deposited on loan in the museum.

The MacCallum collection of laces, 721 pieces. The museum has also 11 pieces of tapestry.

w The Abbott collection; the museum also contains the Lenox collection of Nineveh sculptures, 13 pieces. The society owns a large collection of antiquities relating to North and South America not yet displayed.

Of these 92 were given to the academy by the will of the late James A. Suydam, its former treasurer; of the remaining 400, 200 are portraits of members and 200 paintings
by members.
y Also tapestry from Warwick Castle.

z The collection of students' work exhibited at the Centennial by the South Kensington authorities was given to this museum; the whole of the superb India collection
was also given. The museum exhibits a rare and very complete collection of Persian stuffs, etc. It owns an important collection of textile fabrics, embroideries, and costumes;
specimens of work in wood, metal, and stone, illustrating the use of ornament in architecture; many articles of work in the precious metals, and the electrotype reproductions
of the South Kensington medieval work in metal exhibited by Elkington & Co., at the Centennial; the reproductions of the Hildesheim treasures, also Oriental and European
enamels. Many fine specimens of Oriental work in pottery, bronze, and jade are also included in the loan collections now on exhibition.

aa A large collection of relics of the "Mound Builders" of North America loaned by Dr. M. W. Dickeson is on view.

bb 200 original drawings, 200 Braun's autotypes, 558 lithographs, 150 photographs.

cc Also 10 fac similes of illuminated manuscripts.

dd Several volumes of fine engravings, among them the Musée Français, Musée Royal, Hogarth's Works, Canova's Works, &c., are in the library of the Athenæum. ee Over 100 photographs of the leading works of art in its possession are taken, to be obtained only at the gallery.

ff 2 remarkable Japanese porcelain vases made for the Centennial, 1 large Japanese porcelain bowl, 5 specimens of cloisonné, old Chinese, and modern Elkington; in addition to these, many rare and valuable articles, antique and modern, which cannot be classified in this table, are in the Hall of Bronzes and Ceramic Ware of the Corcoran Gallery of Art.

Chicago, Ill. Galesburg, Ill..

Galesburg, Ill..

Philadelphia, Pa....

Lombard University

Mrs. Mary A. Moore (deceased).

Norridgewock, Me..