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of their importance may be gathered from the details given in the list of donors and depositors, which includes also the material received previous to my official connection with the Museum, such as the collection illustrating the technical processes of lithography and chromolithography, given by Messrs. L Grange & Co., the exhibit of the Photo-Engraving Co., and that illustrating the process of electrolysing made by Messrs. W. W. Whitcomb & Co. Two items must, however, be emphasized here is being of special importance and fitness in the U. S. National Museum. I allude to the plate, with a set of trial proofs, of Asher Brown Durand's "Ariadne," after Dandulyn, given by his son, Mr. John Durand, and to the collection of proofs from plates engraved by John Cheney, given by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Ednah D. Cheney. Generally speaking, special stress has been made, in the historical division, upon a good representation of American art, and the list of donors again will show that these efforts have been liberally seconded by artists, publishers, and other friends of the Museum.