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THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART ^ [[, 1920]]

The National Gallery of Art continued for the year under the immediate care of the Head Curator of the Department of Anthropology, but by an Amendment to the Sundry Civil Bill passed May , 1920, the Gallery will, at the beginning of the fiscal year 1920-1921, have a separate organization with a separate administrative staff. Additions to the collections during the year were not as numerous as those of the preceding year, but include a number of works of painting and sculpture of exceptional value, the most noteworthy ^ [[accession]] perhaps being a statue in white marble of the Earl of Chatham,( William Pitt), presented through the State Department by the Duchess of Marlborough and other American women residing in the United Kingdom.