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THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
^[[1918 - 1919]]
By W. H. Holmes, Curator.

The Curator has the honor to submit a brief summary of the accessions and activities of the National Gallery of Art for the year, which has witnessed most gratifying progress in the acquirement of works of art.  The Freer Gallery, although an integral part of the National Gallery, receives attention under a separate head.  During previous years the meager collections were enriched by two noteworthy accessions,--the bequest of Harriet Lane Johnston and the gift of Wm. T. Evans.  During this year the munificent contribution of Mr. Ralph Cross Johnson, of Washington, D. C. was added.  It comprises twenty-four rare works by European masters,--Italian, French, English, Flemish and Dutch, and lifts the Gallery to a position in the art world inferior to but few of our American galleries.  The deed of gift is as follows:

[[underlined]]  GIFT INTER-VIVOS [[/underlined]]  

I hereby give, grant and set over unto The National Gallery of Art, now located in the National Museum at Washington, D. C., a collection of paintings, specifically enumerated and entitled in the attached Schedule, to be held by the said National Gallery of Art absolutely and in fee simple.  It is my express desire and wish that said collection be hung in a room by itself without addition or diminution.