art of Spain. Contemporary Italian painters are represented 
by Ettore Tito and Italico Brass. 
Of the many fine examples of American art included in 
the collection, only a few can be mentioned here. The 
“Portrait of Sarasate,”” by James A. McNeill Whistler; the 
“Portrait of Henry Nicols,”’ by Gilbert Stuart; “ My Child- 
ren,” by Abbott H. Thayer; “ Mother and Child,” by George 
de Forest Brush; “The Wreck,” by Winslow Homer; “River 
in Winter,” by John H. Twachtman; “ Afternoon near Ark- 
ville, New York,” by Alexander H. Wyant are all paintings 
which are representative of the best in American art. 
A collection of bronze statues and objects, reproductions 
of the bronzes from Pompeii and Herculaneum, casts of 
figures and reliefs by Saint-Gaudens, French, MacMonnies, 
Rodin, Barnard, MacNeil, and many others, for the most 
part contemporaries, and a large collection of photographs 
of the monuments and temples of Greece are also presented 
for exhibition in this department. 
Among the possessions of the Carnegie Institute are 
large and important collections of rare prints, including an 
exceptionally complete collection of American wood engrav- 
ing, groups of etchings by Charles Meryon and James A. 
McNeill Whistler, the “English Landscape Series” by John 
Lucas after Constable, and a collection of Japanese prints. 
The Institute also owns an important collection of original 
drawings, in which the fifty-eight drawings by Anton Mauve 
and forty-eight by old masters form notable groups. It is 
only possible to exhibit small groups of these prints, engrav- 
ings, and drawings occasionally, since the exhibition gal- 
leries are almost continuously occupied by the permanent 
collection of paintings and by current exhibitions. 
In addition to its permanent collections, the department 
seeks to arouse interest in the consideration of the modern 
evolution of art, its new trends, tendencies, and diverse 
manifestations. Therefore, throughout the year the depart- 
ment places before the public through special exhibitions 
many examples of the various phases and styles of achieve- 
ment and experiments of the best modern art. 
First of all in importance among the special exhibitions is 
the annual International Exhibition of Paintings which has