Download or read book Smithsonian Institution, the National Gallery of Art Catalogue of Collections, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by William Henry Holmes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-11 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Smithsonian Institution, the National Gallery of Art Catalogue of Collections, Vol. 2 The present catalogue, the second to be issued by the National Gallery as a separately organized branch of the Smithsonian Institution, is intended as a simple catalogue embodying only such of the national art collections as have been definitely assigned to the gallery. Aside from the numerous paintings and works of sculpture, which constitute the bulk of the exhibition series, there are included numerous art objects of other classes which have accrued to the gallery as integral parts of gifts and bequests of art works in past years. It includes also a list of such loans of art works as are now accorded a place among the exhibits of the gallery. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.