enough when the key is supplied. The United States section is in the
center, and, with the historical rooms, occupies, roughly, half the
space, flanked by the foreign rooms at either end of the building. Four
rooms of the United States section are separated from the rest and form
a narrow strip across the extreme north end of the gallery. The prints,
drawings, miniatures, and medals are installed in rooms forming a strip
along the west wall of the building.

The United States section is opened by a central hall opposite the main
entrance, and by a corridor extending on either side through to the
foreign sections. The central hall is chiefly devoted to sculpture,
including Karl Bitter's strong and characteristic group, "The Signing of
the Louisiana Purchase Treaty," Daniel Chester French's "Alice Freeman
Palmer Memorial," both winners of the medal of honor, Gertrude
Vanderbilt Whitney's fine central fountain, and other important work.
The walls are hung with ancient tapestries of great interest, and
paintings, mostly decorative, though Robert Vonnoh's "Poppies" and Ben
Au Haggin's "Little White Dancer" are admirable. Vonnoh won a gold
medal.

Historical Section.--South of the United States section, a block of ten
rooms, with Room 54 at the southwest angle of the central hall, is
devoted to painters who either have influenced American art or represent
its earlier stages. Room 91, on the east side of the block, contains old
Dutch, Flemish, French, and Italian pictures, none very interesting,
though Teniers, Watteau and Tintoretto are represented. Rooms 92, 62,
and 61, constituting the tier next to the Italian section, show chiefly
examples of the French painters, including those of the Barbizon school,
who have influenced later American painting. Along with other names less
known, Room 92 displays canvases by Daubigny, Courbet, Charles Le Brun,