2 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



MEMORIALS. 



Statue of Professor Ecnry.— The annual meeting of the Board of Ee- 

 gents was held on the 17th of January, at which time the usual reports 

 of the year 1879 were presented. Prior to that date a bill had been 

 introduced into the Senate by Mr. Booth, a Eegent of the Institution, 

 providing for the erection in the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution 

 of a statue of Professor Henry. This, in a somewhat modified form, 

 passed the Senate and House and became a law by the signature of the 

 President on the 1st of June, 1880.* 



The total appropriation was $15,000, and it was agreed tliat one-fourth 

 should be paid on the completion of the design, one-fourth on the com- 

 pletion of tlie model in clay, one-fourth on the completion in bronze, 

 and the remainder on the placing of the statue in the Smithsonian 

 grounds. 



Memorial representations of Professor Henrij.— The Institution is in- 

 debted to Mr. F. Gutelvunst, of Philadelphia, for copies of an excellent 

 phototype of the late Secretary, Professor Henry, copied from a photo- 

 graph taken by the same artist during the time of the Centennial Exhibi- 

 tion. The portrait is a mechanical imprint of cabinet size, a close re- 

 production of the original photograph. 



Although a partial account of various portraitures of Professor Henry 

 was given in the last annual report, it may uot be improper, with the 

 view of mating the record more complete, to repeat those formerly men- 

 tioned, as well as to indicate additional likenesses. 



Of original photographs, there are one small front face (carte size) by 

 H. Ulke; one profile head (carte size) by T. W. SmiUie; one small size, 

 full-length, standing, by the same ; one iront view of head and bust, cabi- 

 net size, by the same, and one, imperial size, by the same ; one, carte 

 size, and four different views, cabinet size, by M. B. Brady, of Wash- 



* In view of the a(ljouriiment of the Board of Regents at the time of the passage of 

 the law, it was impossible to take any formal action in the matter ; but in the exer- 

 .cise of its general discretion, the executive committee entered into correspondence with 

 Mr. Story j'the artist designated in the act as the sculptor, and obtained from him his 

 acceptance of the trust, and some suggestions as to the design and the general condi- 

 tions of carrying it out. 



As the executive committee was doubtful as to its authority to carry out fully the 

 provisions of the proposed agreement with Mr. Story, the members of the Board were 

 communicated with by letter and their assent obtained to such action as the com- 

 mittee might deem best in the premises. 



It was therefore thought best to make a provisional ratification of the agreement 

 with Mr. Story, the session of Congress in the beginning of December rendering it 

 p ossib]« to obtain the action of the Board before anything could be done by the sculp- 

 tor. A meeting of the Board therefore, was held on the 8th day of December, 1880, 

 and the action of the exec utive ccmimittee was approved and authority given to carry 

 jt into effect. A dispatch was sent by Atlantic cable to Mr. Story, and the work, ac- 

 cording to a recent communication from Hon. George P. Marsh, United States minis- 

 cr at Rome, Mr. Story's place of residence, is progressing satisfactorily. 



