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Charles G. Abbot, as secretary of the Commission, are ex officio 

 members of the executive committee). Mr. McClellan was elected 

 chairman, and Mr. Clarke was elected to serve in place of Mr. 

 Moore. 



Dr. Abbot reported in detail the meetings of the Smithsonian 

 Gallery of Art Commission, and a discussion followed relative to 

 the proposed plans and site for the Smithsonian Gallery of Art. 



Mr. Finley made a report on the progress of the National Gallery 

 of Art building and invited the members of the Commission to 

 view the Mellon collection at the Corcoran Gallery of Art during 

 the afternoon. 



THE CATHERINE WALDEN MTER FUND 



Two miniatures were acquired from the fund established through 

 the bequest of the late Catherine Walden Myer, as follows: 



Miniature of Mary White, wife of Governor John Willis Ellis of 

 North Carolina, by J. Henry Brown (1818-1891) ; from Mrs. Sue 

 Bruner Clontz, Salisbury, N. C. 



Miniature of Polly Sutton Catlin (1770-1844), mother of George 

 Catlin, by George Catlin (1796-1872) ; from Miss Marion Lane, 

 Washington, D. C. 



LOANS ACCEPTED 



A mourning miniature by an unknown artist (about 1804) was 

 lent by Mrs. Mary Koolage House, Lansdowne, Pa. 



Three family portraits by unknown artists of Elizabeth Ann 

 Kimberly, Capt. Patrick Kavanagh, and Charles Washington Kav- 

 anagh and William McK. Kavanagh, were lent by Mrs. Noble 

 Newport Potts, Washington, D. C. 



LOANS TO OTHER MUSEUMS AND ORGANIZATIONS 



Upon the request of the Icelandic Government, the plaster model 

 for the statue of Leifr Eiricsson, by Alexander Stirling Calder, was 

 dismantled by Attilio J. Contini, New York City, and taken by him 

 by truck to E. Gargani & Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y., for the purpose of 

 making a bronze cast to be exhibited at the New York World's 

 Fair. (Keturned April 15, 1939, and assembled by Mr. Contini.) 



"Sunset, Navarro Ridge, California Coast," by Ralph A. Blake- 

 lock, was lent to the Golden Gate International Exposition for in- 

 clusion in the Department of Fine Arts from February 18 to 

 December 2, 1939. 



"Cliffs of the Upper Colorado River, Wyoming Territory," by 

 Thomas Moran, was lent to the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pa., 

 from March 22 to April 30, 1939. (Returned May 8, 1939.) 



