SECRETARY'S REPORT 191 



Building. He noted the passage of the fiscal year 1964 appropriation 

 bill providing $5,465,000 for renovation of this building. 



The Commission recommended acceptance of the following for the 

 National Collection of Fine Arts : 



Oil, Group Portrait of Anna Maria Mahie, John Henry Mabie, and George 

 Winfield Matie, by Undetermined Artist. Offered by Mr. and Mrs. William A. 

 Sturm, Bladensburg, Md. 



Fifty-eight pen-and-ink drawings by E. C. Peixotto (1869-1940), Offered 

 by Fortunate Porotto, Washington, D.C. 



Two miniatures, watercolor on ivory, Emilia Field Bretcer, possibly by John 

 Henry Brown (1818-1891), and Portrait of a Child, by Undetermined Artist. 

 Offered by Mrs. David Karrick, Washington, D.C. 



A miniature, watercolor on ivory, Unknown Gentleman, by Undetermined 

 Artist. Offered by Mrs. C. H. Roper, Austin, Tex. 



The Commission recommended that the following be added to the 

 Study Collection: 



Pastel, The New Moon, by George Randolph Barse, Jr. (1861- ). Offered 

 by Eugene W. Boiling, Upper Montclair, N.J. 



jNIiuiature, oil on porcelain. Two Girls in a Garden, by Undetermined Artist. 

 Offered by Mrs. David Karrick, Washington, D. C. 



The Commission recommended that the following be held for sub- 

 mission to the National Portrait Gallery Commission : 



Two sculptures, bronze, William Howard Taft (1857-1930), and terracotta, 

 Cordell Hull (1871-1955), by Bryant Baker (1881- ). Offered by the sculp- 

 tor. New York City. 



Oil, General John J. Pershing (1860-1948), by Leopold Seyffert (1887-1956). 

 Offered by Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Cooper, Norfolk, Va. 



The Commission recommended that the following be added to the 

 Lending Collection : 



Oil, 3:00 a.m., by Adelaide Morris Gardner. Offered by Mrs. Fred Gardner, 

 Sarasota, Fla. 



THE CATHERINE WALDEN MYER FUND 



The following miniatures, w^atercolor on ivory, were acquired from 

 the fund established through the bequest of Catherine Walden Myer : 



No. 150. Barnabus Bates, attributed to Thomas Sully (1783-1872). Ac- 

 quired from Mrs. Eva W. Chadbourne, Washington, D.C. 



No. 151. Betsy Goodrich, by Sarah Goodridge ( 178&-1858) . 



No. 152. R. M. Copeland, by Thomas Edwards (ac. 1822-1856, Boston). 



No. 153. Child, attributed to Edward Greene Malbone (1777-1802). 



No. 154. James Morris, by Henry Colton Shumway (1807-1884). 



No. 155. Mrs. James Morris, by Henry Colton Shumway (1807-1884). 



No. 156. Lewis Gaylord Claris., attributed to Charles Loring Elliot (1842- 

 1868). 



No. 157. Gentleman, by Undetermined Artist (resembling the style of Copley) . 



No. 158. Lady, by Bernard Lens (1682-1740). 



Nos. 151-158 acquired from Edwin C. Buxbaum, Wilmington, Del. 



