SECRETARY'S REPORT 95 



[An act "To provide for a National Portrait Gallery as a bureau of 

 the Smithsonian Institution" (Public Law 87-443) was approved on 

 April 27, 1962.] 



Mr. Beggs reported briefly that plans for space distribution in the 

 Patent Office Building at present allotted approximately 40 percent 

 to the National Collection of Fine Arts, 40 percent to the National 

 Portrait Gallery, and 20 percent to common services. He stated that 

 the National Collection of Fine Arts was looking forward to utilizing 

 the space for increasing its temporary exhibition program and for the 

 expansion and proper display of permanent collections. Mr. Beggs 

 pointed out the following sources from which the National Collection 

 of Fine Arts receives its collections : purchases, such as those from the 

 Ranger and Myer Funds ; gifts and bequests from individuals ; trans- 

 fers from other Government agencies ; and gifts of state. 



The Commission recommended acceptance of the following for the 

 National Collection of Fine Arts : 



Two bronzes, The Bear Tamer and Head of Kid, by Paul Bartlett, N.A. (1865- 

 1925) . Offered by Miss Mary Bowditch, Boston, Mass. 



Bronze, Napoleon I (1769-1821) by Launt Thompson (1833-1894). Offered by 

 Dr. Gifford B. Pinchot, Upperco, Md. 



Oil, Mother (Annie WilUams Gandy), by Thomas C. Eakins (1844-1916). Be- 

 quest of Mrs. Edward Pearson Rodman, through Miss Helen W. Gandy, Wash- 

 ington, D.C. 



Oil, Portrait of Isaac Lea (1792-1886) by Bernhard Uhle (1848-1930). Of- 

 fered by Mrs. Lea Hudson, New York City. 



Watercolor, Hains Point by William H. Holmes (1846-1933). Offered by 

 Lt. Col. C. W. Tazwell, Madeira Beach, Fla. 



Andre Joseph Villard by David Boudon (active 1795-1797), miniature, water- 

 color on paper. Offered by Frederick W. Cron, Falls Church, Va. 



Two subjects, Mary and Unidentified Gentleman, miniatures, watercolor on 

 ivory, by Nina Nash Cron. Offered by Frederick W. Cron, Falls Church, Va. 



Henry Smith by Undetermined Artist, miniature, watercolor on ivory. Offered 

 by Mrs. Willis Adams, Arlington, Va. 



Flemish tapestry. The Beheading of St. Paul. Offered by Mrs. Phillip Coffin, 

 Hamilton, Mass. 



The Commission recommended that decision concerning an Uniden- 

 tified Portrait by Undetermined Artist, oil on panel, which was trans- 

 ferred from the Library of Congress, be deferred until next year. 



THE CATHERINE WALDEN MYER FUND 



The following miniatures, watercolor on ivory, were acquired from 

 the fund established through the bequest of the late Catherine Walden 

 Myer: 



No. 127. William Thornton (17.^9-1828) by Robert Field (c. 1769-1819). 

 Acquired from Miss Maude S. Gallup, Springfield, Vt. 



No. 128. Portrait of a Lady attributed to John Cox Dillman Engleheart 

 ( 1783-1862) . Acquired from Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Rankin, Laurel, Md. 



