REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 51 



The advisory committee of the commission met in the gallery 

 December 11, Gari Melchers, Miss Leila Mechlin, and W. H. Holmes 

 being present. The following works were given favorable consid- 

 eration : 



Portrait of Hon, James R. Mann, by Gari Melchers. 



Three paintings, the gift of Miss Emily Tuckerman: Hindoo 

 Merchants, by Edwin Lord Weeks; Landscape (on copper), by 

 Herman Saf tleven ; and The Refectory, by Eduardo Zataagois. 



The personnel of the commission is as follows: Gari Melchers, 

 chairman; Frank Jewett Mather, jr., vice chairman; William H. 

 Holmes, secretary; Herbert Adams, W. K. Bixby, James E. Eraser, 

 Daniel Chester French, Joseph H. Gest, John E. Lodge, Charles 

 Moore, James Parmelee, A. Kingsley Porter, Herbert L. Pratt, 

 Edward W. Redfield, and Edmund C. Tarbell. 



The executive committee is composed of Messrs. Moore, chair- 

 man, Gest, Holmes, Mather, jr., Parmelee, and Walcott; and the 

 advisory committee is composed of Messrs. Redfield, chairman, 

 Holmes, secretary, Adams, Melchers, Piatt, Volk, and Miss Mechlin. 



Subcommittees are as follows : 



Committee on architecture, A. Kingsley Porter, chairman. 



Committee on ancient European paintings, Frank J. Mather, jr., chairman. 



Committee on prints, excepting the oriental, James Parmelee, chairman. 



Committee on sculpture, Herbert Adams, chairman. 



Committee on American paintings, E. W. Redfield, chairman. 



Committee on ceramics, Joseph H. Gest, chairman. 



Committee on oriental art, John E. Lodge, chairman. 



Committee on modern European paintings, Gari Melchers, chairman. 



Committee on textiles, no chairman at present. 



The personnel of special committees is as follows: 



On National Portrait Gallery, Herbert L. Pratt, chairman. 



On gallery building, Charles Moore, chairman. 



On raising fund for preliminary building plans, James Parmelee, chair- 

 man, Charles Moore, Charles D. Walcott. 



On selection of architect for preliminary plans, Henry White, chairman, 

 Herbert Adams, Frederic A. Delano, J. H. Gest, Gari Melchers, Charles D. 

 Walcott, ex officio. 



On department of architecture, . 



On preservation of architectural gems, . 



ACTIVITIES or THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS AND THE FEDERATION 



OF women's clubs 



The work of the American Federation of Arts, in promoting the 

 development of the national gallery, deserves appreciative mention. 

 At its 1923 convention in St. Louis the following resolution was 

 unanimously adopted : 



Whereas the United States is the only civilized nation which has no national 

 gallery of art ; and whereas there is great need for a building to house our 



