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expenses, uniforms for guards, and necessary incidental expenses, 

 $29,880.14 was appropriated, of which over $18,000 was expended 

 for the care and maintenance of the Freer Gallery of Art, a unit 

 of the National Collection of Fine Arts. The balance was spent for 

 the care and upkeep of the National Collection of Fine Arts, nearly 

 all of this sum being required for the payment of salaries, traveling 

 expenses, purchase of books and periodicals, and necessary disburse- 

 ments for the care of the collection. 



THE SMITHSONIAN ART COMMISSION 



The twenty-first annual meeting of the Smithsonian Art Com- 

 mission was held on December 2, 1941. The members met at 10 : 30 a. m. 

 in the Natural History Building, where, as the advisory committee 

 on the acceptance of works of art which had been submitted during 

 the year, they accepted the following : 



Oil painting, "Portrait of My Wife," by Louis Betts, N. A. Gift of Mrs. Louis 

 Betts (Zara Symons Betts). 



Oil painting, "Stable Interior, Horses and Groom," by John F. Herring (1795- 

 1SG5). Gift of John E. Lodge. 



Oil painting, "Portrait of Lieut. Gen. Henry Clark Corbin (1842-1909)," by 

 Adolpli Muller-Ury (1868- ). Gift of Mrs. Henry Clark Corbin. 



Oil painting, "Tlie Other Shore," by Robert Spencer, N. A. (1879-1931), as- 

 signed to the Newark Museum Association, Newark, N. J., on February 2, 1925, 

 by the Council of the National Academy of Design, which was withdrawn and 

 claimed in accordance with the provision in the Ranger Bequest. 



Three miniatures, water color on ivory, "Portrait of A. S. N.," by Jean Fran- 

 cois de la Valle (fl. 1785-1815) ; "Portrait of Mrs. Elves," attributed to Hone, 

 and "Portrait of Ira Allen (1751-1814)," copy of a miniature in the University 

 of Vermont, by an unknown artist. Gift of Mrs. Norvin H. Green. 



Miniature, water color on ivory, "Portrait of Mrs. Bertha B. Jaques (1863- 

 1941)," by Nelly McKenzie Tolman. Bequest of Mrs. Bertha E. Jaques. 



Miniature, water color on paper, "Portrait of Rubens Peale (1784-1864)," by 

 Raphael Peale (1774-1825), unframed. Gift of Dr. Edwin Kirk. 



Thirty-six prints by 26 members of the Chicago Society of Etchers, to be 

 added to the Chicago Society of Etchers collection. Gift of the Chicago Society 

 of Etchers. 



Drypoint, "For All the World," by R. H. Paleusky (1884- ), to be added 

 to the Chicago Society of Etchers collection. Gift of the artist. 



One Japanese Shippo vase and stand. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. H. Foster Bain. 



The members then proceeded to the regents' room in the Smith- 

 sonian Building for the further proceedings, tlie meeting being called 

 to order by the chairman, Mr. Borie. 



The members present were : Charles L. Borie, Jr., chairman ; Frank 

 Jewett Mather, Jr., vice chairman; Dr. Charles G. Abbot (ex officio), 

 secretary; and Herbert Adams, Gifford Beal, David E. Finley, James 

 E. Fraser, John E. Lodge, Paul Manship, Edward W. Eedfield, and 

 Mahonri M. Young. Ruel P. Tolman, curator of the division of 



