40 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1947 



The following officers were elected for the eixsuing year: Paul 

 Manship, chairman; Robert Woods Bliss, vice chairman; and Dr. 

 Alexander Wetmore, secretary. 



The following were elected members of the executive committee for 

 the ensuing year: David E. Finley, chairman, Robert Woods Bliss, 

 and Gilmore D. Clarke. Paul Manship, as chairman of the Commis- 

 sion, and Dr. Alexander Wetmore, as secretary of the Commission, are 

 ex officio members of the executive committee. 



THE CATHERINE WALDBN MYER FUND 



Nine miniatures, water color on ivory unless otherwise stated, were 

 acquired from the fund established through the bequest of the late 

 Catherine Walden Myer, as follows : 



55. Portrait of an Officer, signed "Rockstuhl, fee." ; from James W. Lane, 

 Chevy Chase, Md. 



56. Portrait of a Young Man, by unknown artist ; from James W. Lane, Chevy 

 Chase, Md. 



57. Portrait of a Gentleman, by Henry Inman, N. A. (1801-46), water color 

 on paper ; from Mrs. Dorothy Draper Hamlen Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, 

 Inc., New York City. 



58. Portrait of a Gentleman, by Thomas Seir Cummings (1804-94) ; from 

 Mrs. Dorothy Draper Hamlen Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York City. 



59. Joseph W. Faber of Charleston, S. C, by Charles Fraser (1782-1860) ; 

 from Mrs. Dorothy Draper Hamlen Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New 

 York City. 



60. Alexander Rose, by John Ramage (before 1763-1802) ; from Mrs. 

 Dorothy Draper Hamlen Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York City. 



61. Harriet Hampton, by Charles Fraser (1782-1860) ; from Mrs. Dorothy 

 Draper Hamlen Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York City. 



62. Roger Brooke Taney (1777-1864), by unknown artist; from Mamie C. 

 Faulconer, Alexandria, Va. 



63. Little Girl with Doll, by John Carlin (1813-91) ; from Edmund Bury, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



LOANS ACCEPTED 



Two enamel miniature portraits of Louis de Bourbon, Prince de 

 Conde, and Henri Jules, Due d'Albret, by Jean Petitot, the Younger 

 (b. 1653), with frames by Gilles Legare de Chaumont (1610-cl653), 

 and two miniatures on ivory, a Portrait of Maria Miles Heyward 

 (Mrs. William Drayton), and her "Eye," by Edward Greene 

 Malbone, about 1803, were lent by the National Gallery of Art, with 

 the permission of the donor, Lessing J. Rosenwald, on March 6, 1947. 



One miniature on ivory. Portrait of Robert Goodloe Harper (1765- 

 1825), by Benjamin Trott, was lent by the family of Robert Goodloe 

 Harper Speed, on June 27, 1947. 



