148 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1954 



GIFTS 



PAINTINGS 



The Board of Trustees on July 1, 1953, accepted from Edgar Wil- 

 liam and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch 142 paintings from their collection 

 of early American works of art. On October 20 the Board accepted 

 the gift of a painting from Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt 

 Whitney entitled "The Biglen Brothers Racing" by Eakins. The gift 

 of two paintings from Mrs. A. V. Tack entitled "Violet" and 

 "Portrait of a Lady," both by George Fuller, was accepted by the 

 Board on October 20. The Board, on December 2, ratified the accept- 

 ance of a gift from an anonymous donor of a portrait of James 

 Forrestal by Albert K. Murray, which will be held for a National 

 Portrait Gallery. The gift of a portrait of Andrew W. Mellon by 

 Gari Melchers, offered by Donald D. Shepard, was accepted by the 

 Board on December 2, 1953. On this same date the Board accepted 

 a painting entitled "Coast of Naples" by William Haseltine, the gift 

 of Mrs. Helen Plowden. The Board accepted from Lewis Einstein a 

 "Portrait of a Young Woman" by Boucher, on December 28. The 

 gift of a painting by George Luks entitled "The Miner" from 

 Chester Dale was accepted by the Board on January 26, 1954. On the 

 same date the Board accepted the following paintings from The A. W. 

 Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust : 



Artist Title 



Benbridge James De Lancey. 



Earl, Ralph William Shepard. 



Eichholz Henry Leman. 



Lambdin Daniel Webster. 



Morse Levi Lincoln. 



Pelham 'fohn Gushing. 



Courier Lincoln and his Son, Tad. 



Stuart Lt. Robert Calder. 



Stuart William Constable. 



Stuart Sir John Dick. 



Stuart James Massy Dawson. 



On May 4, the Board accepted the following paintings from Chester 

 Dale : "The Artist's Garden" by Blakelock, "New York Street Scene 

 in Winter" by Henri, "The Laundresses" by Steinlen, and "Moon- 

 light" by Weir. At the same meeting, the Board accepted the gift 

 of a portrait of Queen Victoria by Winterhalter from the children of 

 the late William H. Donner. On the same date, the Board accepted 

 from INIrs. A. V. Tack a Self-Portrait by her father, George Fuller. 

 On May 19, the Board accepted from Miss Alice Preston a painting 

 by Angelica Kauffman of the Countess Frangoise Krazinska. The 

 gift of a painting by Corot entitled "Italian Girl" was accepted from 

 the Avalon Foundation by the Board of Trustees on June 10, 1954. 

 In a letter received June 22, 1954, Mrs. Kobert Homans gave the 



