42 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1952 



be increased during the next 3 years by annual additions of $5,000. 

 Ultimately the fund will help substantially the National Collection 

 of Fine Arts in carrying out the authorization in its act of estab- 

 lishment for the circulation of traveling exhibitions. 



The Barney fund, in conjunction with a grant made last June by 

 the Department of State for the assembling of 12 exhibitions to be sent 

 to West Germany and Austria, has permitted the Institution to obtain 

 the services of Mrs. John A. Pope and Miss Gladys E. Acton, who 

 will handle, under the direction of the National Collection of Fine 

 Arts, the details of the new Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service. 

 With the National Gallery of Art and the Freer Gallery of Art serving 

 as national repositories for rare and valuable paintings, sculptures, 

 and art objects of the best periods of European and oriental art, it is 

 now the acknowledged responsibility of the National Collection of 

 Fine Arts to encourage contemporary art and artists. 



The Commission accepted the following objects for the National 

 Collection of Fine Arts : 



Oil, Nancy, by George DeForest Brush, N. A. (1855-1941). Henry Ward 

 Ranger bequest. 



Oil, The Figurine, by William M. Paxton, N. A. (1869-1941). Henry Ward 

 Ranger bequest. 



Two sculptures, Baboon (in limestone) and Antelope (in black Belgian 

 marble), by Bessie S. Callender (1SS9-1951). Gift of her husband, Harold 

 Callender. 



Three pieces of modern glass, Tritouschale and Meerweibachale, both engraved, 

 c. 1875, Austrian, made by Lobmeyer Factory, and an enameled perfume bottle, 

 designed by Emile GallS. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Smith, Jr. 



Five prize-winning pieces of ceramics from the Second Annual Exhibition 

 of Ceramic Art, 1951: Large bowl, black glaze, by Mary Tilton Brammell; 

 small rice bowl, brushwork, by Kathleen P. Lewis; stoneware bowl, green glaze, 

 by Helen O'Brien ; bowl, brown glaze, by Lisle Pursel ; and jug with stopper, by 

 Alta C. Fuller. Gift of the Kiln Club. 



Miniature, water color on ivory, The Last Earl of Glencairn, by an undeter- 

 mined artist. Gift of William Mouat Hannay. 



THE CATHERINE WALDEN MYER FUND 



Eight miniatures, water color on ivory, were acquired from the 

 fund established through the bequest of the late Catherine Walden 

 Myer, as follows : 



79. Miss Margaret Liddell, by Nathaniel Plimer; from Edmund Bury, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. 



80. William Lampas, by undetermined artist; from Miss Jennie E. Doolittle, 

 Washington, D. C. 



81. Gentleman in Red Coat, attributed to Gervase Spencer. 



82. Gentleman with a Black Coat, attributed to John Thomas Barber 

 Beaumont. 



83. James Wilson (1742-98), Signer of the Declaration of Independence, by 

 undetermined artist ; from T. R. Montgomery, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and brothers. 



