2 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1959 
ing three artist members, two museum director members, and the Direc- 
tor of the National Collection of Fine Arts, to advise in the develop- 
ment of plans for the housing of the National Collection of Fine Arts 
in the Old Patent Office Building. 
Mr. Beggs pointed out that during the past year preservation activi- 
ties, temporary and traveling exhibitions, and information services 
have greatly increased, with no concomitant additions to the adminis- 
trative staff. 
The Commission recommended acceptance of the following objects: 
Bronze, Dr. John Dewey, by Alexander Portnoff (1887-1949), for the National 
Portrait Gallery. Gift of Mrs. Alexander Portnoff. 
Bronze plaque, Paul Wayland Bartlett, N.A. (1865-1925), by John Flanagan, 
N.A. (1865-1952). Gift of Mrs. Armistead Peter, Jr. 
Highteen bronzes and four medallions by Paul Wayland Bartlett, N.A. (1865- 
1925). Gift of Mrs. Armistead Peter, Jr. 
Bronzes: Walter Griffin (1861-1935); Lafayette; Head of a Girl; Seated 
Torso; Standing Torso; Male Figure From Fountain; Male Figure From Foun- 
tain; Poetry; Philosophy ; Rabbit; Rabbit; Eagle; Baby Robin; Cat; Pup; Goat; 
Lion; Two Teams of Horses. Medallions: Walt Whitman (1819-92) ; Woman 
Knitting ; Georges Corneau; Primavera. 
Oil, Fisherboys at Provincetown, by Charles Webster Hawthorne, N.A. (1872- 
1930). Gift of Walter Bachrach. 
Oil, House in the Valley of Wyoming, by Henry Boese (1824-?). Gift of 
Cornelia Hill. 
Oil, Paul Wayland Bartlett, N.A. (1865-1925), by Charles Sprague Pearce, 
A.N.A. (1851-1914), for the National Portrait Gallery. Gift of Mrs. Armistead 
Peter, Jr. 
Three watercolors, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone; Canyon of the Yel- 
lowstone; and River-Pinnacle, by Thomas Moran, N.A. (18387-1926). Gift of 
Mrs. Armistead Peter, Jr. 
Watercolor on ivory, A. Laurason, by Jean Francois Vallee (fl. 1785-1815). 
Gift of Miss Mary Taylor through Mrs. Helen T. Steinbarger. 
THE CATHERINE WALDEN MYER FUND 
The following miniature, watercolor on ivory, was acquired from 
the fund established through the bequest of the late Catherine Walden 
Myer: 
113. Miriam Etting Myers (1787-1808), by Benjamin Trott (ce. 1770-c. 1841), 
from Mrs. Lesley Ashburner, Washington, D.C. 
WITHDRAWALS BY OWNERS 
Two miniatures, watercolor on ivory, Martha “Patty” Custis and 
John Parke Custis, by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), lent Janu- 
ary 29, 1934, were withdrawn for exhibition purposes by Mrs. W. 
Hunter deButts and Mrs. H. E. Ely, Jr., on April 26, 1959. 
LOANS RETURNED 
Two oils, High Cliff, Coast of Maine, by Winslow Homer, and 
Moonlight, by Albert P. Ryder, lent September 25, 1957, to the Car- 
