﻿APPENDIX 
  3 
  

  

  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  COLLECTION 
  OF 
  FINE 
  ARTS 
  

  

  Sir 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  submit 
  the 
  following 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  activi- 
  

   ties 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Collection 
  of 
  Fine 
  Arts 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ended 
  

   June 
  30, 
  1943 
  : 
  

  

  APPROPRIATIONS 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  administration 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Collection 
  of 
  Fine 
  Arts 
  by 
  

   the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  including 
  compensation 
  of 
  necessary 
  

   employees, 
  purchase 
  of 
  books 
  of 
  reference 
  and 
  periodicals, 
  traveling 
  

   expenses, 
  uniforms 
  for 
  guards, 
  and 
  necessary 
  incidental 
  expenses, 
  $31,- 
  

   993 
  was 
  appropriated, 
  of 
  which 
  $20,487.44 
  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 
  up- 
  

   keep 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Collection 
  of 
  Fine 
  Arts, 
  nearly 
  all 
  of 
  this 
  sum 
  

   being 
  required 
  for 
  the 
  payment 
  of 
  salaries, 
  traveling 
  expenses, 
  pur- 
  

   chase 
  of 
  books 
  and 
  periodicals, 
  and 
  necessary 
  disbursements 
  for 
  the 
  

   care 
  of 
  the 
  collection. 
  

  

  THE 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  ART 
  COMMISSION 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  crowded 
  transportation 
  and 
  hotel 
  facilities, 
  it 
  was 
  decided 
  

   to 
  omit 
  the 
  December 
  1942 
  annual 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Art 
  

   Commission. 
  Several 
  proffered 
  gifts 
  of 
  art 
  works 
  have 
  been 
  deposited 
  

   with 
  the 
  National 
  Collection 
  of 
  Fine 
  Arts 
  to 
  be 
  passed 
  upon 
  at 
  the 
  

   next 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Commission. 
  

  

  The 
  Commission 
  lost 
  two 
  of 
  its 
  members 
  by 
  death 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  

   John 
  E. 
  Lodge, 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  since 
  its 
  inception 
  and 
  

   chairman 
  of 
  the 
  subcommittee 
  on 
  Oriental 
  art, 
  died 
  December 
  29, 
  

   1942, 
  and 
  Charles 
  L. 
  Borie, 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  since 
  1926 
  

   and 
  chairman 
  since 
  1935, 
  died 
  May 
  11, 
  1943. 
  

  

  THE 
  CATHERINE 
  WALDEN 
  MTER 
  FUND 
  

  

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

   fund 
  established 
  through 
  the 
  bequest 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Catherine 
  Walden 
  

   Myer, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  28. 
  "Portrait 
  of 
  a 
  Man," 
  by 
  Raphael 
  Peale 
  (1774-1825) 
  ; 
  from 
  Miss 
  Dora 
  

   Lamb, 
  Chattanooga, 
  Tenn. 
  

  

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