36 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1937 



tlie acceptance of worlds of art wliich had been submitted during the 

 year, they accepted the following : 



Two lithographs : "Drying Fish Nets, Charlevoix" and "Edge of the Canyon", 

 by Grace Neville Carrothers. Gift of the artist in the name of her son, Edgar 

 M. Carrothers, Jr. 



Bronze relief portrait of Daniel Chester French (1850-1935), by Evelyn 

 Beatrice Longman (Batchelder). Gift of Mrs. E. B. L. Batchelder, of Windsor, 

 Conn. (Accepted for the National Portrait Gallery.) 



A viater color by Samuel Prout (1785-1852). Gift of Mrs. John T. Devine, 

 of Washington, D. O. (The legal status of this gift is in the hands of the 

 executor and has not been decided to date.) 



A collection of 197 intaglio prints, by members of the Chicago Society of 

 Etchers, to be added to the 497 intaglio prints given last year. Gift of the 

 Chicago Society of Pitchers. 



Tvro line engravings "The Old Tinker" and "The Sister'', and two pencil 

 drawings both entitled "Study for 'The Hedger' ", by Stanley Anderson. Gift 

 of the artist. 



The following two paintings, purchased by the Council of the National 

 .\cadeniy of Design from the fund provided by the Henry Ward Ranger be- 

 quest were recalled and claimed, according to the terms of the will: "Central 

 Park and the Plaza", by William A. Coffln (1855-1925) and "Cliffs of the 

 Upper Colorado River, Wyoming Territory", by Thomas Moran (1837-1926). 



A pair of stained glass windows, "Peacock and Peony", by John LaFarge 

 (1835-1910). Gift of Henry LaFarge. 



An oil painting entitled "Dressing for the Rehoarsal", by Seymour J. Guy, 

 N. A, (1824-1910). Gift of Mi.ss Jennie A. Guy, the artist's daughter. 



(In 1928, a Portrait of George Inness, by F. C. Courter, offered as a gift 

 by an anonymous donor, was accepted by the Commission. It was actually 

 received in May 1937, but as a gift of August Franzen.) 



The members then proceeded to the Smitlisonian Building, where 

 the annual meeting was called to order by the chairman, Mr. Borie. 

 The members present were : Charles L. Borie, Jr., chairman ; Frank 

 Jewett Mather, Jr., vice-chairman; Dr. Charles G. Abbot (ex officio), 

 secretary; and Herbert Adams, Frederick P. Keppel, John E. Lodge, 

 Paul Manship, George B, McClellan, Charles Moore, Edward "W. 

 Kedfield, Edmund C. Tarbell, and Mahonri Young. Ruel P. Tol- 

 man, curator of the division of graphic arts in the United States 

 National Museum and acting director of the National Collection of 

 Fine Arts, was also present. 



Mr. Moore, chairman of the executive committee, stated that Mr. 

 INIellon had had tentative plans for the National Gallery of Art 

 building prepared by John Russell Pope. Tliese plans, as well as the 

 present status of the National Portrait Gallery, were discussed. 



The Commission recommended to the Board of Regents the nomi- 

 nation of Dr. George Harold Edgell, director of the Museum of Fine 

 Arts, Boston, to succeed Mr. Gest, deceased. 



The Commission recommended to the Board of Regents the re- 

 election for the succeeding term of 4 years of the following members : 



