﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY. 
  51 
  

  

  ILLUSTRATED 
  LECTURE 
  ON 
  THE 
  GALLERY. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  means 
  of 
  promoting 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  gallery 
  by 
  mak- 
  

   ing 
  its 
  existence 
  and 
  collections 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  people, 
  a 
  lecture 
  has 
  

   been 
  prepared 
  by 
  the 
  director, 
  the 
  step 
  being 
  due 
  largely 
  to 
  the 
  

   urgent 
  request 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  Summers, 
  wife 
  of 
  the 
  Hon. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Summers, 
  

   Representative 
  in 
  Congress 
  from 
  Washington 
  State, 
  who 
  has 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  it 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  times 
  in 
  his 
  home 
  State. 
  A 
  brief 
  introduction 
  

   is 
  followed 
  by 
  the 
  presentation 
  of 
  75 
  slides, 
  mostly 
  in 
  color, 
  repre- 
  

   senting 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  buildings 
  and 
  their 
  surroundings 
  and 
  the 
  

   more 
  noteworthy 
  works 
  of 
  painting 
  and 
  sculpture 
  preserved 
  in 
  the 
  

   gallery, 
  with 
  brief 
  biographies 
  of 
  the 
  artists. 
  The 
  lecture 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  

   placed 
  at 
  the 
  disposal 
  of 
  such 
  persons 
  throughout 
  the 
  country 
  as 
  may 
  

   desire 
  to 
  present 
  it. 
  

  

  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GALLERY 
  OF 
  ART 
  COMMISSION. 
  

  

  The 
  National 
  Gallery 
  Commission, 
  organized 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  

   plans 
  formulated 
  by 
  the 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  

   held 
  its 
  first 
  or 
  organizing 
  meeting 
  on 
  June 
  25, 
  1921, 
  and 
  its 
  first 
  

   annual 
  meeting 
  on 
  December 
  6 
  of 
  that 
  year. 
  The 
  proceedings 
  of 
  

   the 
  organizing 
  meeting 
  are 
  outlined 
  in 
  the 
  annual 
  report 
  for 
  that 
  

   year, 
  and 
  the 
  proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  meeting 
  of 
  December 
  6 
  may 
  be 
  

   here 
  briefly 
  outlined. 
  

  

  The 
  meeting 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  Regents' 
  Room 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  

   Institution, 
  members 
  present 
  being: 
  Daniel 
  Chester 
  French 
  (chair- 
  

   man), 
  Herbert 
  Adams, 
  Edwin 
  H. 
  Blashfield, 
  Joseph 
  H. 
  Gest, 
  

   William 
  H. 
  Holmes 
  (secretary 
  ex-officio), 
  John 
  E. 
  Lodge, 
  Frank 
  

   Jewett 
  Mather, 
  jr. 
  (vice 
  chairman), 
  Gari 
  Melchers, 
  Charles 
  Moore, 
  

   James 
  Parmelee, 
  Herbert 
  L. 
  Pratt, 
  Edward 
  W. 
  Redfield, 
  Charles 
  

   D. 
  Walcott 
  (ex-officio). 
  

  

  The 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  executive 
  committee, 
  which 
  met 
  at 
  the 
  Cosmos 
  

   Club 
  on 
  the 
  evening 
  of 
  the 
  5th 
  of 
  December, 
  was 
  submitted 
  and 
  

   reports 
  of 
  the 
  11 
  subcommittees 
  were 
  received. 
  These 
  commit- 
  

   tees 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  1. 
  American 
  painting, 
  Edward 
  W. 
  Redfield, 
  chairman. 
  

  

  2. 
  Modern 
  European 
  painting, 
  Gari 
  Melchers, 
  chairman. 
  

  

  3. 
  Ancient 
  European 
  painting, 
  Frank 
  Jewett 
  Mather, 
  jr., 
  chairman. 
  

  

  4. 
  Oriental 
  art, 
  John 
  E. 
  Lodge, 
  chairman. 
  

  

  5. 
  Sculpture, 
  Herbert 
  Adams, 
  chairman. 
  

  

  6. 
  Architecture, 
  , 
  chairman. 
  

  

  7. 
  Mural 
  painting, 
  Edwin 
  H. 
  Blashfield, 
  chairman. 
  

  

  8. 
  Ceramics, 
  Joseph 
  H. 
  Gest, 
  chairman. 
  

  

  9. 
  Textiles. 
  , 
  chairman. 
  

  

  10. 
  Prints, 
  James 
  Parmelee, 
  chairman. 
  

  

  11. 
  Portrait 
  gallery, 
  Herbert 
  L. 
  Pratt, 
  chairman. 
  

  

  The 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  chairmen 
  were 
  received 
  with 
  interest, 
  and 
  

   numerous 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  membership 
  were 
  made. 
  

  

  