APPENDIX 3 



REPORT ON THE NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report on the activities 

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

 30, 1945 : 



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, and other necessary incidental expenses, $17,900 was allotted, 

 of which $5,998.45 was expended in connection with the care and 

 maintenance of the Freer Gallery of Art, a unit of the National Col- 

 lection of Fine Arts. The balance was spent for the care and upkeep 

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

 required for the payment of salaries, traveling expenses, purchase of 

 books and periodicals, and necessary disbursements for the care of 

 the collection. 



THE SMITHSONIAN ART COMMISSION 



The twenty-second annual meeting of the Smithsonian Art Com- 

 mission was held on December 5, 1944. The annual meetings sched- 

 uled for the two preceding years were canceled owing to crowded 

 transportation and hotel facilities. 



The members met at 10 : 30 a. m. in the Natural History Building, 

 where, as the advisory committee on the acceptance of works of art 

 that had been submitted since the last meeting in 1941, the following 

 action was taken : 



ACCEPTED FOR THE NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ABTS 



Oil painting, "Roses," by John F. Weir, N. A. (1841-1926). Gift of Miss A. M. 

 Hegeman. 



Oil painting, "Mist in Kanab Canyon, Utah," by Thomas Moran, 1892. Be- 

 quest of Mrs. Bessie B. Croffut. 



Four oil paintings: "Water Carriers," by Frank Duveneck ; "Portrait Group 

 of Mrs. Hawkins and Family," by Sir William Beechey ; "Rome and the Cam- 

 pagna," by Richard Wilson ; and "Lady and Two Children," by George Frederick 

 Watts. Bequest of Rev. F. Ward Denys. 



Oil painting, "Clearing after September Gale — Maine Coast," by Howard 

 Russell Butler, N. A. (1S56-1934). Henry Ward Ranger bequest. 



Oil painting, "Return from the Farm," by Elliott Daingerfleld, N. A. (1859- 

 1932). Henry Ward Ranger bequest. 



Oil painting, "Self Portrait," by Will H. Low, N. A. (1853-1932). Henry Ward 

 Ranger bequest. 



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