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Oil painting, "New Year's Shooter," by George Luks (1867-1933). Henry 

 Ward Ranger bequest. 



Oil painting, "The Sermon," by Gari Melchers, N. A. (1S60-1932). Henry 

 Ward Ranger bequest. 



Miniature, water color on ivory, "Unknown Lady," by David Boudon. Gift of 

 Bernard H. Cone. 



Miniature, water color on ivory, "Robert Oliphant," by Raphael Peale. Bequest 

 of Mrs. Bertha E. Jaques. 



Miniature, water color on ivory, "Elizabeth Oliphant" (sister of Robert), by 

 James Peale. Bequest of Mrs. Bertha E. Jaques. 



Miniature, water color on ivory, "Samuel Love, Jr., of Salisbury Plantation, 

 Virginia," by Robert Field. Bequest of Admiral Richard Graham Davenport. 



ACCEPTED FOE THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



Pastel, "Portrait of Mrs. Frank B. Noyes," by Juliet Thompson. Gift of 

 Frank B. Noyes. 



Oil painting, "Portrait of Gen. George B. McClellan," as a small child, by an 

 unknown artist. Gift of Mrs. George B. McClellan. 



Opaque water color, "A Bodhisattva, Cave 4, Bagh," by Sarkis Katchadourian. 

 Gift of Neshan G. Shamigian. 



Original plaster statue, "Alexander Agassiz," by Paul W. Bartlett. Gift of 

 Mrs. Paul W. Bartlett. 



Bronze, "Head of Christ," by Filomeno Melganejo. Gift of Vice President 

 Henry A. Wallace. 



Two Italian cabinets. Gift of Mrs. Frank B. Noyes. 



Two blue vases. Bequest of Miss Ida Howgate. 



Japanese lacquer serving dish, Tokugawa period. Gift of Dr. Edwin Kirk. 



Large Celadon vase and a pair of Ming vases. Gift of Milo Elson Emmerson. 



ACCEPTED FOR THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY 



Oil painting, "Thomas A. Edison Listening to His First Perfected Phonograph," 

 by Col. A. A. Anderson. Gift of Dr. Eleanor A. Campbell. 



Oil painting, "Portrait of Dr. Charles Greeley Abbot," by Nicholas R. Brewer. 

 Gift of the artist. 



The members then proceeded to the offices of Dr. Wetmore, Acting 

 Secretary of the Institution, for the further proceedings, and the meet- 

 ing was called to order by the vice chairman, Prof. Frank Jewett 

 Mather, Jr., as acting chairman. 



The members present were: Prof. Frank Jewett Mather, Jr., vice 

 chairman; Dr. Alexander Wetmore (ex officio); and Gilford Beal, 

 David E. Finley, Paul Manship, Edward W. Redfield, and Mahonri M. 

 Young. Euel P. Tolman, curator of the division of graphic arts in the 

 United States National Museum and acting director of the National 

 Collection of Fine Arts, also attended. 



The following resolutions on the deaths of Messrs. Lodge, Borie, 

 and Keppel were submitted and adopted : 



Whereas, the Smithsonian Art Commission has learned of the death on Decem- 

 ber 29, 1942, of Mr. John E. Lodge, a member of the Commission since 1921, and 

 Chairman of the Executive Committee since 1941 ; therefore be it 



