4? ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1949 
take all action necessary to provide space and facilities necessary to the preserva- 
tion and proper exhibition of these art collections to the public. 
The formal meeting was adjourned at 11:45 at which time the mem- 
bers assembled in the main hall of the Smithsonian Building to pass 
on the works of art which had been offered during the year. The fol- 
lowing action was taken: 
Accepted for the National Collection of Fine Arts 
Miniature, water color on ivory, Robert Broome, by an unknown artist, and a 
shell cameo. Gifts of Miss Helen Munroe. 
Painting, Tiger and Cub, ink and water color on paper, and scroll, ink on paper, 
by Mr. Whang, Jang Har. Gifts of the artist as a token of friendship and gratitude 
to the American people from the people of Korea through the Korean Commission 
in Washington. 
Miniature, water color on ivory, My Uncle Charles, by Albert Colfs. Gift of 
the artist. 
Oil, Portrait Group (Benjamin West, Frank W. and Henry T. C. Wilkin), by 
Frank W. Wilkin (1791-1842). Gift of Mrs. Mabel Wiles. 
Oil, Thomas Moran, by Howard Russell Butler, N. A. (1856-1934). Bequest 
of Miss Ruth Moran. A signed palette and brushes used by Thomas Moran, and 
a photogravure of the artist, were included in the bequest. 
Oil, A Reading, by Thomas W. Dewing, N. A. (1851-1938). Henry Ward 
Ranger bequest. 
Oil, Margery and Little Edmund, by Edmund C. Tarbell, N. A. (1862-1938). 
Henry Ward Ranger bequest. 
Accepted for the National Portrait Gallery 
Oil, George Washington Carver, by Betsy Graves Reyneau. Gift of the George 
Washington Carver Memorial Committee. 
Accepted for the Smithsonian Institution 
Water color on silk, Tiger, by Ih Dang (Mr. Kim, Eun Ho). Gift of the artist 
through John R. Hodge, Lieutenant General, Un ited States Army. 
Oils, 44 portraits of World War II heroes, by Joseph Cummings Chase. Gift 
of the artist. Assigned to the Department of History February 17, 1949. 
DEPOSITS 
Oil, Portrait of Spencer Fullerton Baird, the second Secretary of the Smith- 
sonian Institution, by Henry Ulke (1821-1910). Purchased by the Smithsonian 
Institution and deposited August 6, 1948. 
Bronze, African Elephant Scenting Danger, by Eli Harvey. Accepted as a 
gift of the sculptor and deposited by the Smithsonian Institution December 9, 
1948. 
THE CATHERINE WALDEN MYER FUND 
Two miniatures, water color on ivory, were acquired from the fund 
established through the bequest of the late Catherine Walden Myer, 
as follows: 
68. Henry A. Coit, by John Wood Dodge (1807-1893); from Edmund Bury, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
