APPENDIX 3 
REPORT ON THE NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 
Sm: 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, 1948: 
THE SMITHSONIAN ART COMMISSION 
The twenty-fifth annual meeting was held on December 2, 1947, 
The members assembled at 10:30 a. m. in the Smithsonian Building 
to pass on the works of art which had been offered during the year. 
The following action was taken: 
Accepted for the National Collection of Fine Arts 
Oil, portrait of Mrs. Joseph B. Collins, by G. P. A. Healy (1813-94). Bequest of 
Miss Susanna Claxton Collins. 
Oil, portrait of George Fuller (1822-84), by Edwin T. Billings (1824-93). Gift 
of Miss Catharine McH. Ames. 
Oil, The Fall Season, by Bruce Crane, N. A. (1857-1937). Henry Ward Ranger 
bequest. 
Oil, December Uplands, by Bruce Crane, N. A. (1857-1937). Henry Ward 
Ranger bequest. 
Accepted for the National Portrait Gallery 
Marble bust of Capt. John Hricsson (1803-89), by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 
N. A. (1848-1907). Marble cut by Jonathan Scott Hartley for Augustus Saint- 
Gaudens who modified the bust by Horace Kneeland which is now in the National 
Museum, Stockholm, Sweden. Bequest of Miss Georgiana Wells Sargent. 
The members then met in the Regents Room, adjacent, for further 
proceedings of the annual meeting. The meeting was called to order 
by the chairman, Mr. Manship. The members present were: Paul 
Manship, chairman; Dr. Alexander Wetmore, secretary (member, ex 
officio) ; and George Hewitt Myers, William T. Aldrich, Mahonri 
Young, Gilmore D. Clarke, David E. Finley, George H. Edgell, Lloyd 
Goodrich, John N. Brown, and Archibald G. Wenley. Ruel P. Tol- 
man, Director, and Thomas M. Beggs, Assistant Director, National 
Collection of Fine Arts, were also present. 
The Commission recommended the reelection of William T. Aldrich, 
James HE. Fraser, George H. Edgell, and Lloyd Goodrich for the usual 
4-year period. 
The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Paul Man- 
ship, chairman; Robert Woods Bliss, vice chairman; and Dr. Alex- 
ander Wetmore, secretary. 
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