﻿APPENDIX 
  2 
  

   KEPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GALLERY 
  OF 
  ART 
  

  

  Sir 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  submit 
  herewith 
  a 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  activities 
  

   of 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  

   1929. 
  

  

  The 
  year 
  is 
  made 
  notable 
  by 
  the 
  gift 
  of 
  an 
  important 
  collection 
  

   of 
  art 
  works 
  by 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Gellatly, 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  Through 
  the 
  

   instrumentality 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Gari 
  Melchers, 
  chairman 
  of 
  the 
  Gallery 
  Com- 
  

   mission, 
  the 
  donor 
  indicated 
  his 
  desire, 
  certain 
  conditions 
  being 
  

   complied 
  with, 
  to 
  present 
  to 
  the 
  Nation 
  for 
  permanent 
  assignment 
  to 
  

   the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  his 
  collection 
  of 
  art 
  works, 
  comprising 
  

   more 
  than 
  100 
  choice 
  examples 
  of 
  American 
  painting 
  in 
  oil 
  and 
  water 
  

   colors, 
  large 
  collections 
  of 
  jewelry, 
  tapestries, 
  glassware, 
  and 
  other 
  art 
  

   works, 
  having 
  an 
  estimated 
  value 
  of 
  several 
  millions 
  of 
  dollars. 
  

   After 
  a 
  preliminary 
  hearing 
  before 
  the 
  executive 
  committee 
  of 
  the 
  

   Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  Institution, 
  Mr. 
  Frederic 
  A. 
  Delano, 
  Hon. 
  

   Reed 
  Smoot, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  John 
  C. 
  Merriam, 
  a 
  special 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  

   gallery 
  commission 
  was 
  called 
  April 
  13, 
  1929, 
  to 
  consider 
  the 
  offer. 
  

   After 
  hearing 
  in 
  some 
  detail 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  offered, 
  of 
  the 
  condi- 
  

   tions 
  imposed 
  by 
  the 
  donor, 
  and 
  the 
  responsibilities 
  necessarily 
  as- 
  

   sumed 
  b}^ 
  the 
  Institution 
  and 
  the 
  Nation, 
  acceptance 
  was 
  recom- 
  

   mended 
  to 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents. 
  Subsequently 
  the 
  Congress 
  

   passed 
  a 
  joint 
  resolution 
  which 
  was 
  approved 
  by 
  the 
  President, 
  June 
  

   6, 
  1929, 
  authorizing 
  the 
  Institution 
  to 
  convey 
  appropriate 
  acknowl- 
  

   edgments 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Gellatly 
  and 
  to 
  include 
  in 
  its 
  estimates 
  sums 
  neces- 
  

   sary 
  for 
  the 
  accommodation 
  and 
  maintenance 
  of 
  the 
  collection. 
  The 
  

   collection 
  is 
  at 
  present 
  installed 
  in 
  the 
  Heckscher 
  Building 
  in 
  New 
  

   York 
  City, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  remain 
  for 
  four 
  years. 
  A 
  portfolio 
  of 
  

   45 
  plates 
  illustrating 
  the 
  collection 
  was 
  subsequently 
  presented 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Gellatly 
  to 
  the 
  Institution 
  and 
  assigned 
  by 
  Secretary 
  Abbot 
  to 
  

   the 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery. 
  

  

  THE 
  GALLERY 
  COMMISSION 
  

  

  The 
  eighth 
  annual 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  gallery 
  commission 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  

   the 
  Regents' 
  room 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  at 
  10.30 
  a. 
  m., 
  December 
  11, 
  

   1928. 
  The 
  members 
  present 
  were 
  Messrs. 
  James 
  E. 
  Eraser, 
  J. 
  H. 
  

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