﻿EEPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  45 
  

  

  exhibited 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  room 
  of 
  the 
  gallery 
  from 
  November 
  16 
  to 
  

   December 
  14, 
  1928. 
  The 
  group 
  included 
  two 
  compositions 
  — 
  A 
  

   Tramp 
  and 
  Coquetry, 
  and 
  portraits 
  of 
  President 
  Woodrow 
  Wilson, 
  

   1913, 
  and 
  Senator 
  Mascurand, 
  of 
  France. 
  

  

  GOTHIC 
  CATHEDRALS 
  OF 
  FRANCE 
  

  

  A 
  noteworthy 
  collection 
  of 
  paintings 
  of 
  the 
  Gothic 
  cathedrals 
  of 
  

   France, 
  27 
  in 
  number, 
  by 
  Pieter 
  van 
  Veen, 
  Dutch- 
  American 
  painter, 
  

   was 
  exhibited 
  under 
  the 
  patronage 
  of 
  his 
  excellency 
  the 
  French 
  am- 
  

   bassador 
  in 
  Washington, 
  the 
  Hon. 
  Paul 
  Claudel, 
  from 
  December 
  8 
  

   to 
  31. 
  A 
  printed 
  illustrated 
  catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  was 
  supplied 
  

   by 
  the 
  artist 
  and 
  cards 
  of 
  invitation 
  were 
  issued 
  for 
  a 
  special 
  view 
  

   on 
  December 
  8. 
  

  

  MINIATURES 
  BY 
  EBWAED 
  GREENE 
  MALBONE 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  important 
  exhibit 
  of 
  early 
  American 
  miniatures, 
  the 
  life 
  

   work 
  of 
  Edward 
  Greene 
  jNIalbone 
  (1770-1807), 
  was 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  room 
  of 
  the 
  gallery 
  from 
  February 
  23 
  to 
  April 
  21, 
  1929. 
  

   Cards 
  of 
  invitation 
  to 
  the 
  opening 
  were 
  issued. 
  The 
  collection 
  was 
  

   assembled 
  as 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  extensive 
  correspondence 
  and 
  appeal 
  and 
  

   arranged 
  for 
  exhibition 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ruel 
  P. 
  Tolman, 
  curator 
  of 
  graphic 
  

   arts 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Museum. 
  Mr. 
  Tolman 
  prepared 
  also 
  the 
  illus- 
  

   trated 
  catalogue 
  supplied 
  by 
  the 
  gallery. 
  

  

  WATER-COLOR 
  PjUNTINGS 
  OF 
  INDIA 
  

  

  A 
  collection 
  of 
  42 
  masterly 
  water-color 
  paintings 
  by 
  William 
  

   Spencer 
  Bagdatopoulos, 
  English 
  painter 
  and 
  etcher, 
  of 
  scenes 
  and 
  

   figure 
  subjects 
  in 
  India, 
  was 
  show^n 
  in 
  the 
  northeast 
  room 
  of 
  the 
  

   gallery 
  February 
  15 
  to 
  March 
  15, 
  1929. 
  A 
  catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  was 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  artist. 
  

  

  ARCTIC 
  AND 
  ANTARCTIC 
  SCENES 
  AND 
  CHABACTEK 
  .STUDIES 
  

  

  On 
  March 
  2 
  the 
  gallery 
  received 
  and 
  placed 
  on 
  view 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  

   room 
  an 
  important 
  collection 
  of 
  paintings 
  by 
  Frank 
  Wilbert 
  Stokes. 
  

   Mr. 
  Stokes 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  only 
  person 
  who 
  has 
  visited 
  and 
  painted 
  

   in 
  both 
  polar 
  regions. 
  His 
  collection 
  is 
  the 
  fruit 
  of 
  four 
  separate 
  

   expeditions 
  and 
  numbers 
  500 
  works 
  covering 
  a 
  wide 
  range 
  of 
  subject 
  

   matter. 
  The 
  selections 
  forwarded 
  and 
  placed 
  on 
  view 
  in 
  the 
  gallery 
  

   comprise 
  17 
  landscapes, 
  10 
  portrait 
  studies 
  of 
  Eskimo, 
  and 
  10 
  minor 
  

   landscape 
  studies. 
  Mr. 
  Stokes's 
  work 
  has 
  the 
  full 
  approval 
  of 
  Com- 
  

   mander 
  R. 
  E. 
  Byrd, 
  United 
  States 
  Navy, 
  with 
  whom 
  he 
  visited 
  the 
  

   scenes 
  and 
  people 
  portrayed. 
  The 
  collection 
  remains 
  on 
  view 
  at 
  the 
  

   close 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  