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at the cost of much exacting effort on the part of the subcommittee 
on portraits, the membership of which follows: 
Miss Leila Mechlin, chairman. 
Mrs. Porter R. Chandler, vice chairman. 
Mrs. William Penn Cresson. 
Mrs. W. M. Grinnell. 
Mrs. McCook Knox. 
Miss Sarah R. Lee. 
Mr. Lynch Luquer. 
Mrs. David A. Reed. 
The portraits, 103 in number, were shown to excellent advantage, 
occupying the walls of the central rooms of the gallery, and sur- 
rounding the exhibits of silver and miniatures, which occupied 
the floor spaces. A four-page résumé of the portrait art of America 
is given, with brief mention of the masters, and much valuable bio- 
graphical data regarding the painters is given in the catalogue. 
The collection of miniatures was of surpassing interest and was in 
charge of the subcommittee on miniatures, the membership of which 
is as follows: 
Miss Helen Amory Ernst, chairman. 
Miss Hlizabeth Allen White. 
Mrs. John Hill Morgan. 
Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews. 
Mrs. Rose Gouverneur Hoes. 
Mrs. Henry Leonard. 
Mrs. Orme Wilson, jr. 
Mrs. William Cabell Bruce. 
Miss Lilian Giffen. 
Mrs. J. Madison Taylor. 
Mrs. William FE. Wharton. 
The installation, a most exacting task, was made by Miss Ernst, 
and was unusually attractive and of very wide interest. The cata- 
logue of 208 numbers was introduced by a few interesting para- 
graphs on early American miniatures, by Mr, Albert Rosenthal. 
The collection of silver was shown to excellent advantage in six 
large gem cases in the central room of the gallery. Maj. Gist Blair, 
chairman of the subcommittee, being unable to take part in the instal- 
lation, the work was taken up by Mrs. John Henry Gibbons, aided by 
other members of the committee, which was constituted as follows: 
Maj. Gist Blair, chairman. 
Mrs. John Henry Gibbons. 
Mrs. Breckinridge Long. 
Mr. Hollis French. 
Mrs. Miles White, jr. 
Mr. Luke Vincent Lockwood. 
Mr. R. T. H. Halsey. 
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