22 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 19 3 5 



Institution in 1871 and 1878; and of Mrs. William Tecumseh Sher- 

 man (Ellen Boyle Ewing Sherman), 1868. Presented by their son, 

 P. Tecumseh Sherman, of New York, N. Y. (Accepted for the 

 National Portrait Gallery.) 



Two portraits by Jean Josej)h Benjamin-Constant (1845-1902), 

 of the Honorable John B. Henderson, Regent of the Institution 

 from 1892-1911, and of Mrs. Henderson (Mary Newton Foote Hen- 

 derson). Gift of the heirs of Mrs. Mary F. Henderson through Dr. 

 Charles Moore. 



Three paintings by Georg Ernst Fischer (1815-1874) : "Amer- 

 ican Country Life, about 1860", "Cupids", "Gratitude", and a 

 plaque of Francis Davis Millet (1846-1912) at the age of 32, dated 

 Paris, March 1879, by Augustus Saint Gaudens. Gift of Ernst G. 

 Fischer, of Washington, D. C. 



Portrait of His Majesty King George V of Great Britain, by 

 Frank O. Salisbury. Presented to President Franklin Delano 

 Roosevelt for the American Nation by the artist in commemoration 

 of the valiant service rendered by the Republic of the United States 

 of America and the British Empire in behalf of justice and peace. 

 May 6, 1935. Jubilee Year. Accepted by President Roosevelt at 

 special presentation exercises, July 11, 1935, at the Wliite Plouse. 



A peachblow vase, product of the K'Ang-hsi period, presented to 

 the Government of the United States for the National Museum by 

 the Imperial Chinese Government in 1908, was transferred by the 

 Museum to the National Gallery of Art. 



THE CATHERINE WALDEN MYER FUND 



Two Early American miniatures were acquired from the fund 

 established through the bequest of the late Catherine Walden Myer — 

 a fund for the purchase of first-class works of art for the use and 

 benefit of the National Gallery of Art, as follows : 



" Portrait of Jane Stone ", by Benjamin Trott (about 1770-1839) ; 

 from Miss Marion Lane, of Washington, D. C. 



" Portrait of Judge Thomas Waties " (born in Georgetown, S. C, 

 in 1760), by Charles Eraser (1782-1860); from Miss Marie R. 

 Waties, of Washington, D. C. (A loan from Miss Waties during 

 the last fiscal year.) 



LOANS ACCEPTED BY THE GALLERY 



Portraits by Henry Inman (1801-1846) of Col. Robert Charles 

 Wetmore and of his wife, Adeline Geer Wetmore, bequeathed to 

 the United States National Museum by Florence Adele Wetmore, 



