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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  January 
  15 
  to 
  May 
  10, 
  1927. 
  The 
  subjects 
  were 
  largely 
  landscapes 
  

   and 
  gardens, 
  among 
  which 
  were 
  numerous 
  effective 
  portrayals 
  of 
  

   colonial 
  mansions, 
  located 
  to-day 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  past 
  in 
  Washington 
  and 
  

   its 
  vicinity. 
  

  

  Tlie 
  John 
  Elliott 
  Memorial 
  Exhibition. 
  — 
  A 
  memorial 
  collection 
  

   of 
  20 
  portrait 
  drawings 
  in 
  red 
  chalk 
  of 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Lafayette 
  

   Escadriile, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  others 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  men 
  who 
  fought 
  in 
  

   the 
  World 
  War, 
  most 
  of 
  whom 
  lost 
  their 
  lives 
  in 
  the 
  defense 
  of 
  

   France 
  before 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  entered 
  the 
  war, 
  by 
  John 
  Elliott 
  

   (1858-1925), 
  was 
  exhibited 
  by 
  his 
  widow, 
  Maud 
  Howe 
  Elliott, 
  Febru- 
  

   ary 
  19 
  to 
  March 
  13, 
  1927. 
  Sixteen 
  of 
  these 
  portraits 
  have 
  been 
  

   presented 
  to 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  Elliott 
  while 
  the 
  

   others, 
  loans 
  to 
  the 
  exhibition 
  on 
  Mrs. 
  Elliott's 
  request, 
  were 
  returned 
  

   to 
  their 
  respective 
  owners. 
  

  

  The 
  Charles 
  Mason 
  Remey 
  Exhibition. 
  — 
  An 
  architectural 
  model 
  

   of 
  an 
  oriental 
  temple, 
  designed 
  and 
  executed 
  by 
  Charles 
  Mason 
  

   Remey, 
  was 
  exhibited 
  at 
  the 
  north 
  entrance 
  to 
  the 
  gallery 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  

   period. 
  A 
  series 
  of 
  photographs 
  illustrating 
  the 
  exterior 
  of 
  the 
  

   model, 
  with 
  gardens, 
  terraces, 
  and 
  fountains, 
  were 
  shown. 
  

  

  THE 
  HENRY 
  WARD 
  RANGER 
  FUND 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  paintings 
  purchased 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  by 
  the 
  council 
  of 
  

   the 
  National 
  Academy 
  of 
  Design 
  from 
  the 
  fund 
  provided 
  by 
  the 
  

   Henry 
  Ward 
  Ranger 
  bequest 
  are, 
  under 
  certain 
  conditions, 
  prospec- 
  

   tive 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  gallery 
  collections, 
  the 
  list, 
  including 
  the 
  names 
  

   of 
  the 
  institutions 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  assigned, 
  may 
  be 
  given 
  in 
  

   this 
  place. 
  

  

  ACTIVITIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  AMERICAN 
  FEDERATION 
  OF 
  ARTS, 
  AND 
  THE 
  FEDERATION 
  

  

  OF 
  women's 
  CLUBS 
  

  

  The 
  American 
  Federation 
  of 
  Arts, 
  and 
  the 
  Federation 
  of 
  Women's 
  

   Clubs 
  continued 
  their 
  work 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  gallery, 
  furthering 
  its 
  

   interests 
  with 
  propaganda, 
  lectures 
  with 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  lantern 
  slides 
  and 
  

   photographic 
  prints, 
  and 
  circulating 
  exhibits 
  of 
  paintings. 
  

  

  