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THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
Healy, George Peter Alexander. 
Bom, Boston, Mass., July 15, 1808; died, Chicago, 111 ., 1894. Portrait 
and history painter. Studied in Paris from 1836; went to Chicago about 
1858; revisited Europe in 1869 and resided long in Rome. His portrait 
subjects included many distinguished men. 
PORTRAIT OF F. P. G. GUIZOT. 
Full length; painted in 1841. On canvas, 94 H., 68 W. 
PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT JOHN TYLER. 
Half length; painted in 1842. On canvas, 36^ H., 29^ W. 
PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM C. PRESTON. 
Half length; painted in 1842. On canvas, 36X H., 29X W. 
The history of these three portraits will be found on pages 
32 to 36 of this volume. The painting of Guizot was executed 
on the order of American citizens residing in Paris, and for- 
warded to President Tyler to be hung in one of the public 
buildings in Washington. The museum of the National Insti- 
tute in the Patent Office building was selected as the place of 
deposit. The portraits of President Tyler and Senator Preston 
were painted for the Institute, their cost being met by sub- 
scription. All three became the property of the Government 
and were transferred to the Smithsonian Institution in 1862. 
PORTRAIT OF COL. ALBERT G. BRACKETT, U. S. ARMY. 
Signed and dated, 1861. On canvas, 36 H., 29 W. 
Bequest of Mrs. Albert G. Brackett, of Washington, 1912. 
Helsby, Alfredo. 
Bom in Chile, of British parentage. Pupil of Thomas Somerscales, 
English marine painter, at Valparaiso; influenced in his early work by 
the Chilean painter Juan Francisco Gonzales, and subsequently by Alfredo 
Valenzuela Puelma. Also studied in Paris. Exhibited at the Madrid 
Salon in 1895; received a gold medal at Santiago in 1900; and later was 
represented at the Paris Salon, and at the Royal Academy and elsewhere 
in England. His first exhibitions in this country were held in New York 
and Boston in 1914, and in Washington in 1915. His subjects are chiefly 
Chilean landscapes. 
FULL MOON. A landscape at limache, chile. 
Signed. On canvas, 35 H., 25 W. 
Presented by the Embassy of Chile at Washington, through 
Senor Don Eduardo Suarez-Mujica, Ambassador, 1915. 
