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[[preprinted]] SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 583 [[/preprinted]] [[preprinted left margin]] MADE BY BAKER-VAWTER CO. [[/preprinted left margin]] ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART COMMISSION. December 13, 1923. To the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: The third annual meeting of the National Gallery of Art Commission was held December 11, 1923. The resignation of Mr. Daniel Chester French as Chairman of the Commission was received and accepted with regret, and Mr. Gari Melchers was selected to succeed him. The report of the Secretary of the Commission and Director of the Gallery, presented a review of the activities of the Gallery for the year, and reports of the Standing and Special Committees followed. Attention was given to the War Portraits, twenty-one in number, which were returned to the Gallery after exhibition in twenty-five cities throughout the country. The portrait of the Queen of the Belgians was added to the collection August 1st. In response to the resolution submitted by the Regents, February 8, 1923, requesting the Commission's consideration of the suggestion that a Museum of Architecture be founded in connection with the Institution, the following resolution was adopted: RESOLVED; That the National Gallery of Art Commission recommend to the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution the inclusion of a division of historical architecture in the National Gallery of Art. The division should seek to establish standards in architecture, furniture, and landscape architecture for the benefit of students and others interested in the preservation of the historic buildings of America. The important problem of a National Gallery building was given attention, resulting in the assurance that provision for the preparation of building plans would be made in the near future. A resolution was passed recommending to the Board of Regents the election of Mr. James E. Fraser and Mr. Joseph Breck to fill vacancies caused by the resignation of Mr. Daniel Chester French and the declination of Mr. Denman W. Ross. The Commission also voted to recommend to the Board of Regents the election for the full terms of four years of Messrs. Edwin H. Blashfield, Joseph H. Gest and Frank Jewett Mather, Jr., their two-year terms having expired. Gari Melchers, Chairman W. H. Holmes, Secretary. After discussion, on motion the report was accepted, and the following resolutions were adopted: RESOLVED; That the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution approves in principle the recommendation of the National Gallery of Art Commission that a Division of Historical Architecture be established in connection with the National Gallery of Art. RESOLVED; That the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution hereby elects Mr. James E. Fraser and Mr. Joseph Breck as members of the National Gallery of Art Commission, to fill vacancies caused by the resignation of Mr. Daniel Chester French and the declination of Mr. Denman W. Ross, respectively. RESOLVED; That the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution hereby elects Messrs. Edwin H. Blashfield, Joseph H. Gest and Frank Jewett Mather, Jr., as members of the National Gallery of Art Commission for the full term of four years, their present two-year terms having expired. [[initialed]] CDW [[/initialed]]
