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77 NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY COMMISSION Meeting of May 7-8, 1974 [[underline]] GIFTS [[/underline]] Benjamin Franklin, plaster bust, by Jean Antoine Houdon, gift of Joseph Hennage, Washington, D.C. Richard Henry Lee, oil on canvas, by Charles Willson Peale, gift of Mr. Duncan Lee, Toronto Norman Rockwell, bronze, by Peter Rockwell, gift of the artist Gustavus Franklin Swift, oil on canvas, by Ralph Clarkson, gift of George H. Swift, Jr., Chicago, Illinois William White, enamel on copper, by William Russell Birch, gift of Reverend DeWolf Perry, Princeton, Massachusetts [[underline]] FUTURE BEQUESTS [[/underline]] Ottmar Mergenthaler, bronze, by Hans Schuler, future bequest by Mrs. Elizabeth Harris, Washington, D.C. Francis Davis Millet, oil on canvas, by George Maynard, future bequest by Dr. John A.P. Millet, Nyack, New York [[underline]] PURCHASES [[/underline]] Maxwell Anderson, charcoal and pencil on paper, by Soss Melik Sherwood Anderson, charcoal on paper, by Soss Melik Stephen Vincent Benet, charcoal on paper, by Soss Melik James G. Blaine, cast metal plaque, by unidentified artist John Brown, oil on canvas, by Ole Peter Hansen Balling Pearl Buck, charcoal on paper, by Soss Melik John M. Clayton, oil on canvas, by David Acheson Woodward Howell Cobb, lithograph, by Casimir Bohn William J. Donovan, oil on canvas, by Gregory Stapko after Stephens Theodore Dreiser, plaster, by Onorio Ruotolo Ralph Waldo Emerson, bronze, by Daniel Chester French James Fisk, Jr., wood engraving from Brady photograph Joseph Gales, oil on linen, by Thomas Waterman Wood Zane Grey, charcoal on paper, by Soss Melik John Hay, etching, by Anders Zorn Three Indian Chiefs, mezzotints, by I. Simon after I. Verelst Dolly Madison, oil on canvas, by William S. Elwell Edna St. Vincent Millay, charcoal on paper, by Soss Melik Dwight L. Moody, pastel on paper, by Edward Clifford Marianne Moore, charcoal heightened with pastel, by Soss Melik