Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-01-13
Annual Meeting Of the Trustees Of
the COrc0ran Gallery of Art.

The seventh annual meeting Of the board OF
trustees of the Corcoran Gallery Of Art was held
last evening in the building. The usual reports
from the various committees were read The
same members OF the committees and the same
officers in charge of the gallery were reelected.
Various miscellaneous matters being disposed
OF, Curator Macleod read his report on the
operations of the Gallery of Art during the past
year, an abstract of which follows:
GALLERY OF PAINTINGS
The Whole number OF pictures exhibited In
the galleries belonging to the institution at
present, is 1863; additions made in 1879. 22 or
these 16 are portraits Of the Presidents from
Washington to Lincoln, with five Others OF Mrs.
Washington, John c. Calhoun, Henry Clay, "a
miniature), and stephen A. Douglas, and one
dents, with those of Mrs. Washington and Mr..
Peabody, are copies from Gilbert Stuart, by
Healy, or originals by him, and were purchased
by Mr. Corcoran from Z. 3. Bryan, ESQ. There
collection, but recently. an excellent one was
purchased. II is a copy by E. Andrews, an emf
@ nent It artist Of this city, from the famous origI
The portrait of Mr.. Calhoun was painted about
1926, when he was Secretary Of War, by Charles
b. King, for the late Virgil D. Maxcy, Md. The
elayon cray @ portrait tot OF Mr. Douglas was executed in
and presented by him to the Gallery. The min
lature OF Mr.. Clay was painted in 1912, by
Blanchard, and for years belonged to the late
Joseph Gales, Esq. This fine work is for the
present kept in the trustees room.
During 1879, 81 persons have copied pictures to
the number of 45 A smaller number has
drawn from the casts. The number of pictures
exhibited not belonging to the gallery was 81.
Among them, the great treaty portraits of Dan
lei Webster and Lord Ashburton, and an inter-
esting series of japanese pictures painted in
black and white, by Gen. Heine, artist in the
expedition Of Commodore Perry to Japan.
IN the sculpture gallery there have been no
additions OF importance. Some casts were re-
ceiVed from the Smithsonian Institution, and
are not on exhibition, save one of sleeping
child, by Pettrich, and a bust of the latter who
cut in marble the statue of the Dying Tecum-
sch, now In the gallery. An antique marble
medallion basS-relfef OF Bacchante was re-
ceived II ON the same source and is hung in the
bronze hail: Two of the four statues ordered
1rom Mr.. Ezekiel, sculptor at Rome, for the
front inches of the gallery. have arrived and
VIII be elevated when new pedestals are ready
Tor their elevation to the central inches. They
represent Phidias and Raphael. The two
others. NJ. Angelo and Albert Durer, are ex-
pected TO arrive soon. OF the catalogue. three
editions have been issued in 1879 and over 3, 800
copies sold. The Photographic department. a
peculiar feature in the operations of the Corco-
ran gallery, has issued during the past year
unusually III me examples of its work. 1900 copies
OF which have been disposed OF in the building
Inc only place where they are sold.
lhe number OF visitors during 1879 was 6l,72l,
OF Which 81 949 were free. and 9,1I2 were pay
visitors: The largest number Qree) attending
was ON Thanksgiving day, 1865 Largest num-
board of trustees the night exhibitions will
begin On Thursday evening, January Is, at 5 |
O'CLOCK, with the usual charge OF 10 cents and
continue weekly until further notice. The
free attendance in the galleries nothing of con
during the past year has occurred to |
disturb the order and decOrum Of the various |
galleries or injure their valuable contents.