Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-20
COrceran Gallery OF Art,

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ABSTRACT OF CURATOR MAC LEoDs REPORT
The annual meeting OF the Board OF Trustees
Of the Corcoran Gallery OF Art was held there
on Monday evening, January II. Present
Messrs. c. NJ. Matthews, vice president, George
w. Riggs. A. Hyde, secretary, JAS. c. Mcclure
Dr. Jas. {. yelling and Prot. S. Baird. Messrs
w. T. Walters, Baltimore, and II. d. Cooke
were absent, as was. also. from indisposltion
Mr.. W. w. Corcoran.
The following is an abstract OF Curator Mac.
Leoos report: The whole number OF paintings
exhibition is ~. or these, three have been
adced during the past year, viz; "The Process
sion OF the Sacred Eull-Apis"--1S,9. by f. A.
Bridseman. and Lady ana Dog" 1876. BY Benz
c. Porter, Boston. Both these pictures were
bought BY Mr.. Corcoran, and tile artists are
Americans. The third painting is portrait OF
Gen. Fhos- l.. Cltngman, OF North Carolina, by
W. Garl BLOWN, and Was presentedSo the gal
iery by Gen. Clngman: Two paintings bJ
Luigi tlialiNa, OIL Paris, have also been ordered
by MI. C0rccran for The gallery, and Will
be here in few days. These pictures repre-
sent pleasing pastoral landscapes with children
and animals.
NO additions OF statuary or casts have been
made In the galleries. In the Bronze Han has
neen placed the life-siz bronze bust OF the
late Dr. j. c. Hall, President OF the Board o..
Trustees. Four marble statues by N. Ezekiel,
American sculptor at Rome, representing Phi
dlaS, Raphael, N. Angelo and Albert Durer.
have been elevated to the inches ln front OF the
material, and by the same sculptor, have been
ordered for the inches OF the 18th street side
one OF them is to be OF the late Mr.. Crawford,
American sculptor.
In tn, month of July and part OF August,
the vaulted ceiling OF the Main Picture Gallery
was richly ffeScOed and decorated, and its walls
painted a maroon color, by Mr.V. Stiepvich, n.
V, under the direction OF Mr.. E Clark. trustee
During this work the picture galleries were
closed to the public. and were not reOpened
until september 20. Extensive repairs and i'm
provements in ventilating and lighting the
galleries have been made and the exterior
stonework OF the building has been thoroughly
Clark. to preserve It from diSintegfatIon and
decay.
The Trustees Room Or Office has received ore.
sents Of valuable books and engrav1ngs from
Mr. Corcoran, the late DR.. j. c. Hall, Mr., f
Clark, Col. Irish of the Bureau of Engraving
MIR 6. 81. Hart OF Philadelphia. The number OF
ccpyists during 1850 was S. Thirty eight pic
lures were copied and seventy five copies made.
The Trustees have made important modi;ica.
tlOnS OF the rules admitting cOpyistS that have
alTeady raised their worth to a higher point OF
excellence. No copy can now be made OF the
same size as the original picture.
The number OF visitors in 1850 on free days
was 81, on pay days, 6. $40; on pay nights
201O; on free mig hts 554. Total. e. 2I, Not
Wlthstand1ng the picture galleries were closed
for two months and q half, the visitors of 1850
exceeded those OF 1879 by 2,59O. The largest
number OF visitors on free day was on January
~. 125; the smallest do. July II, 4. Largest
number on pay day, May 10, was 11s; the small
January ~, was AS; smallest do, March II, was
55. In 1880 the number of catalogues sold was
1855, and the number OF photOgraphs of the gal.
lery 8 works sold was about COO.