Evening star., 1936-03-29

SHIP COLLECTION
Corcoran to Show Paintings,
Prints and Models Week
of April 5.

BY courtesy Of President Roosevelt
the public is to have an opportunity
the week Of April to view the Presi-
dents celebrated collection of paint
ings, prints and models of ships at a
special exhibition in the Corcoran Gal
lery of Art.
AS result Of an invitation ex-
tended by c. Powell Minnigerode. di-
rector of the gallery, the President has
lent to the Corcoran Gallery for public
exhibition his entire collection Of ma
rine pictures and models and a variety
of other art objects bearing on the
sea.
A private preview, by invitation Of
the Board of Trustees of the gallery,
will be held next Saturday. from 2:30
to $50 pm. The public exhibition
will start next Sunday and continue
through Sunday, May 3.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt prob
ably will visit the unique show some
evening during the exhibition.
The collection already has been
moved from the White House and Is
being installed in four galleries in the
Clark wing of the institution.
Portrait to Be Shown.
In central position in the largest
Of the rooms will hang a life-size por-
trait of the President, painted in 1884
by Ellen Emmet Rand. This portrait
was accorded the honor position at the
1oe 81 ;o1 ,initiNv, ~ he
Around the walls will hang an in
teresting array Of pictures and in con-
venient locations about the rooms will
be glass cases containing models OF
many of the famous old frigates and
merchant ships Of early American
shipping days.
OF special interest will be the Presi-
dents fine display of Currier and Ives
prints. There will also be such od-
dities as ships embroidered on silk
and woven into hooked rugs. In one
section Of the show will be group
Of old song covers illustrated with
pictures of ships.
One Of the ship models is more
than century old. 1t was built
about 1927 by Capt. Isaac Delano of
Marion, Mass, and is model of the
bark Mary, according to a notice
in the exhibit case. This notice says
that Capt. Delano was "a direct de-
scendant of PHILIPPE and Hester Delano,
who came to America on the good
ship Fortune in 1924 and settled in
Duxberry. Mass" The captain, it
points out, spent his entire life on
square-rigged ships in the whaling in
dustry."
Given to President in 1888.
Capt. Delano apparently was one
of the Presidents ancestors, although
this could not be confirmed at the
White House in the Presidents abb
sence. The ship was handed down to
Capt. Charles C. Delano, sea captain.
who died in 1916, and then to his
youngest son, Howard A. Delano Of
York, Pa. The latter presented 1t
to the President in 1888.
Most of the famous old fighting
ships of the American Navy and many
of their famed commanders are pic
tured in the exhibition. The frigate
Constitution is shown in model form
and on canvas. There is portrait
of John Paul Jones, father Of the
American Navy" Numerous historic
incidents in naval annals are depicted,
including the battle between the Moni-
tor and the Merrimac.
Gallery officials say the exhibition
undoubtedly will be the most unusual
ever held at the Corcoran Gallery and
arrangements are being made to care
for a large attendance Of visitors
during the show.