Evening star., 1936-04-05
R0OSEVE[T'S SHIP
ART TO Be SHOWN
200 Paintings, Prints and
Models Go on Public
Display Today.

President Roosevelt's remarkable
collection of more than 200 paintings,
prints and models of ships and other
marine subjects will go on public view
today at pm. in the Corcoran Gal
lery of Art.
Mrs. Roosevelt was among the
many specially invited guests who at
tended a private preview yesterday
afternoon. Naval officers appeared to
predominant the throng. which ac-
claimed the collection as the most
unusual IN the long history of art
exhibitions of the Corcoran Gallery.
Mrs. Roosevelt was conducted through
the gallery by c. Powell Minnigerode,
director.
The collection provides visitors with
a colorful pictorial record OF the more
outstanding events in American naval
and merchant marine annals, supple
mented by a dozen faithfully repro
duced models of noted frigateS, mer-
chantmen and other vessels.
Painting of President Shown.
Guests at the preview yesterday
fingered long over many of the inter-
esting pictures and models which
have been installed in four rooms OF
the gallery. In the main exhibition
room, in a position of honor, is a life
size oil painting of the President by
Ellen Emmet Rand, from the White
House collection. There Is also
painting of the Roosevelt family by
John c. JohanSen.
In a catalogue, prepared by the
gallery with the invaluable assistance
of Capt. Dudley w. Knox, U. S. NJ
retired, noted naval historian. the
trustees of the institution express
"their grateful appreciation to the
President of the United States for
his courtesy in allowing them the
privilege of showing his distinguished
collection" The trustees are c. Powell
Minnigerode, George E. Hamilton.
Robert V. Fleming. Corcoran Thorn,
Lewis R. Morris. Charles c. Glover.
ir.. R. M. Kaufman and John Oliver
La Gorce.
1t was announced the exhibition
will be open through May 8. Hours
today and subsequent Sundays will be
from 2 to pm. Mondays, the show
will be open from noon to 4:30 pm,
except on April and 13, when the
gallery will be open from 9 am. to
4:3O pm. Other week days visitors
are welcome from a m. to 4:3O pm.
Historic Events Depicted.
The pictures include oil paintings,
water colors and number of Currier
and Ives prints. In addition, there
ere such oddities as ships embroidered
on silk and Autographs of ships or
incidents connected with the sea
printed on old song covers.
Among historic events depicted by
D. variety of artistS-known and un-
known-are the capture Of New Or
leans: battles between American and
British frigates during the Revolu-
tionary War; the battle between the
Monitor and the Merrimac; lombard
ment of Vera Cruz. 1847; return of
the fleet from the Spanish American
War; arrival at Queenstown Island in
May 1917, of the first American
destroyers sent lover there" in the
World War. and the return of the
American fleet from European waters
in 1918.
Numerous naval heroes, from early
days of American history to recent
times, are pictured.
Ships shown in model form include
the frigates Constitution and Raleigh,
the brigs of war Niagara and Wasp.
the clipper ships Rainbow and Flying
Cloud and the bark Mary. the model of
which was constructed about 1927 by
Capt. Isaac Delano of Marion, Mass,
one of the Presidents ancestors.