International studio (49.1913)

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^PRESIDENT

AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE METROPOLITAN

MUSEUM OF ART, HELD AT THE MUSEUM ON APRIL XV, MCMXII, THE GIFT

TO THE MUSEUM OF TWELVE HUNDRED SHARES OF THE CAPITAL STOCK

OF THE NEW YORK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK BY MR. FRANCIS L. LELAND

WAS REPORTED, AND HIS LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE MUSEUM

TENDERING THE GIFT WAS PRESENTED. WHEREUPON, THE FOLLOWING

RESOLUTIONS WERE UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED:

IN THE PLAN OE COOPERATION BETWEEN

YORK AND THE TRUSTEES UNDER WHICH

ESTABLISHED. IT IS AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO

ESOLVED

THAT THE TRUSTEES OE

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, AT THEIR

FIRST MEETING SINCE THE GENEROUS GIFT-OF

MR. FRANCIS L. LELAND WAS RECEIVED, EXPRESS

TO MR. LELAND THEIR DEEP APPRECIATION OF

THE PUBLIC SPIRIT AND INTEREST IN THE CAUSE OF ART

WHICH HAVE LED HIM TOMAKE THIS MUNIFICENT GIFT.

THEY ARE PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS EXPRESSION OF

INTEREST IN THE CAUSE FOR WHICH THE MUSEUM STANDS

AND OF CONFIDENCE BOTH IN THE MANAGEMENT OF

MUSEUM AND

CTY OF NEW

MUSEUM WAS

ALL INTERESTED IN MAKING OUR CITY A CENTER OF INSPIRA¬

TION AND EDUCATION IN ART: IT IS AN EXAMPLE THAT UN¬

QUESTIONABLE WILL INVITE IMITATION THROUGHOUT OUR T
COUNTRY. THE UNCONDITIONAL QUALITY OF THE GIFT *

AND THE MODEST MANNER IN WHICH IT WAS GIVEN EN¬

HANCE ITS VALUE AND MAKE THE APPRECIATION OF THE

GIF I AND OF THE (LIVER ALL THE GREATER.

FURTHER RESOLVED

THAT MR. FRANCIS

L. LEI AND BE DECLARED A BENEFACTOR’OF THE MUSEUM.


The exterior dimensions of the border are approximately 19 by 14 inches at the top and sides, and the width of the ornament
varies from i| inches at the top and sides to 2J at the bottom. The initial, including its frame, measures 2 J by 2}, and the
diameter of the framed medallion is inches.