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Portrait of John Quincy Adams by George Peter Alexander Healy (1813-94) was the bequest of Mr. Charles Francis Adams of Dover, Mass. Mr. Healy painted John Quincy Adams several times, once about 1840 for Louis Phillippe, once in 1845 and again in 1858. As the last-mentioned portrait is now in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., it seems that this portrait is the Boston version of 1845.
Photo by Mark Gulezian
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 ecretary Madeleine K. Albright greeted more than 200 donors to the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at a recent reception. In her welcoming speech, the Secretary said that as she walked through the Jefferson Room, admiring the newly hung portrait of John Quincy Adams, she thought of all the visitors she's hosted in these rooms.
"There is no more pleasant or rewarding a part of my job because, thanks to you, these rooms give my guests a glimpse of the rich traditions of our republic's youth. They depict liberty's birth and America's rise from wilderness to greatness."
The most recent gifts included a set of 59 pieces of Chinese Export porcelain made for the American market and donated by Assistant Chief of Protocol for Accreditation Lawrence Dunham and his wife Deborah and a Mezzotint, "The Jolly Flatboatmen," by Thomas Doney after a painting by George Caleb Bingham; it was donated by John S. Leipsic.
Guests included David and Nancy Sax, family of Stanley P. Sax, who bequeathed an extremely rare John Townsend signed and labeled Newport, R.I., block and shell desk in The Gallery.
Gail F. Serfaty, director of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, thanked the benefactors and announced financial gifts totaling $587,000. She noted the generous gift from The Eugene B. Casey Foundation of $100,000. She emphasized the continuing need for financial tax-deductible gifts for ongoing conservation and acquisition requirements.
Deborah Dunham and Lawrence Dunham, next to their gift of a set of 59 pieces of Chinese Export porcelain..
Photo by Michael Gross
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