Courts Refuse to Give up Gellatly Works
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PrintThe numerous appeals of Charlyne Whitely Plummer, John Gellatly's widow, for the return of a part of the Gellatly collection are unsuccessful. The courts decide that the entire collection was intended for the Smithsonian Institution by Gellatly, and that Plummer has no legal right to the works.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Smithsonian Institution, Catalog of American and European Paintings in the Gellatly Collection (4th Edition), Baltimore, MD: The Lord Baltimore Press, 1954, p. 5.
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
May 5, 1947