Chapter 804, 1972 Acts of Assembly, Item 779.2:

"Out of the contingency fund of the General Assembly there shall be expended a sum sufficient, estimated at $8,000, for the restoration, by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, of the painting "Storming a Redoubt." · · ·"

Pursuant to the above chapter, the Rules Committee directed the Clerk of the Senate to contact Mr. James M. Brown, Director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and make the necessary arrangements for work to begin in the Old Senate Chamber on the restoration of the painting "Storming a Redoubt at Yorktown" by Louis Eugene Lami.

On the recommendation of Mr. Brown, a contract was signed with Mr. H. Stewart Treviranus, Conservation and Preservation of Paintings, 1231 Thirty-fourth Street, N.W., Washington, D. C., 20007.

Mr. Treviranus was familiar with the work of the artist from the time he (Treviranus) served as apprentice to M. G. Paulet, restorer at Versailles, France, and further, when he served as a Volunteer Technical Assistant at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C.

The committee further directed that the technical treatment report furnished the Senate by Mr. Treviranus be included in this report.

Also included herewith is a short research paper by Mr. Treviranus entitled "York Town: A Symbolic Panorama." In addition to tracing the history of the painting until the time it was presented to the Commonwealth, this paper tells much about the participants in the Battle of Yorktown through the identification of their regimental uniforms.

Mr. Treviranus began his work in July, 1972 and completed same in November, 1973.

This committee herewith expresses its appreciation to him.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Edward E. Willey, Chairman