36 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, ID'iO. 



A miniber of paintin<rs. Aery generously lent to the Gallery dur- 

 ing this and previous years, were withdrawn. The list is as follows: 

 A painting, "■ In the Grand Canyon of the Colorado " by Thomas 

 INIoran, returned to j\Irs. J. AV. PoAvell : a painting. '*A Roclcy Moun- 

 tain Solitude ■' b}^ Thomas Moran, returned to the artist ; portrait 

 of ^laj. Gen. John P. Van Xess, returned to ^laj. J. Van Xess Philip ; 

 portraits of ^laj. E. Alexander Powell and Miss Clara J. Gordon, 

 by Wilford S. Conrow, returned to the artist: a painting, "Autumn" 

 by Thomas Cole, returned to Mrs. C. V. Purdy; four paintings: 

 "Interior"' attributed to Adrian von Ostade, "Interior" by L, 

 Fissette, picture of dogs by Z. Xoterman, and portrait of Eembrandt, 

 attributed to himself, returned to Mr. Benson B. Moore; two oil 

 paintings, "Portrait of Lamartine " and "Washington at Valley 

 Forge," returned to Mrs. Adelaide Powell: 12 oil paintings from 

 the collection by leading contemporary French and British artists, 

 lent by the American Federation of Arts through Miss Leila Mechlin, 

 secretary, returned to the Federation; 21 paintings, 2 bronzes and 2 

 casts in plaster by Edward Kemeys and other artists, returned to 

 Mrs. Laura Swing Kemeys; a painting, copy of INIurillo's " Beggars," 

 returned to Mrs. Henry Wells ; wdter color, " Rhone Valley " by 

 John M. W. Turner, returned to Miss Elizabeth Ogden Adams; a 

 painting, "A Farnese Investiture," returned to Mrs. Estelle Bake- 

 well-Green ; a portrait of Mrs. Henrietta Auchmuty by Gilbert 

 Stuart, returned to Mrs. L. M. Chapman. 



Among the numerous changes made in the installation of art works 

 may be mentioned the removal of a large painting, " The Battleship 

 Oregon," from the south room of the main hall to one of the rooms 

 devoted to Avorks relating to the World War. This line work was 

 loaned to the gallery February 7, 1917, by the artist, William F. 

 Halsall, of ProvincetoAvn, ^Massachusetts, whose death occurred No- 

 vember 10, 1919. The gallery is deeply indebted to Mr. Halsall for 

 the gift in 1916 of a superb painting " The Song of the Sea " now in 

 its place on the gallery walls. Removal of the battleship painting 

 from the gallery made it possible to restore to the gallery the very 

 large triptych, a fire etching by James AVilliam Fosdick, entitled 

 "Adoration of Saint Joan of Arc," belonging to the Evans collection. 

 Frecjuent changes and readjustments in installation of works were 

 made. Labels Avere added Avhere needed and the glass of most of the 

 paintings Avas removed and cleaned. jNIuch time Avas spent by the 

 curator in identifying the very large collection of plaster busts 

 of pnmiinent personages, mostly of past generations. OAving to the 

 failure of the sculptor or of the custodian of casts in the early days 

 to mark the busts a number cannot noAV be identified. It should be 

 stated, hoAvever, that many of these l)usts are of persons prominent in 

 history, literature, or science and are not as a Avhole of a degree of 



