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Lamartine, 1790-1864, painted from life, lent by Mrs. W. H. Powell, 

 of New York; oil painting, " Interior of Levardin Church, Florence, 

 Italy," by S. Jerome Uhl, from Mr. R. P. Tolman, United States 

 National Museum ; oil painting, " The Infant Jesus and Saint John," 

 by Rubens, 1633, from Hon. Hoffman Philip, Department of State; 

 oil painting, " Madonna and Child," attributed to Raphael, from 

 Mr. Thomas B. O'Sullivan, of Washington; water color, "Rhone 

 Valley," by John M. W. Turner, from Miss Elizabeth Ogden Adams, 

 South Lincoln, Massachusetts; and two portraits in oil, Maj. E. 

 Alexander Powell, 1919, and Miss Clara J. Gordon, 1916, by Wilford 

 Seymour Conrow, received from the artist. 



In May Secretary Walcott, accompanied by the curator of the 

 Gallery, visited New York to attend a meeting of the American Fed- 

 eration of Arts, on which occasion Doctor Walcott presented an 

 address on the " National Gallery, Its Present Status and Prospects." 

 Visits were made to various art museums and to the residence of 

 Rev. A. D. Pell, who announced his intention to present to the Gal- 

 lery a large selection from his vast stores of French and other art 

 objects. At the close of the A^ear the first installment of this collec- 

 tion had reached the United States National Museum and its instal- 

 lation was initiated in the north alcove of the Gallery. 



The year marks the inauguration of purchases by the Council of 

 the National Academy of Design from the Henry Ward Ranger 

 Fund. The first acquisition, a landscape by Bruce Crane entitled 

 " December Uplands," was assigned to the Syracuse Museum of Art, 

 and under the conditions prescribed by Mr. Ranger can be reclaimed 

 by the National Gallery of Art at any time during the five-year 

 period beginning 10 years after the artist's death. 



Fourteen oil paintings from the collection by leading contempo- 

 rary European artists deposited in the Gallery by the American Fed- 

 eration of Arts in June, 1915, were withdrawn by the Federation 

 in October, 1918, for exhibition on circuit, being shipped to the 

 Arnot Gallery, Elmira, New York. At the end of the year 12 of 

 these had again been deposited in the Gallery by the Federation. 



The Gallery, like other portions of the Natural History Building, 

 was closed to visitors the middle of July, and before opening again 

 to the public in April it was thoroughly renovated and the burlap 

 on the walls in part renewed. Important changes were also made in 

 the installation during the year, so that it is now in more perfect con- 

 dition than at any previous period. 



The Advisory Committee on the National Gallery of Art was un- 

 fortunate during the year in losing by death two of its valued mem- 

 bers, Mr. Frederic Crowninshield on September 18, 1918, and Mr. 

 C. Y. Turner on January 1, 1919. The latter, as chairman from 

 April 12, 1913, gave liberally of his time and talent, while the former 



