146 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 



Moonlight — Gloucester Harbor. 



Moonlight. 



Two paintings, both from the Evans collection, were, at the re- 

 quest of the artists, lent for exhibition. One was the painting bj' 

 William Sergeant Kendall, entitled "An Interlude," which was shown 

 at a special exhibition of works by ISIr. Kendall in November, 1913, 

 at Yale University, where this artist had recently been appointed 

 director of the School of Fine Arts. The other was the canvas by 

 Mr. John W. Beatt}^, entitled " Plymouth Hills," which was sent to 

 the Anglo-American Exposition in London, May to October, 1914, 

 to celebrate the Century of Peace and Progress of the English Speak- 

 ing People. 



The advisory committee on the National Gallerj?^ of Art, which is 

 wholly honorary in its relations to the Museum, its members serving 

 without compensation, reported on a number of tenders of gifts, 

 some of which were found to be acceptable and others not. A few 

 of the paintings in the collection were copied by artist students, and 

 photographs of quite a number were furnished to writers for repro- 

 duction in papers and books on art. All paintings permanentl}^ ac- 

 quired were photographed and glazed, and pedestals were provided 

 for the statuary received. 



The entire loan collection of Dr. George Eeiiling, of Baltimore, 

 consisting mainly of early American paintings, was returned to 

 the owner, and a number of other loans were also reclaimed. 



ART TEXTILES. 



Of eight accessions received for this collection, four were gifts and 

 four loans, all but one coming from residents of Washington. The 

 gifts comprised a piece of rare point de France et Personages from 

 Miss Emily Tuckerman, a piece of Mechlin lace of the nineteenth 

 century from the late Mrs. Elizabeth C. Hobson, through Mrs. 

 Eichard G. Lay, a cape of Mechlin lace from INIrs. Arnold Hague, 

 and two pieces of Spanish macrame lace called " Gothic collars " 

 from Mrs. Richard G. Lay. 



The loans were as follows : Eight pieces of lace, consisting of Rus- 

 sian pillow lace, silk maltese bobbin lace, French blonde de Caen, 

 Spanish blonde, Valenciennes, and an English thread lace collar, 

 besides two hand-wrought undersleeves from the Misses Long; an 

 antique Persian silk prayer rug, a carved ivory plaque, a silver 

 plaque, and a carved ivory crosier from Mrs. Christian D. Hem- 

 mick; and a square of Gobelin tapestry of the Savonnerie period 

 from Mrs. A. M. Van Dyke, of LaAvtey, Fla. 



