66 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1955 



WITHDRAWALS BY OWNERS 



Two oil portraits, Gen. John J. Pershing and Adra. William S. 

 Sims, by E. Hodgson Smart, lent in 1932 by the artist, were released 

 on August 17, 1954, to James Shenos, in accordance with a court 

 decision. 



Two pastel portraits of George and Martha Washington, by James 

 Sharpies, lent in 1934 by Mrs. Robert E. Lee, Dr. George Boiling Lee, 

 Mrs. Hanson E. Ely, Jr., and Mrs. William Hunter de Butts, were 

 withdrawn and delivered to the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association 

 of the Union on September 14, 1954. 



Two miniatures, Unknown Gentleman, by Robert Field, and Mr. W., 

 by an undetermined artist, lent in 1952 by Mr. and Mrs. Ruel P. 

 Tolman, were withdrawn by Mrs. Tolman on April 4, 1955. 



An oil portrait of George Washington, by Charles Willson Peale, 

 lent in 1914 by John S. Beck, was withdrawn by Mrs. Beck through 

 her attorney, Robert S. Bains, on May 26, 1955. 



A miniature of Martha "Patty" Custis, painted at Mount Vernon in 

 1772 by Charles Willson Peale, lent anonymously in 1934, was with- 

 drawn on June 15, 1955. 



ART WORKS LENT 

 The following art works were lent for varying periods : 



To the City Art Museum of St. Louis for its "Westward America Exhibition, 

 October 23 to December 6, 1954; then forwarded to the Walker Art Center, 

 Minneapolis, Miun., for a special exhibition, January 14 to February 28, 

 1955 (shipped September 21, 1954) : 



Cliffs of the Upper Colorado River, Wyoming 

 Territory, by Thomas Moran. (Returned 

 March 8, 1955.) 

 To the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa., for its 150th 

 Anniversary Exhibition, January 15 through March 13, 1955 : 



Cardinal Mercier, by Cecilia Beaux. (Returned 



April 8, 1955.) 

 Man in White (Dr. Henry S. Drinker), by 

 Cecilia Beaux. (Later included in a selec- 

 tion of paintings from the 150th Anniversary 

 Exhibition for an 8-month European tour 

 sponsored by the D. S. Information Agency.) 

 To the White House, Washington, D. C. : 



September 17, 1954 Summer, by Charles H. Davis. 



Sundown, by George Inness. 

 Niagara, by George Inness. (Returned Novem- 

 ber 30. 1954.) 

 Temple Mountain, by Chauncey F. Ryder. 

 (Returned November 30, 19.54.) 



October 22, 1954 Wild Parsley, by Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson. 



Evening on the Seine, by Homer Martin. 

 Fired On, by Frederic Remington. (Returned 

 November 30, 1954.) 



