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"Kayser's Pond" (Maine), by J. B. Bristol, N. A. Bequeathed to tlie United 

 States National Museum by Martlia L. Loomis, late of Framiugliam, Mass. 

 Transferred to the National Gallery of Art. 



THE CATHERINE WALDEN MTER FUND 



One English and three Early American miniatures were acquired 

 from the fund established through the bequest of the late Catherine 

 Walden Myer, "for the purchase of first-class works of art for 

 the use and benefit of the National Gallery of Art", as follows: 



"Portrait of a Man", by Benjamin Trott (about 1770-1839) ; from 

 Mrs. Alba D. Walling, Boston. j\Iass. 



"A Colonial Gentleman", by artist undetermined ; from Mrs. Wells 

 Peckhani (Mrs. Elliott Peckham), Washington, D. C. 



"Portrait of a Man", by Robert Field (about 1769-1819), and 

 "Portrait of a Man, I H", artist undetermined; from Miss M. V. 

 Stiles, Savannah, Ga. 



LOANS ACCEPTED BY THE GALLERY 



Portrait (three-quarter length) of Dr. Charles Greeley Abbot, 

 Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, by Nicholas R, Brewer, 

 1935. Lent by the artist. 



Portrait of the Honorable Charles Evans Hughes, Chief Justice 

 of the United States and Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 by George Burroughs Torrey, 1935. Lent by Chief Justice Hughes. 



Plaster bas-relief portrait of Honorable Charles Evans Hughes, 

 by Harry Lewis Raul. Lent by Chief Justice Hughes. 



LOANS BY THE GALLERY 



The portraits of Cardinal Desire Joseph Mercier, Admiral Sir 

 David Beatty, and Premier Georges Clemenceau, by Cecilia Beaux, 

 N. A., leaders in the World War, from the National Art Committee 

 collection for the National Portrait Gallery, were lent to the Ameri- 

 can Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, for an exhibition 

 from November 15, 1935, to May 1, 1936, of the works of Miss Beaux. 

 Two were returned, and the portrait of Premier Georges Clemenceau 

 was shipped from New York directly to the Texas Centeiuiial 

 Exposition. 



A selection of nine paintings from the William T. Evans and 

 other collections were lent to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 

 Riclmiond, to be shown in the inaugural exhibition of that musemn 

 from January 18 to March 1, 1936, as follows: "Villa Malta", by 

 Sanford R. Gifford; "Aurora Borealis", by Frederic E. Church; 

 "High Cliff, Coast of Maine", by Winslow Homer; "September 

 Afternoon", by George Inness; "November", by D wight Tryon; "The 

 Cup of Death", by Elihu Vedder; "Water Lilies", by Walter Shir- 



