48 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1941 



LOANS ACCEPTED 



Two oil paintings, "My Mother" and "The Dawn," by E. Hodgson 

 Smart, were lent by the artist. 



Three pastels, "The Cliffs Aflame," "Portrait (Patsy) ," and "Sun- 

 shine and Pine Needles," and seven oil paintings, "Looking Far 

 Out," "The Woodland Way," "The Butterfly Dance," "Joyous Child- 

 hood," "The Eed Barn," "Peonies," and "Springtime," by William 

 Baxter Closson, were lent by the artist's widow. 



LOANS TO OTHER MUSEUMS AND ORGANIZATIONS 



The following five paintings were lent to the Carnegie Institute, 

 Pittsburgh, Pa., for a Survey of American Painting from October 

 24 through December 15, 1940: "Sunset, Navarro Ridge, California 

 Coast," by Ralph A. Blakelock; "Cliffs of the Upper Colorado 

 River, Wyoming Territory," by Thomas Moran; "Moonlight," by 

 Albert P. Rj-der; "Fired On," by Frederic Remington, and "Visit 

 of Nicodemus to Christ," by John La Farge. (Returned January 

 7, 1941.) 



Two paintings, "The Cup of Death," by Elihu Vedder, and 

 "Christ Before Pilate," by Walter Beck, were lent to the Howard 

 University Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C, to be included in an 

 exhibition of Christian Art in connection with the twenty-fourth 

 annual convocation of the School of Religion from November 12 to 

 December 23, 1940. (Returned January 9, 1941.) 



One painting, "Sheepyard — Moonlight," by Horatio Walker, was 

 lent to The Art Gallery of Toronto, Canada, for an exhibition of two 

 Canadian painters, Horatio Walker and Tom Thomson. The paint- 

 ing was also shown in the National Gallery of Canada at Ottawa 

 and the Art Association at Montreal. (Returned April 28, 1941.) 



WITHDRAWALS BY OWNERS 



Two portraits in pastel, by James Sharpies (c.l751-1811), of Gen. 

 James Miles Hughes (1756-1802), original member of the Society 

 of the Cincinnati, and Mrs. James Miles Hughes, his wife, were 

 withdrawn by the owner, Mme. Florian Vurpillot, on November 5, 

 1940. 



Marble bust of Samuel Gompers (185C^1924), by Moses W. Dykaar 

 (1884-1933), was withdrawn by the owner, The American Federation 

 of Labor, to be exhibited at the Department of Labor, on November 

 15, 1940. 



An oil painting, "My Mother," by E. Hodgson Smart, was with- 

 drawn by the owner, Mr. Smart, on November 30, 1940. 



A pastel, "Sunshine and Pine Needles," by William Baxter Closson 

 (1848-1926), was withdrawn by the owner, Mrs. William Baxter 



