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Bust in plaster of Calvin Coolidge, by Moses W. Dykaar, a gift of 

 the sculptor to the gallery, and a similar bust of Gen. John J. 

 Pershing, lent by the sculptor, were withdrawn by Mr. Dykaar for 

 further work. The marble bust of Hon. Nicholas Longworth was 

 delivered to the custody of the United States Capitol. 



Portrait of George Washington, by Charles Willson Peale, the 

 property of John S. Beck, Washington, D. C, and portrait of Dr. 

 William Shippen, by Gilbert Stuart, the property of Dr. L. P. 

 Shippen, Washington, D. C, were temporarily withdrawn by the 

 owners for the Bicentennial exhibition of portraits of George Wash- 

 ington and his associates at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. It is 

 expected that these will be returned to the gallery after the close of 

 the celebration, November 24, 1932. 



The original working model in plaster of the bronze equestrian 

 statue of Lafayette erected in the Square of the Louvre by the school 

 children of the United States in 1901, a gift to the gallery from the 

 sculptor, Paul Wayland Bartlett, N. A. (1865-1925), was lent to Mrs. 

 Bartlett for a special exhibition of her husband's works to be held at 

 the American Academy of Letters, New York City, opening Novem- 

 ber 12, 1931, to be returned about May 1, 1932. The statue has not 

 yet been returned to the gallery. 



Four portraits — Adm. Holdup Stevens, 2d, by Robert Hinckley, 

 and Mrs. Stevens, his wife, artist unknown; Mrs. John Bliss, artist 

 unknown; and Hon. Eben Sage, by Chester Harding — were with- 

 drawn by the lender, Mrs. Frederick C. Hicks, Washington, D. C. 



Portrait of George Washington ; withdrawn by the owner, William 

 Patten, Rhinebeck, N. Y. 



Five paintings — Madonna and Child, by Albertinelli ; Portrait of 

 Christ, by Georgioni; The Doctor's Visit, by Jan Steen; Baptism of 

 Christ, by Tiepolo; and Small Landscape, by Gainsborough — were 

 withdrawn from her collection by Mrs. Marshall Langhorne in 

 November, 1931. The Entombment, by Van der Weyden, has also 

 been withdrawn by Mrs. Langhorne to be restored and varnished. 



A water-color painting, Dogwood Blossoms, by Elizabeth Muhl- 

 hof er ; withdrawn by Miss Muhlhof er. 



Portrait of Mrs. Charles Eames, by Gambardella, lent for the 

 summer by Mrs. A. Gordon-Cumming, was withdrawn in the autumn. 



THE HENRY WARD RANGER FUND PURCHASES 



The paintings purchased during the year by the Council of the 

 National Academy of Design from the fund provided by the Henry 

 Ward Ranger bequest, which under certain conditions are prospec- 

 tive additions to the National Gallery collections, are as follows, 

 including the names of the institutions to which they have been 

 assigned : 



