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Fourteen pieces of modern glass including Austrian, Dutch, French, and 

 Swedish. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Smith, Jr. 



Four items of Bohemian glass. Gift of Mrs. John E. Lodge. 



A collection of 50 miniatures by American and foreign artists. Gift of Mr.s, 

 Henry L. Milmore. 



THE CATHERINE WALDEN MYER FUND 



Eight miniatures, water color on ivory unless otherwise stated, 

 were acquired from the fund established through the bequest of the 

 late Catherine Walden Myer, as follows : 



71. August Fricke, by Henry Elouis ; from Edmund Bury, Philadelphia, Pa, 



72. A Member of the Washington Family, attributed to James Peale; from 

 the estate of H. W. A. Cooke (L. B. Alexander, executor), through Mrs. J. H. 

 Reiter. 



73. Zachariah F. Johnston, by undetermined artist ; from Conrad Reid, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



74. Mrs. Frances Barton Stockton, by Hugh Bridport. 



75. Mrs. John McCluney, by James Peale. 



76. Portrait of a Gentleman, by James Peale. 



77. Dr. Joseph Glover, by Cliarles Eraser. 



(Numbers 74 through 77 were acquired from the Mr. and Mrs. Norvin Green 

 Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York City.) 



78. Rev. William White, D. D. (BLshop of Pennsylvania, 1747-1836), enamel, 

 by William Birch ; from Katharine Woodward, Middleburg, Va. 



STUDY COLLECTION 



The following were accepted by the Smithsonian Institution for the 

 Study Collection of the National Collection of Fine Arts : 



Ten pieces of Sevres (4 cups and saucers, 1 sugar bowl without cover, 1 cream 

 pitcher), and eight pieces of Worcester type (2 small pitchers, 1 sugar bowl 

 with cover, 2 bonbon dishes, 1 cup and saucer), the gift of Mrs. John E. Lodge. 



An Oriental ceramic, Ch'ien Lung (1736-1795) vase with base, the gift of 

 Mrs. James W. Rickey. 



A piece of stained glass from one of the shattered windows of the demolished 

 cathedral at Verdun, France, period of World War I, was transferred from the 

 division of military and naval history. Department of History, United States 

 National Museum. 



ALICE PIKE BARNEY LOAN COLLECTION 



On January 1, 1951, a collection of approximately 224 paintings by 

 Alice Pike Barney (1860-1931), well-known Washington artist, social 

 worker, and civic leader, 54 pictures by other artists, together with 

 many sculptures and objects of art, was presented to the Smithsonian 

 Institution by her daughters, Natalie Clifford Barney and Laura 

 Dreyfus-Barney. This collection is to be used by the National Collec- 

 tion of Fine Arts as the nucleus of a loan collection for the embellish- 

 m.ent of Federal buildings and for lending to museums, libraries. 



