46 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1951 



by Henri Le Sidaner, were lent to the Bureau of the Budget on May 

 16, 1951, for a period not to exceed four years. 



Nine oil paintings, Elf Ground, by George Inness; At Nature's 

 Mirror, by Ralph A. Blakelock; Spring, by Alexander H. Wyant; 

 Indian Summer, by John Francis Murphy ; The Return from the Fold, 

 by Elliott Daingerfield; Lower Ausable Pond, by Homer D. Martin; 

 Cliffs of the Upper Colorado River, Wyoming Territory, by Thomas 

 Moran; In Jamaica, by William H. Holmes (owned by Glenn J. 

 Martin) ; and October, by Robert C. Minor (ow^ned by the United 

 States National Museum) , were lent to Howard University on April 24, 

 1951, to be included in the May Festival from May 1 to June 15, 1951. 

 (Returned June 20, 1951.) 



LOANS RETURNED 



Oil, portrait of Commodore Stephen Decatur, by Gilbert Stuart, 

 lent to the Truxtun-Decatur Naval Museum on April 27, 1950, to be 

 included in their first exhibition, was returned on September 26, 1950. 



Three oil paintings. Gen. John J. Pershing, by Douglas Volk ; Ad- 

 miral William S. Sims, by Irving R. Wiles; and Gen. William T. 

 Sherman, by George P. A. Healy; and one marble bust of Alexander 

 Graham Bell, by Moses W. Dykaar, lent to the National Gallery of 

 Art on May 22, 1950, to be included in the Sesquicentennial celebra- 

 tion, "Makers of History in Washington, 1800-1950," were returned 

 November 27, 1950. 



THE HENRY WARD RANGER FUND 



The paintings purchased by the Council of the National Academy 

 of Design from the fund provided by the Henry Ward Ranger bequest, 

 which, under certain conditions, are prospective additions to the 

 National Collection of Fine Arts, are as follows : 



'^'"« Artist Dale of purchase 



126. New Lebanon Railroad Louis Bouche, N. A. (1896- ). Mar. 19, 1951 



Station. 



127. The City— No. 2 Ralph Gleitsmann (1910- ). Mar. 19, 1951 



128. Harbor Xavier Gonzalez (1899- )__ Mar. 19, 1951 



129. Four Houses Antonio P. Martino, N. A. Mar. 19, 1951 



(1902- ). 



130. Night Albert John Puccl (1920- ). Mar. 19, 1951 



131. Paris (water color) William A. Smith, A. N. A Mar. 19, 1951 



132. Farm in Essex Gifford Beal, N. A (1879- ). May 7,1951 



133. Nine Men Joseph Hirsch (1910- ) May 7,1951 



134. Rabbit Island, Hawaii Millard Sheets, N. A (1907- ). May 7,1951 



(water color). 



135. Blacksmith Shop (water John Alonzo Williams, N. A. May 7, 1951 



color). (1869- ). 



136. Chimney Beams (water Andrew Wyeth, N. A (1917- ). May 7,1951 



color) . 



