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Forest, by Benjamin Rutherford Fitz, Fired On, by Frederic Rem- 

 ington, and Interior of Levardin Church, Florence, Italy, by S. 

 Jerome Uhl (property of R. P. Tolman); the busts: Alfred Tennyson, 

 by Partridge, Joseph Henry, by C. V. Burton, Voltaire, by J. A. 

 Houdon, and Elisha Kent Kane, by Saunders. 



LOAXS BY THE GALLERY 



The painting entitled "At Nature's Mirror", by Ralph Alb(;rt 

 Blak clock (1847-1919), belonging to the William T. Evans collection, 

 was lent to the Museiun of Modern Art, New York City, for an 

 exhibition of American painting of the last 70 years, from November 

 1, 1932, to February 1, 1933. The painting w^as returned to the 

 Gallery at the close of the exhibition. 



The painting b}^ Francesco Guardi (1712-1783) entitled "Ruins 

 and Figures," part of the Ralph Cross Johnson collection, was lent 

 to the Art Institute of Chicago to form part of its art exhibit at the 

 Ceutur}' of Progress Exhibition in Chicago, from June to Novem- 

 ber, 1933. 



Twelve water-color sketches and one oil painting were lent to the 

 Corcoran Galler}" of Art for a memorial exhibition of the work of the 

 late Dr. William H. Holmes, first director of the National Gallery of 

 Art, from June 15 to July 5, 1933. These were returned at the close 

 of the exhibition. 



Three early American paintings were lent to the White House in 

 September 1932, at the request of Mrs. Herbert Hoover: Portrait of 

 Mary Hopkinson, by Benjamin West, A Lady, and Joseph Head, 

 by Gilbert Stuart. These were returned to the Gallery in March 1933. 



SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS 



The exliibition of paintings, sculpture, plans of Washington City, 

 etc., which opened on March 26, 1932, in honor of the bicentennial 

 of the birth of George Washington, mentioned in the last report, 

 closed on November 24, Thanksgiving Day. 



An exhibition of 29 large paintings of Gauclio life in Argentina, 

 Province of Entre Rios, 1850-70, by Senor Don Cesareo Bernaldo de 

 Quiros, opened with a private view on January 13, 1933, under the 

 patronage of His Excellency the Argentine Ambassador, Sehor Dr. 

 Feli])e A. Espil, and continued for the general public through March 

 12, 1933. Cards for the opening view were issued by the Gallery, 

 and a catalog was supplied through the artist. 



The regents and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution issued 

 cards for the opening view on the evening of June 22, 1933, of the 

 Gellatly art collection, presented to the nation by John Gellatly, 

 Esq. A catalog of the 164 American and European paintings in this 

 collection was issued by the Institution. 



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