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which had been reached by the protective organization in the Gallery. 

 Purchases of air-raid protection equipment were also made as 

 promptly as possible and to the extent permitted by the great de- 

 mand for such equipment. 



REMOVAL or WORKS OF ART TO A PLACE OF SAFEKEEPING 



At a special meeting held December 29, 1941, the Board approved 

 the recommendations of the executive officers of the Gallery that a 

 limited number of the most fragile and irreplaceable works of art 

 in the national collection be removed to a place of greater safety, in 

 view of the responsibility which rests with the Trustees for safe- 

 guarding the collection. Early in January, therefore, the paintings 

 and sculpture to be evacuated were removed from exhibition and 

 shipped under guard to the place of safety which had been deter- 

 mined upon and adapted for the purpose. All of the works of art 

 arrived in excellent condition. While thus in storage, they are under 

 constant guard by members of the National Gallery guard force and 

 under supervision and inspection by a member of the curatorial staff 

 of the Gallery. 



Beyond this partial evacuation, however, it was the expressed be- 

 lief of the Trustees that the Gallery has a duty to the public (as a 

 unit of the Government establishment) , and an obligation as a source 

 of recreation and education to continue its activities, and even in- 

 crease them, as far as practicable, in wartime. 



ACQUISITIONS 

 GIFTS OF FEINTS 



On February 9, 1942, the Board of Trustees accepted from Philip 

 Hofer a woodcut, "Saint Sebastian," by Hans Baldung (Grien), to 

 be added to his earlier gift of prints which was included in last 

 year's Annual Report; and again on April 27, 1942, the Board ac- 

 cepted a gift of 58 prints from Miss Elisabeth Achelis. 



GIFTS OF PAINTINGS AND SCULPTUSE 



On September 8, 1941, the Board of Trustees accepted from Mr. 

 and Mrs. Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen the gift of two paintings by 

 Goya: 



Portrait of Dona Bartolome Sureda 

 Portrait of Dona Teresa Sureda 



both given in memory of Mrs. Frelinghuysen's mother and father, 

 Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer. These paintings are now on 

 exhibition. 



On February 9, 1942, the Board of Trustees accepted from Dun- 

 can Phillips, a Trustee of the Gallery, the gift of a portrait of 



