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former Chief Justice Hughes, first Chairman of the Board, painted 

 by Augustus Vincent Tack, which has been hung in the Board Koom. 

 On February 9, 1942, the Board accepted from Mrs. Ralph Har- 

 man Booth, the gift of the following pieces of sculpture, given in 

 memory of her husband : 



Greek (fourth century B. C.) Head of a Youth. 



Middle Rhenish School Pieta. 



Nottingham School Painted alabaster, Christ 



supported by an Angel. 



On April 27, 1942, the Board of Trustees accepted from Mr. and 

 Mrs. George W. Davison the gift of a portrait of George Washing- 

 ton by Rembrandt Peale. 



Also, on April 27, 1942, the Board accepted from Mrs. Gordon 

 Dexter the gift of two paintings by John Singleton Copley : 



Red Cross Knight 



Portrait of Sir Robert Graham 



The paintings have been received and are now on exhibition. 



On April 27, 1942, the Board accepted from Mrs. John W. Simpson 

 the gift of a group of paintings, drawings, and sculpture. Included 

 in the gift are two paintings, one entitled "Soap Bubbles," by Jean- 

 Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, and the other, "The Binning Children," 

 by Sir Henry Raeburn, the latter presented in memory of the late 

 John Woodruff Simpson. The 11 drawings and 13 pieces of sculpture 

 by Auguste Rodin constitute a unique collection acquired by the 

 donor some 40 years ago directly from the artist. The Clodion terra- 

 cotta plaque also served as a model for the decoration of one of the 

 monumental urns by Clodion now in the Gallery. 



SALE OR EXCHANGE OF WORKS OF ART 



During the year no works of art belonging to the Gallery were sold 

 or exchanged. 



LOAN OF WORKS OF ART TO THE GALLERY 



During the year the following works of art were received on loan : 

 From Copley Amory of Washington, D. C. : 



Artist Subject 



John Singleton Copley The Copley Family 



Do Self-portrait 



Do Portrait of Elisabeth Copley 



Henry William Pickersgill Portrait of John Singleton Copley, Jr, 



John Singleton Copley Red crayon drawing of a hand 



From Chester Dale, of New York, 126 important paintings of the 

 French nineteenth-century school and other schools of painting, to- 

 gether with 31 French drawings. 



