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Mayor and the Council of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 

 was lent by the President of the United States, Franklin D. Koosevelt. 



LOANS TO OTHER MUSEUMS AND ORGANIZATIONS 



An oil painting, "The Visit of the Mistress," by Winslow Homer, 

 was lent to the Howard University Gallery of Art to be included in 

 an exhibition of "■Paintino-s Showing- Ne<iroes in America" from 

 March 2 through April 12, 1942. (Returned April 17, 1942.) 



WITHDRAWALS BY OWNERS 



An oil painting, "Portrait of Mr. Justice Brandeis," by Joseph 

 Tepper, was withdrawn on the order of Paul A. Freund and re- 

 turned to Joseph Tepper, the owner, on November 3, 1941. 



An oil painting, "Portrait of Lady Evelyn Cook," by John Hopp- 

 ner, R. A., was withdrawn by Thomas Davis Lee, administrator of 

 the estate of Mrs. Arthur Lee, on February 13, 1942. 



Three oil paintings, "Portrait of a Boy," by John Hoppner, R, A, ; 

 "Portrait of a Girl," by John Opie, R. A. ; and "Study of Ruins." by 

 Richard Wilson, R. A., were withdrawn from the collection lent 

 by the estate of Henry Cleveland Perkins by the owner. Miss Ruth 

 Perkins, on March 12, 1942. 



Two miniatures, water color on ivory, "Virginia Casterton" and 

 "Mme. Tamakai Miura," by Eda Nemoede Casterton, were withdrawn 

 by the owner, Mrs. Casterton, on May 26, 1942. 



LOANS RETURNED 



Three pieces of sculpture by Edward Kemeys, "Fighting Panther 

 and Deer" (bronze), "Bronze Wolf" (No. 3), and "Bronze Wolf" 

 (No. 4), lent with the consent of their owner, William Kemeys; 

 "Grizzly Bear" (plaster No. 28), the property of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, and a blue Sevres vase (Pell Collection No. 371), with 

 a wooden base, lent to the Procurement Division of the United 

 States Treasury on May 2, 1938', to be placed in the Reception 

 Room, Union Station, were returned December 18, 1941. 



THE NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS REFERENCE LIBRARY 



Because of the transfer of the librarian, Mrs. Lucile T. Barrett, to 

 Mobile, Ala., in February 1942 there is no report of details available, 

 as a new librarian has not been appointed. 



