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A miniature, Mrs. Robert Means, by Edward G. Malbone, lent in 

 1939, was withdrawn on December 9, 1949, by the owner, John J. 

 Pringle, Jr. 



An oil painting, Landscape, attributed to Richard Wilson, lent in 

 1931, was withdrawn on June 28, 1950, by the owner, Mrs. Mabel 

 Perkins Ruggles. 



LOANS TO OTHER MUSEUMS AND ORGANIZATIONS 



Oil, portrait of Andrew Jackson, by Ralph E. W. Earl, was lent to the 

 Department of State September 20, 1949, to be hung in the office 

 of the Under Secretary of State for a period not to exceed 4 years. 



Oil, Thomas A. Edison Listening to His First Perfected Phonograph, 

 by Col. Abraham Archibald Anderson, was lent to the Morse Exhi- 

 bition of Arts and Science, sponsored by the National Academy of 

 Design, for the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of its found- 

 ing, held at the American Museum of Natural History, January 18 

 to February 28, 1950. (Returned March 7, 1950.) 



Seven portraits by G. P. A. Healy, Gen. W. T. Sherman, Mrs. 

 W. T. Sherman, WilHam G. Preston, F. P. G. Guizot, President John 

 Tyler, Col. A. G. Brackett, and Gen. A. J. Myer, were lent to the 

 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts for an exhibition entitled "Healy 's 

 Sitters or a Portrait Panorama of the Victorian Age," from January 

 24 through March 5, 1950. (Returned March 16, 1950.) 



Fifty-two items from the exhibition of Abbott H. Thayer's studies 

 on the protective coloration in the Animal Kingdom were lent, with 

 the consent of the owners, for exhibition in the American Academy 

 of Arts and Sciences from January 12 through February 8, 1950. 

 (Returned February 15, 1950.) 



Oil, portrait of John Muir, by Orlando Rouland. was lent to the 

 Bureau of the Budget on February 13, 1950, for a period not to 

 exceed 4 years. 



Oil, portrait of Capt. John Ericsson, by Arvid Nyholm, was lent 

 to the House Judiciary Committee on March 3, 1950, for a period 

 not to exceed 4 years. 



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

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

 for a period not to exceed 1 year. 



Oil, portrait of Samuel P. Langley, by Robert Gordon Hardie, 

 was lent to the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory of the National 

 Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Langley Field, Va., May 1, 

 1950, for an indefinite period. 



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

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



