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WITHDRAWALS BY OWNERS 



Two Bohemian glass vases, lent in 1928, were withdrawn by the 

 owner, Mrs, Robert Lee Preston, on August 2, 1946. 



A collection of 22 pieces of porcelain and bronzes, lent in 1918, was 

 withdrawn by the owner, Mrs. Geraldine L. Hitchcock, on April 3, 

 1947. 



An oil painting, Portrait of Mrs. Stephen Decatur (Susan 

 Wheeler) , by Gilbert Stuart, and four crayon drawings on paper, by 

 Saint Memin, of Ann Decatur Pine, Capt. James McKnight, Capt. 

 Stephen Decatur, Sr., and Ann Pine McKnight Decatur, lent in 1943, 

 were withdrawn by the owner, Mrs. William F. Machold, on April 15, 

 1947. 



An oil painting, Portrait of Hon. Charles Evans Hughes, by 

 George Burroughs Torrey, lent in 1936, and a marble bust of Hon. 

 Charles Evans Hughes, by Bryant Baker, lent in 1943, were with- 

 drawn by the owner, Mr. Hughes, on May 21, 1947. 



Five oil paintings, Hildegarde, Poinsettia, Maternity, The Old 

 Miniature, and Study of a Young Woman, by Wallace Bryant, and a 

 photomechanical reproduction of The Age of Innocence, lent in 1916, 

 were withdrawn by the owner, Wallace Bryant, on June 6, 1947. 



An oil painting, Portrait of Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, by M. Arnold 

 Nash, lent in 1944, was withdrawn by the owner, Mrs. Mark W. Clark, 

 on June 9, 1947. 



LOANS TO OTHER MUSEUMS AND ORGANIZATIONS 



An oil painting, Portrait of Stephen Decatur, by Gilbert Stuart, 

 was lent to M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York City, for their Wash- 

 ington Irving Exhibition, October 8 to 26, 1946. (Returned October 

 29, 1946.) 



Two oil paintings. Old Church at Giverny, and La Vachere, by 

 Theodore Robinson, were lent to the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., to be included in an exhibition of the work of the artist, Novem- 

 ber 12, 1946, to January 5, 1947. 



Two plaster busts (bronzed), George Washington, and Thomas 

 Jefferson, by Houdon, and four vases, were lent to The White House 

 December 3, 1946, for an indefinite period. 



An oil painting. Portrait of Herbert Hoover, by Edmund C. Tar- 

 bell, was lent to The Century Association for an exhibition of portraits 

 of members who were Presidents of the United States, January 9 to 

 February 16, 1947. (Returned February 27, 1947.) 



Two oil paintings, Entrance to the Harbor, and Groton Long Point 

 Dunes, by Henry Ward Ranger, and four miniatures, Mrs. Putnam 



