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Portrait of President Warren G. Harding, by E. Hodgson Smart. 

 Lent by the artist. 



Three paintings, lent by Mrs, John Biddle Porter, of Washington, 

 D. C, which formerly belonged to her grandfather, the Hon. Eichard 

 Rush, Regent of the Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1859 : Mrs. Sid- 

 dons in the Tragic Muse (copy by Rembrandt Peale of Sir Joshua 

 Reynolds' celebrated painting in the Huntington collection) ; Milton 

 Dictating to his Daughter (copy by Rembrandt Peale) ; portrait of 

 Hon. Richard Rush (copy of the painting by Healy). 



Portrait of Associate Justice Pierce Butler, of the United Stages 

 Supreme Court, by Nicholas Richard Brewer. Lent by the artist ai. d 

 withdrawn before the close of the year. 



Miss Annie A. Wells, of Washington, D. C, has lent two medieval 

 paintings (small panels). 



Portrait of Capt. John Lawson at the age of 5, by Sir Joshua Rey- 

 nolds, and portrait of Benjamin Franklin, engraved by F. Janinel, 

 1789. Lent by Mi-s. Robert J. Walker, through Mrs. Henry T. Bull, 

 Fort Riley, Kans. 



Portrait of Chief Justice Joseph C. Hornblower and portrait of 

 Mary B., his wife, by artist unknown; portrait of Roderick Austin, 

 attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller; and painting representing a 

 sacrifice interrupted by soldiers, artist unknown. Lent by Mrs. 

 Caroline B. Hornblower, Washington, D. C. 



Portraits by Gilbert Stuart, of Benjamin and Sarah Tappan, 

 owned by Margaret and Anna Hulett. Lent by Mr. H. K. Bush- 

 Brown, Washington, D. C. 



Portrait of the Hon. James R. Mann (1856-1922), late Member 

 of Congress, by Gari Melchers, N. A. Lent by Mrs. James R. Mann. 



LOANS BY THE GALLERY 



Two paintings. Portrait of a Lady, by Andres Zorn, and the por- 

 trait of Henry Fuller, 1873, by George Fuller, were lent to the 

 Dallas Art Association, Dallas, Tex., for its fourth annual exhibi- 

 tion, held November 14^-28, 1923. These works have been returned 

 to the gallery. The exhibition was international in character, and 

 a distinguished collection was secured for display. 



The Happy Mother, by Max Bohm, was exhibited at the Art 

 Center, Washington, D. C, on the occasion of a memorial meeting 

 to the artist, October 20-21, 1923. Mr. Bohm died on September 23, 

 1923, at Provincetown, Mass. 



Three group portraits, comprising the Mosby triptych, from the 

 collection of pastel portraits of Union and Confederate Veterans of 

 the Civil War, by Walter Beck, were lent to the Broofe Memorial 



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