56 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1954 



SMITHSONIAN LENDING COLLECTION 



One watercolor, The Placid Potomac, by William H. Holmes 

 (184G-1933), the gift of Mrs. George F. Becker, was added to the 

 collection. 



One pastel, Portrait of Ali Kuli Khan, lent to the United States 

 District Court for the District of Columbia on February 18, 1953, 

 was withdrawn and returned to the owner, Ali Kuli Klian, on 

 February 17, 1954. 



Three paintings by Edwin Scott were lent to the Department of 

 State: The Cabs and St. Gervais, on July 13, 1953, and The 

 Madeleine, on November 10, 1953. 



Two paintings were lent to the United States District Court for 

 the District of Columbia : R. D. Shepherd as Shylock, by Alice Pike 

 Barney, on July 28, 1953, and Ernest Lee Major, by S. Burtis Baker, 

 on September 23, 1953. 



Three paintings were lent to the Bureau of the Budget: L'Heure 

 Bleu a Paris, by Edwin Scott, and Village Street and Bar Harbor, by 

 xilice Pike Barney, on September 18, 1953. 



Ten paintings by Edwin Scott were lent to the Department of 

 Health, Education, and Welfare, on January 18, 1954 : La Concorde ; 

 Marine ; Place de la Concorde No. 2 ; Porte Saint Martin No. 1 ; Rue de 

 Village ; Rue des Pyramides ; Rue San Jacques, Paris ; St. Germain des 

 Pres No. 1; The Seine at Paris, Pont de la Concorde; and Self 

 Portrait. 



ALICE PIKE BARNEY MEMORIAL FUND 



An addition of $5,000 to the fund established in 1951 by Miss 

 Natalie Clifford Barney and Mrs. Laura Dreyfus-Barney, in memory 

 of their mother, for the purpose of encouraging the appreciation and 

 creation of art in the United States, was received in January 1954. 



THE HENRY WARD RANGER FUND 



According to a provision in the Ranger bequest that paintings pur- 

 chased by the Council of the National Academy of Design from the 

 fund provided by the Henry Ward Ranger bequest and assigned to 

 American art institutions may be claimed during the 5-year period 

 beginning 10 years after the death of the artist represented, one paint- 

 ing "The Necklace," by Richard E. Miller, N. A., was recalled and 

 accepted by the Smithsonian Art Commission at its meeting on De- 

 cember 1, 1953. 



