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An Early American miniature of Thomas Waties, by Charles 

 Eraser (1782-1860) ; lent by Miss Marie R. Waties, Washington, D. C. 



Four miniatures: Virginia Casterton, 1918; Jane Casterton, 1923; 

 Miss Goss, 1910; and Mme. Tamaki Miura, 1918; lent by the artist, 

 Mrs. Eda Nemoede Casterton, Chicago, 111. 



A reproduction in silver, made in England about 1850, of a silver- 

 gilt wine pitcher attributed to Benvenuto Cellini; lent by Capt. 

 Frank O. Ferris, Ballston, Va. 



Seven pieces of silver as follows: Hot-water kettle and stand, 

 old English (Britannia Standard), made in London by Paul Lamerie 

 in 1728; teapot, old Irish, made in Dubhn by Mathew Walker in 1717; 

 four vegetable dishes and covers, made in London by Wakelin and 

 Taylor in 1791; and punch strainer made in Boston, Mass., by 

 Samuel Minott (1732-1803); lent by Mrs. George Morris, Wasliing- 

 ton, D. C. 



GALLERY LOANS RETURNED 



The painting entitled "Indian Burial", by George de Forest Brush, 

 withdrawn by Mr. Brush for special exhibition of liis works at the 

 Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, was returned as a loan 

 to the Gallery May 4, 1934. 



Five paintings, the property of the National Gallery, which were 

 on display in the office of the editor of Art and Archaelogy, of which 

 magazine the late director of the National Gallery, Dr. W, H. Holmes, 

 was art editor, were recalled on July 21, 1933. The paintings are: 

 Sheep, by Paul Dessar; Marine, by Edward Moran; The Villa Malta, 

 by Sanford Eobinson Gifford; Waterfall, by Addison T. Millar; 

 Twihght After Rain, by Norwood Hodge MacGilvary. 



The painting by Francesco Guardi (1712-1783) entitled "Ruins 

 and Figures", part of the Ralph Cross Johnson collection, lent to the 

 Ai't Institute of Chicago for its art exhibit in connection with the 

 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago, 1933, was returned 

 November 16, 1933. 



The National Gallery's part of the Institution's exhibition at the 

 Century of Progress, Chicago, 1933, consisting of two water colors, 

 "The Maryland Fields", by WilHam H. Holmes (1846-1933), and 

 "The Canyon of the Belle Fourche, Wyoming, 1892", by Thomas 

 Moran (1837-1926); one oil, "A Quiet Nook", by William Hart 

 (1823-1894); and two plaques of Solon-ware from the Alfred Duane 

 Pell Collection, were returned December 4, 1933. 



LOANS BY THE GALLERY 



Four pastels by Walter Beck, "The Mosby Triptych" and "Christ 

 Before Pilate", were loaned to the Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, 



