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The gallery has received two portraits of Henry Ward Ranger 

 (already mentioned) : One, by Alphonse Jongers, N. A., as a loan 

 from the National Academy of Design; the other, by Albert 

 Niehiiys, as a gift from Frederick Ballard Williams, N. A., assistant 

 treasurer of the academy. 



The will of Henry W. Ranger provides that the National Gallery 

 of Art shall have the right to reclaim any picture for its collection 

 during the 5-year period beginning 10 years after the artist's death 

 and ending 15 years after his death, and it may be interesting to list 

 the deceased artists to June 30, 1931. 



Artist Date of death 



1. Carlton T. Chapman, N. A Feb. 12, 1925. 



2. Dwight W. Tryon, N. A July 1, 1925. 



3. William A. Coffin, N. A Oct. 26, 1925. 



4. Ben Foster, N. A Jan. 28, 1926. 



5. Thomas Moran, N. A Aug. 26, 1926. 



6. H. Bolton Jones, N. A Sept. 24, 1927. 



7. Robert Reld, N. A Dec. 2, 1929. 



8. Gardner Symons, N. A Jan. 12, 1930. 



9. Charles W. Harthorne, N. A Nov. 29, 1930. 



LIBRARY 



The gallery library continued to increase by gift, purchase, and 

 subscription, in volumes, pamphlets, periodicals, etc. Fifty-one 

 volumes of periodicals were collated and bound. 



Notable accessions to the library are as follows : 



A tinted pencil-drawing in miniature of Dr. William H. Holmes 

 hj Alyn Williams, P. R. M. S., R. C. A., presented by the artist. 



Eleven bound volumes of biographical memoirs called Random 

 Records, left-over remnants from 52 years of research and art work 

 in many fields ; gift of W. H. Holmes. 



Twelve large framed water-color paintings by W. H. Holmes; 

 gift of the artist : 



1. Deserted Bed of a Glacier. 



2. The Unmodified Rock Creek about 1910. 



3. The Normal Rock Creek About 1930. 



4. Over the Maryland Fields. 



5. My Old Mill, Holmescroft, near Rockville. 



6. A Storm-Beaten Course. 



7. A Maryland Wheat Field. 



8. A Maryland Meadow, Watt's Bi'anch, near Rockville. 



9. A Gypsy Camp. 



10. A Cliff Dv,'ellers' Ceremony, Colorado. 



11. A Mountain Gorge, Colorado. 



12. Coal Barge, Capri, 1880. 

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