34 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1944 
LOAN OF WORKS OF ART BY THE GALLERY 
In the fiscal year ended June 30, 1944, the Gallery loaned the fol- 
lowing five paintings to the Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, 
Conn., for exhibition purposes: 
From the collection of the National Gallery of Art: 
Title Artist 
BeltPortraite) 22h. i ee Benjamin West. 
Major Thomas’ Biddle__=-___-_-____ Thomas Sully and Thomas Wilcocks Sully. 
From the loan collection of The A. W. Mellon Educational and 
Charitable Trust: 
Title Artist 
Anna GOnd VOW SUL: (it) as eee eens attributed to John James Audubon. 
Gilbert Stuarts Pamily,\(?)=22 attributed to Washington Allston. 
Peter Re Mivinestonm (G7) es ee attributed to Abraham Delanoy. 
LOANED WORKS OF ART RETURNED 
During the year the following works of art lent to the Gallery by 
Chester Dale of New York, N. Y., were returned to him: 
Title Artist 
GCrouehing Tito ses Be NE UN ace lI ae et a Delacroix. 
Nude Woman: Seated) onja*Beds. 2 2 le ee Forain. 
Womans Seated ome: Chia treo a a eA a ar acl Cae Forain. 
Monsieur Louis Oy cee ee ee Nas ena aba See ee eee ce Gauguin. 
Cottage Interior with Woman and Little Girl____________________. Millet. 
EXHIBITIONS 
The following exhibitions were held at the National Gallery of Art 
during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1944: 
Group of political caricatures by French and British artists, from 
the Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, from July 31 to September 5, 
1943. 
Nineteenth- and twentieth-century drawings and water colors from 
French museums and private collections (2d showing) from August 
8 to September 5, 1943. 
“Art for Bonds,” by American artists and sponsored by the Treasury 
Department’s National Committee of Honorary Patrons, in connec- 
tion with the Treasury’s Third War Loan Campaign, from September 
12 to October 10, 1948. 
Marine water colors and drawings by officers and enlisted men of 
the U. S. Marine Corps, through cooperation of the Division of Public 
Relations, U. S. Marine Corps, from September 12 to October 10, 1943. 
Navaho pollen and sand paintings. Selections from a group of 
paintings executed by Miss Maud Oakes, and accompanied by a group 
