96 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1958 
Discussion of the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service, its 
activities and relations with other similar services, concluded with 
a resolution commending the Chief of the Service, Mrs. John A. Pope, 
and her assistants for their fine work, noting especially the steady im- 
provement in the scope and quality of the Traveling Exhibition Serv- 
ice since its establishment 6 years ago. 
The Commission recommended acceptance of the following objects: 
Bronze, John Quincy Adams Ward (1880-1910), by Charles H. Niehaus (1855- 
1935). Gift of the National Sculpture Society, New York City. 
Two oils, Fifth Lake, by Edgar Payne (1881-1947), and Heavy Sea, by Paul 
Dougherty, N.A. (1877-1947). Henry Ward Ranger Bequest. 
Oil on wood, James Rumsey (1748-1792), by Benjamin West (1738-1820). 
Received from George A. Rumsey as a gift from Kugene A. Rumsey and brothers. 
Watercolor on ivory, William Bass, by undetermined artist. Gift of Mr. and 
Mrs. Arthur P. Drury. 
Wood paneling of Gothic library from ‘“Miramar,” Newport, R.I. Gift of Mrs. 
Alexander Hamilton Rice. 
Wood paneling of an 18th-century French Renaissance drawingroom from 
“Miramar,” Newport, R.I. Gift of George D. Widener and Eleanor Widener 
Dixon. 
THE CATHERINE WALDEN MYER FUND 
Two miniatures, watercolor on ivory, were acquired from the fund 
established through the bequest of the late Catherine Walden Myer 
as follows: 
112. William Parsons, 2d, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, by Washington 
Blanchard (ac. 1831-43 in Boston), from A. C. Walling, Brookline, Mass. 
113. Mordecai Manuel Noah (1785-1851), by John Wood Dodge (1807-1893), 
from the Estate of Ettie W. Noah Wilson, Washington, D.C. 
WITHDRAWALS BY OWNERS 
Two oils, Scene with Ruins (Tomb of Metellus, thought at the time 
of Richard Wilson to have been the Villa of Maecenas), said to have 
been by Richard Wilson (1714-1782), and Frances, Countess of Clare- 
mont, said to have been by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), lent 
February 23, 1931, by the Estate of Henry Cleveland Perkins, were 
withdrawn February 24, 1958, by Robert R. Wallach, heir. 
LOANS RETURNED TO THE SMITHSONIAN 
Oil, Self Portrait, by George P. A. Healy, lent March 138, 1957, to 
the Corcoran Gallery of Art for an exhibition “Presidential Por- 
traits” was returned September 6, 1957. 
Two oils, President John Tyler, by George P. A. Healy, lent Janu- 
ary 25, 1957, to the Bureau of the Budget, and Beach of Bass Rocks, 
Gloucester, Mass., by Frank Knox Morton Rehn, lent April 26, 1957, 
