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attributed to Raphael Urbinas, lent by Mr. Walter Swinney; a bust 

 in Carrara marble of the Hon. Champ Clark by Moses Wainer 

 Dykaar, lent by the artist ; three paintings, k ' Dedham Vale " by John 

 Constable, " The Doctor's Visit " by Jan Steen r and " Christ in the 

 Temple"' by G. B. Tiepolo, lent by Ralph Cross Johnson; a portrait 

 of Dr. W. H. Dall by Wilford S.Conrow, lent by the artist; two 

 large vases, French faience, lent by Mrs. Benjamin H. Warder. On 

 request of Mr. Duncan Phillips, the portrait of Ellwood Hendrick, 

 by A. V. Tack, previously presented by him, was returned to him, 

 and a landscape, " The Island " by Edward W. Redfield, was ac- 

 cepted in exchange. 



Gratifying advance was made in the utilization of the fund pro- 

 vided by the will of Henry W. Ranger for the purchase of art works 

 which, under certain conditions, are to accrue to the National Gallery. 

 The provision of the document is as follows: '"All pictures so pur- 

 chased are to be given by the Council to art institutions in America 

 or to any library or other institutions in America maintaining a 

 gallery open to the public, all such gifts to be upon the express con- 

 dition that the National Gallery at Washington, administered by the 

 Smithsonian Institute, shall have the option and right, without Cost, 

 to take, reclaim and own any picture for their collection, provided 

 they exercise such option and right at any time during the five-year 

 period beginning ten years after the artist's death and ending fifteen 

 years after his death, and, if such option and right is not exercised 

 during such period, the picture shall remain and be the property of 

 the institution to which it was first given." The selection of works 

 to be purchased by this fund is entrusted to a committee of the Na- 

 tional Academy of Design, of which Mr. Edwin H. Blashfield, Presi- 

 dent of the Academy, is chairman and Mr. C. C. Curran, secretary. 

 During the year four paintings were purchased by this fund, two 

 of which — "Grey Day' 1 by W. Granville-Smith, N. A., and "Even- 

 ing Tide, California'' by William Ritschel, N. A. — were duly for- 

 warded and are now on view in the Gallery; the others are "The 

 Rapids " by W. E. Schofield, N. A., deposited in the Brooklyn 

 Museum and the " Orange Bowl " by Anna Fisher, the assignment of 

 which has not yet been announced. It is gratifying to know that by 

 this bequest the Gallery is assured of a number of worthy additions 

 each year. 



During the year the Rev. Alfred Duane Pell continued to add to 

 his collection of art objects presented and lent to the Museum and 

 installed in the long room at the north end of the Gallery. The 

 installation was not yet complete at the close of the year and is still 

 unlabeled, but the importance of the varied and extensive gift is 

 clearly apparent. 



