58 EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1911. 



Through the courtesy of Mr. T. B. Walker, of Minneapolis, the Gal- 

 lery has been given the opportunit}^ of exhibiting a large canvas by 

 Benjamin West, the famous early American painter and one-time 

 president of the Royal Academy of Arts. It is entitled " The Rais- 

 ing of Jairus' Daughter," and was purchased last winter by Mr. 

 Walker for his private collection. 



Seven paintings lent by Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, of 

 Washington, comprise a Russian winter scene, by Alfred von 

 Kowalski-Wierusz ; " Devotional Reading," by Karl Wilhelm 

 Riiuber; a portrait of a Dutch lady, attributed to Ravenstein; a land- 

 scape with cattle, by William Hart ; two landscapes, attributed to 

 Salvatore Rosa ; and " Saint Joseph," attributed to Guercino. Other 

 loans, all from residents of Washington, were received as follows: 

 From Miss Murray Ledyard, four paintings, namely, " Beggar 

 Boys," by Murillo; "Portrait of John R. Murray," by Gilbert 

 Stuart; " Portrait of Col. Nicholas Rogers," by John Wesley Jarvis; 

 and " Farm Yard Scene," by George Morland. From Mr. Julius A. 

 Truesclell, four paintings by his brother, the late Gaylord Sangston 

 Truesdell, entitled "The Shepherd's Lunch," "The Wayside 

 Shrine," " After the Rain," and " Changing Pastures." From Mrs. 

 John W. Powell, a painting by Thomas Moran, executed in 1878, 

 entitled " In the Grand Canyon of the Colorado." From Dr. Anton 

 Gloetzner, a painting named " The Nativity," attributed to Otho van 

 Veen. 



Of loans mentioned in the last report, nearly all remained on ex- 

 hibition during the year, the principal ones consisting of the collec- 

 tions of Mr. Ralph Cross Johnson and Dr. George Reuling, selections 

 from the Lucius Tuckerman collection, and the historical series by 

 Edward Moran, deposited by Mr. Theodore Sutro. 



Eight paintings belonging to the Evans collection of the Gallery 

 were lent for exhibition, as follows: "High Cliff, Coast of Maine," 

 by Winslow Homer, to the National Academy of Design, New York, 

 for the winter exhibition from December 10, 1910, to January 8, 1911, 

 at which a few representative paintings by this artist were hung 

 together as a memorial to a fellow member. " The Visit of the Mis- 

 tress," by Winslow Homer, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New 

 York, for a memorial exhibition from February 6 to March 19. 

 "The Siren," by Louis Loeb, to the Lotos Club, New York, for a 

 memorial exhibition during the last of January and first of February. 

 " Plenty," by Kenyon Cox, to the Art Institute of Chicago for an 

 exhibition of the works of Mr. Cox, from April 4 to 30. "A Gentle- 

 woman," by J. Alden Weir, and " Depths of the Woods," by Lillian 

 M. Genth, to the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, for the fifteenth 



