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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1943 
  

  

  McNeill 
  Whistler, 
  and 
  on 
  February 
  8, 
  1943, 
  the 
  Board 
  accepted 
  from 
  

   Mrs. 
  J. 
  Watson 
  Webb 
  an 
  engraving 
  of 
  St. 
  Jerome 
  by 
  Albrecht 
  Durer; 
  

   on 
  March 
  15, 
  1943, 
  the 
  Board 
  accepted 
  from 
  Lessing 
  J. 
  Rosen 
  wa 
  Id, 
  a 
  

   gift 
  of 
  his 
  collection 
  of 
  prints 
  and 
  drawings, 
  consisting 
  of 
  some 
  6,500 
  

   items; 
  on 
  April 
  12, 
  1943, 
  the 
  Board 
  accepted 
  from 
  Mrs. 
  George 
  Nichols 
  

   a 
  gift 
  of 
  four 
  prints; 
  and 
  on 
  June 
  7, 
  1943, 
  the 
  Board 
  accepted 
  from 
  

   David 
  Keppel 
  a 
  gift 
  of 
  a 
  set 
  of 
  Vedute 
  by 
  Piranesi. 
  

  

  GIFTS 
  OF 
  PAINTINGS 
  AND 
  SCXJTPTTJBE 
  

  

  On 
  August 
  1, 
  1942, 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Trustees 
  accepted 
  from 
  The 
  A. 
  W. 
  

   Mellon 
  Educational 
  and 
  Charitable 
  Trust 
  a 
  gift 
  of 
  G2 
  paintings, 
  2 
  en- 
  

   gravings, 
  and 
  a 
  bronze 
  bust 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Andrew 
  W. 
  Mellon, 
  by 
  Jo 
  

   Davidson; 
  on 
  September 
  3, 
  1942, 
  the 
  Board 
  accepted 
  from 
  the 
  Honor- 
  

   able 
  Frederic 
  A. 
  Delano 
  a 
  gift 
  of 
  a 
  portrait 
  of 
  "Captain 
  Warren 
  

   Delano" 
  by 
  Charles 
  Loring 
  Elliott 
  ; 
  on 
  December 
  1, 
  1942. 
  the 
  Board 
  

   accepted 
  from 
  Mrs. 
  Jesse 
  Isidor 
  Straus 
  a 
  gift 
  of 
  a 
  terra-cotta 
  group, 
  

   "La 
  Surprise," 
  signed 
  by 
  Clodion; 
  also 
  on 
  December 
  1, 
  1942, 
  the 
  

   Board 
  accepted 
  from 
  Clarence 
  Van 
  Dyke 
  Tiers 
  two 
  paintings, 
  "Henry 
  

   Pratt" 
  by 
  Thomas 
  Sully, 
  and 
  the 
  "Duke 
  of 
  Portland" 
  by 
  Matthew 
  

   Pratt. 
  On 
  December 
  1, 
  1942, 
  the 
  Board 
  accepted 
  from 
  Mrs. 
  Robert 
  

   Noyes 
  a 
  bequest 
  of 
  a 
  portrait 
  by 
  Gilbert 
  Stuart 
  of 
  "William 
  Rickart." 
  

   On 
  February 
  8, 
  1943, 
  and 
  on 
  June 
  7, 
  1943, 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Trustees 
  

   accepted 
  from 
  Chester 
  Dale 
  gifts 
  of 
  23 
  pointings. 
  On 
  June 
  7, 
  1943, 
  

   the 
  Board 
  accepted 
  from 
  Miss 
  Ethlyn 
  McKinney 
  a 
  gift 
  of 
  a 
  painting 
  

   by 
  Childe 
  Hassam, 
  entitled 
  "Allies 
  Day, 
  May 
  1917"; 
  also 
  on 
  June 
  7, 
  

   1943, 
  the 
  Board 
  accepted 
  from 
  J. 
  H. 
  Whittemore 
  Company 
  a 
  gift 
  

   of 
  two 
  paintings, 
  "The 
  White 
  Girl" 
  and 
  "L'Andalouse," 
  both 
  by 
  

   Whistler. 
  

  

  On 
  June 
  7, 
  1943, 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Trustees 
  accepted 
  from 
  the 
  Works 
  

   Progress 
  Administration 
  a 
  donation 
  of 
  the 
  Index 
  of 
  American 
  Design 
  

   consisting 
  of 
  22,000 
  or 
  more 
  documented 
  drawings 
  and 
  water 
  colors 
  

   made 
  under 
  the 
  auspices 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Government 
  as 
  a 
  pic- 
  

   torial 
  record 
  of 
  American 
  source 
  material 
  in 
  design 
  and 
  craftsmanship 
  

   from 
  early 
  Colonial 
  days 
  to 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  nineteenth 
  century. 
  

  

  Another 
  notable 
  gift 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  Joseph 
  E. 
  Widener, 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  

   Gallery 
  in 
  memory 
  of 
  his 
  father, 
  the 
  late 
  Peter 
  A. 
  B. 
  Widener. 
  This 
  

   gift 
  was 
  made 
  on 
  September 
  9, 
  1942, 
  and 
  consisted 
  of 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  

   paintings, 
  sculpture, 
  tapestries, 
  jewels, 
  furniture, 
  ceramics 
  and 
  other 
  

   objects 
  of 
  art. 
  In 
  this 
  collection 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  has 
  

   received 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  donations 
  ever 
  made 
  to 
  any 
  museum. 
  The 
  

   Widener 
  collection 
  was 
  begun 
  many 
  years 
  ago 
  by 
  Peter 
  A. 
  B. 
  Widener, 
  

   who 
  died 
  in 
  1915. 
  After 
  his 
  father's 
  death, 
  Joseph 
  Widener 
  continued 
  

   to 
  build 
  up 
  the 
  collection, 
  and 
  in 
  his 
  choice 
  revealed 
  a 
  faultless 
  dis- 
  

   crimination. 
  

  

  