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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1943 
  

  

  An 
  exhibition 
  of 
  350 
  war 
  posters 
  sponsored 
  by 
  Artists 
  for 
  Victory, 
  

   Inc., 
  was 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  Gallery 
  from 
  January 
  9 
  through 
  February 
  

   19, 
  1943. 
  

  

  An 
  exhibition 
  of 
  drawings 
  and 
  water 
  colors 
  on 
  loan 
  from 
  French 
  

   museums 
  and 
  others 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  Gallery 
  from 
  February 
  28 
  

   through 
  March 
  28, 
  1943. 
  An 
  exhibition 
  of 
  Whistler 
  etchings, 
  the 
  

   gift 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  J. 
  Watson 
  Webb, 
  was 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  Gallery 
  from 
  February 
  

   28 
  through 
  March 
  28, 
  1943. 
  

  

  The 
  Thomas 
  Jefferson 
  Bicentennial 
  Exhibition, 
  commemorating 
  

   the 
  two-hundredth 
  anniversary 
  of 
  his 
  birth, 
  was 
  held 
  at 
  the 
  National 
  

   Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  from 
  April 
  13 
  through 
  May 
  15, 
  1943. 
  Displayed 
  were 
  

   numerous 
  portraits 
  of 
  Thomas 
  Jefferson, 
  as 
  he 
  appeared 
  to 
  his 
  con- 
  

   temporaries 
  during 
  his 
  long 
  and 
  varied 
  career. 
  A 
  unique 
  set 
  of 
  por- 
  

   traits 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  five 
  Presidents, 
  painted 
  by 
  Gilbert 
  Stuart, 
  formed 
  

   an 
  important 
  group. 
  There 
  were 
  also 
  portraits 
  of 
  Jefferson's 
  friends 
  

   and 
  contemporaries, 
  including 
  Houdon, 
  the 
  celebrated 
  French 
  sculp- 
  

   tor, 
  and 
  Gilbert 
  Stuart. 
  Included 
  in 
  the 
  exhibition 
  were 
  architectural 
  

   drawings 
  of 
  buildings 
  Jefferson 
  designed, 
  among 
  them 
  Monticello, 
  

   the 
  Virginia 
  Capitol 
  at 
  Richmond, 
  and 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Virginia. 
  

  

  An 
  exhibition 
  of 
  American 
  paintings, 
  gifts 
  from 
  The 
  A. 
  W. 
  Mellon 
  

   Educational 
  and 
  Charitable 
  Trust, 
  Chester 
  Dale, 
  and 
  Clarence 
  Van 
  

   Dyke 
  Tiers, 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  Gallery 
  from 
  May 
  25 
  through 
  June 
  13, 
  1943. 
  

  

  Life 
  magazine 
  also 
  sponsored 
  an 
  exhibition 
  of 
  125 
  paintings 
  made 
  

   by 
  leading 
  American 
  artists 
  in 
  cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  War 
  Department, 
  

   in 
  United 
  States 
  battle 
  zones, 
  which 
  was 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  Gallery 
  from 
  

   June 
  20 
  through 
  July 
  20, 
  1943. 
  An 
  exhibition 
  of 
  prints, 
  water 
  colors, 
  

   and 
  books 
  by 
  William 
  Blake, 
  from 
  the 
  Lessing 
  J. 
  Rosenwald 
  collec- 
  

   tion, 
  was 
  opened 
  to 
  the 
  public 
  on 
  Easter 
  Sunday, 
  April 
  25, 
  1943, 
  and 
  

   has 
  been 
  on 
  exhibition 
  in 
  the 
  Gallery 
  since 
  that 
  date. 
  

  

  SALE 
  OR 
  EXCHANGE 
  OF 
  WORKS 
  OF 
  ART 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  no 
  works 
  of 
  art 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Gallery 
  were 
  sold 
  

   or 
  exchanged. 
  

  

  LOANS 
  OF 
  WORKS 
  OF 
  ART 
  TO 
  THE 
  GALLERY 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  following 
  works 
  of 
  art 
  were 
  received 
  on 
  loan 
  : 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Belgian 
  Government 
  : 
  

  

  Title 
  Artist 
  

  

  La 
  Cuisiniere 
  Aertsen, 
  Pieter 
  

  

  La 
  Calvaire 
  Bles, 
  Herri 
  met 
  de 
  

  

  Nature 
  Morte 
  Brueghel, 
  Jan, 
  the 
  elder 
  

  

  La 
  Parabole 
  du 
  Serueur 
  Brueghel, 
  Pieter, 
  the 
  elder 
  

  

  La 
  Vierge 
  a 
  la 
  Soupe 
  au 
  lait 
  David, 
  Gerard 
  

  

  