﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  

  

  37 
  

  

  lent 
  to 
  the 
  Worcester 
  Art 
  Museum 
  to 
  be 
  included 
  in 
  a 
  loan 
  exhibition 
  

   "New 
  England 
  Painting, 
  1700-1775" 
  held 
  at 
  the 
  Worcester 
  Art 
  Mu- 
  

   seum 
  in 
  collaboration 
  with 
  the 
  American 
  Antiquarian 
  Society, 
  Febru- 
  

   ary 
  17 
  to 
  March 
  31, 
  1943. 
  (Returned 
  May 
  8, 
  1943.) 
  

  

  A 
  bronze 
  bust 
  of 
  Jeanne 
  d'Arc, 
  by 
  Berthe 
  Girardet, 
  with 
  a 
  pedestal, 
  

   was 
  lent 
  to 
  the 
  Hecht 
  Co., 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  shown 
  March 
  13 
  to 
  31, 
  1943, 
  

   in 
  connection 
  with 
  a 
  drive 
  for 
  the 
  recruiting 
  of 
  WAC's. 
  

  

  An 
  oil 
  painting, 
  "High 
  Cliff, 
  Coast 
  of 
  Maine," 
  by 
  Winslow 
  Homer, 
  

   was 
  lent 
  to 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  on 
  May 
  15, 
  1943, 
  subject 
  to 
  

   recall 
  by 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  at 
  any 
  time. 
  

  

  WITHDRAWALS 
  BY 
  OWNERS 
  

  

  Two 
  oil 
  paintings, 
  "Henry, 
  First 
  Earl 
  of 
  Mulgrave," 
  by 
  Sir 
  Thomas 
  

   Lawrence, 
  and 
  "Landscape 
  with 
  Cottage," 
  by 
  Hobbema, 
  were 
  with- 
  

   drawn 
  from 
  the 
  Perkins 
  Collection 
  by 
  their 
  owners, 
  Mrs. 
  Feroline 
  

   Wallach 
  and 
  Mrs. 
  Mabel 
  Ruggles, 
  respectively, 
  on 
  July 
  14. 
  1942. 
  

  

  An 
  oil 
  painting, 
  "Portrait 
  of 
  Theophilus 
  Parsons, 
  First 
  Chief 
  Jus- 
  

   tice 
  of 
  Massachusetts," 
  by 
  Gilbert 
  Stuart, 
  was 
  withdrawn 
  by 
  the 
  owner, 
  

   Theophilus 
  Parsons, 
  on 
  October 
  1, 
  1942. 
  

  

  A 
  pair 
  of 
  Meissen 
  ewers 
  was 
  withdrawn 
  by 
  the 
  owners,' 
  Mr. 
  and 
  

   Mrs. 
  J. 
  D. 
  Patten, 
  on 
  November 
  10, 
  1942. 
  

  

  A 
  miniature, 
  "Portrait 
  of 
  a 
  Boy," 
  by 
  Joseph 
  Wood, 
  was 
  withdrawn 
  

   by 
  the 
  owner, 
  Miss 
  Sarah 
  Lee, 
  on 
  March 
  23, 
  1943. 
  

  

  THE 
  HENRY 
  WARD 
  RANGER 
  FUND 
  PURCHASES 
  

  

  The 
  paintings 
  purchased 
  by 
  the 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Academy 
  

   of 
  Design 
  from 
  the 
  fund 
  provided 
  by 
  the 
  Henry 
  Ward 
  Ranger 
  bequest, 
  

   which, 
  under 
  certain 
  conditions, 
  are 
  prospective 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  

   National 
  Collection 
  of 
  Fine 
  Arts, 
  and 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  the 
  institutions 
  

   to 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  assigned, 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  COLLECTION 
  OF 
  FINE 
  ARTS 
  REFERENCE 
  LIBRARY 
  

  

  A 
  total 
  of 
  1,103 
  publications 
  (527 
  volumes 
  and 
  576 
  pamphlets) 
  were 
  

   accessioned 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  This 
  number 
  includes 
  258 
  volumes 
  and 
  

  

  5667C6 
  — 
  44 
  4 
  

  

  