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LOANS ACCEPTED 



Two portraits in pastel, by James Sharpies (c. 1751-1811) of Gen- 

 eral James Miles Hughes (1756-1802), original member of the Society 

 of the Cincinnati, and Mrs. James Miles Hughes, his wife, were lent 

 by Madame Florian Vurpillot, Washington, D. C. 



LOANS MADE 



"The Cup of Death," by Elihu Veclder, was lent to The American 

 Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, N. Y., for a Memorial Ex- 

 hibition planned for the period November 18, 1937, to May 1, 1938, 

 but the picture was returned April 12, 1938. 



"Portrait of Thomas Hopkinson," by Robert Feke, and "Portrait 

 of Mary Hopkinson," by Benjamin West, from the George Buchanan 

 Coale (1819-87) Collection, Baltimore, were lent to the United States 

 Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission for a historical loan exhi- 

 bition of authentic portraits of the Signers of the Declaration of Inde- 

 pendence and the Deputies to the Constitutional Convention, held at 

 the Corcoran Gallery of Art from November 27, 1937, to March 1, 

 1938. (Returned March 3, 1938.) 



"Cliffs of the Upper Colorado River, Wyoming Territory," by 

 Thomas Moran, was lent to the Whitney Museum of American Art, 

 New York, N. Y., for "A Century of American Landscape Painting," 

 which was held from January 19 to February 27, 1938. 



At the conclusion of the above exhibition, the painting "Cliffs of 

 the Upper Colorado River, Wyoming Territory," by Thomas Moran, 

 was forwarded to The Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, 

 Mass., for "A Century of American Landscape Painting 1800-1900" 

 which was held from March 8 to 28, 1938. (Returned April 2, 1938.) 



The following 20 paintings were lent to the Howard University Gal- 

 lery of Art for an exhibition of American paintings from May 2 to 

 June 13, 1938 : 



At Nature's Mirror, by Ralph A. Blakelock. 



Caresse Enfantine, by Mary Cassatt. 



Portrait Sketch of Walter Shirlaw, by Frank Duveneck. 



A Pool in the Forest, by Benjamin R. Fitz. 



Birch-Clad Hills, by Ben Foster. 



Ideal Head, by George Fuller. 



Portrait of Mrs. Albert J. Myer, by George P. A. Healy. 



The Visit of the Mistress, by Winslow Homer. 



Friendly Neighbors, by Alfred C. Howland. 



Georgia Pines, by George Innes. 



Evening on the Seine, by Homer D. Martin. 



Great Silas at Night, by Robert C. Minor. 



Cliffs of the Upper Colorado River, Wyoming Territory, by Thomas Moran. 



