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The Path to the Village, by J. Francis Murphy. 



Moonlight, by Albert P. Ryder. 



Late Afternoon (The Alcazar, Segovia), by Wells M. Sawyer. 



Portrait of Joseph Head, by Gilbert Stuart. 



Edwin M. Stanton, by Henry Ulke. 



Roosevelt Haunts, Early Autumn, by Emile Walters. 



Autumn at Arkville, by Alexander H. Wyant. 



(Returned June 14, 1938.) 



LOANS RETURNED 



Three paintings, "Madonna with Halo of Stars," "Adoration of 

 the Christ Child," and "The Christ Child with Cross and Torch," 

 by undetermined artists, lent to the Public Library of the District 

 of Columbia, December 16, 1936, were returned September 27, 1937. 



A bronze statue of Lincoln, by Augustus Saint Gaudens, lent, with 

 the consent of the owners, the Estate of Mrs. John Hay, to the 

 Great Lakes Exposition, Cleveland, Ohio, was returned October 5, 

 1937. 



WITHDRAWALS BY OWNERS 



An oil painting entitled "The Immaculate Conception with the 

 Mirror," by Murillo, lent in 1930; withdrawn by the owner, DeWitt 

 V. Hutchings, Riverside, Calif., on November 19, 1937. 



Two portraits, "Miss Jessie Jay Burge," by Abbott H. Thayer, and 

 "Miss Elizabeth Ellery Burge," by Thomas Mathewson, lent in 1922; 

 withdrawn by the owners, the Misses Marie Louise and Jessie Jay 

 Burge, Wickford, R. I., on March 3, 1938. 



Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, by M. S. Nachtrieb, lent in 1921; 

 withdrawn by the owner, Anton Heitmuller, Washington, D. C, on 

 April 11, 1938. 



One Sevres porcelain statuette, by Paul Dubois, entitled "Le Cour- 

 age Militaire," lent in 1930 ; withdrawn by the owner, Hon. Hoffman 

 Philip, Washington, D. C, on May 17, 1938. 



"A Madonna," by Giovanni Battista Salvi (called II Sassoferrato), 

 lent in 1929 ; withdrawn by the owner, Mrs. Charles J. Fox, La Jolla, 

 Calif., on May 31, 1938. 



THE HENRY WARD RANGER FUND PURCHASES 



The paintings purchased during the year by the Council of the 

 National Academy of Design from the fund provided by the Henry 

 Ward Ranger Bequest, which, under certain conditions, are prospec- 

 tive additions to our collections, and the names of the institutions to 

 which they have been assigned, are as follows (these are the first 

 purchases since April 1933) : 



