REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 55 
THE REV. ALFRED DUANE PELL FUND 
The following two pieces of pottery were acquired from the fund 
established through the bequest of the late Rev. Alfred Duane Pell, 
as follows: 
One vase, Mountains of the Moon, designed and executed by Lea Halpern, of 
Holland ; from Miss Halpern. 
One stoneware bottle, designed and executed by Bernard Leach, of England; 
from the British Crafts Exhibition. 
LOANS ACCEPTED 
A marine painting by Lionel Walden (1861-1933), was lent by 
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz on December 11, and withdrawn on De- 
cember 21, 1945. 
Three miniatures, water color on ivory, Dr. John Austin, of British 
Guiana, attributed to Alexander Robertson (1772-1841) ; Jonathan 
Amory (1802-1885) of Boston, by unknown artist, and Mrs. Jonathan 
Amory (1806/09-1875), (daughter of Dr. John Austin), by Mme. 
Busset, were lent by Miss E. M. Matthews of Chevy Chase, Md., on 
February 14, 1946. 
WITHDRAWALS BY OWNERS 
A marble bust of Mrs. William C. Preston, by Hiram Powers, lent 
by James Q. Davis in 1926, was withdrawn by the owner and sent to 
the University of South Carolina on July 3, 1945. 
Three portraits, by ‘Charles Willson Peale, of Mrs. Elliott, Mrs. 
John O’Donnell, and Mary O’Donnell, and one by Charles Peale Polk 
of George Washington, lent in 1917, were withdrawn by the owner, 
Miss Mary Eugenia Parke, on December 17, 1945. 
Two pastels, The Cliffs Aflame, and Patsy, and five oil paintings, 
Looking Far Out, Joyous Childhood, The Red Barn, Peonies, and 
Springtime, by William B. Closson, lent in 1940, were withdrawn by 
the executors of Mrs. Closson’s estate on February 21, 1946. 
A silver tankard, lent by Ensign Edward Shippen, United States 
Naval Reserve, in 1944, was withdrawn by the owner on April 5, 1946. 
DEPOSITS 
Three bronzes which had been in the art room of the Smithsonian 
Institution for many years, two entitled Augustus Caesar, and the 
other, Centaur, by unknown sculptors, were deposited by the Smith- 
sonian Institution. 
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