SECRETARY'S REPORT 85 



THE CATHERINE WALDEN MYER FUND 



Six miniatures, watercolor on ivory, were acquired from the fund 

 established through the bequest of the late Catherine Walden Myer 

 as follows : 



106. David McClellan (1773-1820), attributed to Benjamin Trott (ca.1770- 

 ca.1841). 



107. Christopher Burdick (1789-1833), by undetermined artist. 



108. Mrs. Christopher Burdick, nee Lydia Easton (1796-1881), by undeter- 

 mined artist. 



Nos. 106 through 108 were acquired from Mrs. Janet W. Yates, Washington, 

 D.C. 



109. Unknown Gentleman, by George W. Newcombe (1799-1845). 



110. TS in Blue Coat, by undetermined artist. 



Nos. 109 and 110 were acquired from Mr. A. C. Mayer, Washington, D. C. 



111. Col. Josiah Parker (1751-1810), by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1799) ; 

 from Mrs. Sue C. Bunch, Washington, D. C. ' 



WITHDRAWAL BY OWNERS 



Oil, Maid of the Mist, by Thomas Cole, lent October 6, 1942, by Mrs. 

 L. T. Gager, Washington, D. C, was withdrawn by the owner. 



Oil, George Washington, by Charles Willson Peale, returned as a 

 loan December 4, 1956, by the estate of Mrs. John S. Beck, was with- 

 drawn by order of Oscar J. See, the executor, on March 28, 1957. 



ART WORKS LENT 



The following art works, oil paintings on canvas unless otherwise 

 noted, were lent for varying periods : 



To the Bureau of the Budget, Washington, D. C. : 



August 7, 1956 Huichol Indian, by Anton Sario. 



In the Studio, by Arnoldo Tamburini. 



September 21, 1956 The Wanderluster's Rest, by William H. Holmes. 



The South Strand, by Emil Carlsen. 



January 23, 1957 The Wain Team, by George Elmer Browne. 



President John Tyler, by G. P. A. Healy. 

 Fisher Girl of Picardy, by Elizabeth Nourse. 

 Linlithgan Bridge, by Richard M. Stevenson. 



March 19, 1957 George Catlin, by William Fisk. 



Daniel Chester French, by Evelyn Beatrice Long- 

 man. (Bronze has relief.) 

 To the U. S. Court of Military Appeals, Washington, D. C. : 



August 10, 1956 Summer, by Charles Harold Davis. 



Abraham Lincoln, by Henry Kirke Bush-Brown. 

 (Bronzed plaster bust and pedestal.) 



February 6, 1957 Evening Tide, California, by William Ritschel. 



Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock, by James W. A. Mac- 

 Donald. (Bronze bust and pedestal.) 



April 18, 1957 The First Gun at Fort Sumter, by Alban Jasper 



Conant. 



