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the Board of Trustees accepted the portrait of "Joseph Dugan" by 

 Thomas Sully from Herbert L. Pratt. The Board of Trustees, on 

 November 17, 1944, accepted the painting "Both Members of This 

 Club" by George Bellows from Chester Dale, and on January 2, 1945, 

 the Board accepted two portraits, "Mrs. Chester Dale" and "Chester 

 Dale," by George Bellows, from Chester Dale, the latter to be in- 

 stalled in the Founder's Room. A copy of a painting entitled "Ma- 

 donna and Child with the Magdalen and Saint Jerome" by Matthew 

 Pratt, after Correggio, was accepted on February 12, 1945, by the 

 Board from Clarence Van Dyke Tiers for the study collection, and on 

 May 21, 1945, the Board accepted from Mrs. Huttleston Rogers the 

 painting "The Lackawanna Valley" by George Inness. 



GUTS OF PBINTS AND DRAWINGS 



The Board of Trustees on September 25, 1944, November 14, 1944, 

 November 18, 1944, May 2, 1945, and June 22, 1945, accepted as gifts 

 a total of 1,740 prints and drawings from Lessing J. Rosenwald, to 

 be added to his former gifts of prints and drawings. Also on Sep- 

 tember 25, 1944, the Board accepted the original drawing "Shadows" 

 by Kerr Eby from Kerr Eby, and the drawing "Prairie Titlark" by 

 John James Audubon from Miss Martha Hogan. On November 16, 

 1944, the Board accepted nine sheets of drawings by George Cruik- 

 shank from Dr. Clements C. Fry, two drawings, "Seated Figure" and 

 "Standing Figure" by Lancret, and "Sheet of Sketches" by Lancret, 

 from Myron A. Hofer, a mezzotint of Reynold's "Lady Betty Comp- 

 ton" by Valentine Green from David Keppel, and two drawings, "Seth 

 Hastings" and "James Campbell," by Saint Memin, from Herbert 

 L. Pratt, Jr. On May 14, 1945, the Board accepted an engraving by 

 E. Mandel after Raphael's "The Small Cowper Madonna" from David 

 E. Finley, and an engraving of Raphael's "The Alba Madonna" by 

 B. Desnoyers from David Keppel. On June 22, 1945, the Board 

 accepted two drawings, "Danseuse vu de Dos et Trois Etudes de Pieds" 

 by Degas and "Deux Avocats" by Daumier, and one print, "Le Stryge" 

 by Meryon, from Myron A. Hofer. 



SALE OR EXCHANGE OF WORKS OF ART 



The Board of Trustees accepted the offer of Samuel H. Kress and 

 the Samuel PI. Kress Foundation to exchange the sculpture "Madonna 

 and Child" by Andrea Sansovino for the painting entitled "A Pagan 

 Rite" by Giovanni Bellini ; and the sculpture "Profile of a Woman" 

 by Pierino da Vinci for the painting "Portrait of a Man" by Nicolas 

 de Largilliere. The Board of Trustees also accepted the offer of 

 Lessing J. Rosenwald to exchange an engraving by Schongauer en- 

 titled "The Eagle of Saint John, the Evangelist," and an etching by 



