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THE CATHERINE WALDEN MYER FUND 



Seven miniatures, water color on ivory, were acquired from the 

 fund established through the bequest of the late Catherine Walden 

 Myer, as follows : 



46. "Mr. Bennett of Revere Street, Boston, Mass.," by Henry Williams (1787- 

 1830) ; from Sherman Riley, New Haven, Conn. 



47. "William Mather Smith," by Archibald Robertson (1765-1835) ; from Mrs. 

 Dora Lee Curtis, Arlington, Va. 



48. "Mrs. William Mather Smith (nee Helen Livingston)," by an unknown 

 artist; from Mrs. Dora Lee Curtis, Arlington, Va. 



49. "Unknown Lady," by Alfred T. Agate (1812-1846) ; from Miss Elizabeth A. 

 DuHamel, Washington, D. C. 



50. "Mrs. Thomas Wilson," by Walter Robertson (before 1765-1S02) ; from 

 Mrs. Dora Lee Curtis, Arlington, Va. 



51. "John Church Hamilton," (?) by Alfred T. Agate (1812-1846) ; from Miss 

 Elizabeth A. DuHamel, Washington, D. C. 



52. "Dr. John Binsse," ( ?) by Louis Binsse de St. Victor ( ?) ; from Harry 

 Lorin Binsse, New York City. 



DEPOSITS 



Two plaster life masks, "Capt. Charles Francis Hall (1821-1871)," 

 by Clark Mills (1810-1883), and "Joseph Francis (1801-1893)," 

 by Theodore A. Mills (1839-1916), were deposited by the United 

 States National Museum (division of ethnology). 



LOANS ACCEPTED 



A silver tankard was lent by Ensign Edward Shippen, U. S. N. R., 

 through his father, Dr. L. P. Shippen, on December 13, 1944. 



An oil painting, "The Nativity," by an unknown artist, was lent 

 by St. Paul's Church, Washington, D. C, on January 25, 1945. 



LOANS TO OTHER MUSEUMS AND ORGANIZATIONS 



An oil painting, "Portrait of George Washington Carver," by 

 Betsy Graves Reyneau, was lent to the Harmon Foundation, Inc., on 

 September 21, 1944, to be included in an exhibit of portraits of leading 

 Negro citizens shown at the Detroit Institute of Arts from October 

 10 through October 22, and to continue on tour in different parts of 

 the country. 



An oil painting, "Thomas A. Edison Listening to His First Per- 

 fected Phonograph," by Col. A. A. Anderson, was lent to the Mint 

 Museum of Art, Charlotte, N. O, on September 25, 1944. (Returned 

 November 10, 1944.) 



A framed oil sketch, "Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its 

 Way," by Emanuel Leutze, was lent to the Detroit Institute of Arts 

 to be included in their exhibition, "The World of the Romantic Art- 



