44 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1949 
Painting,” held from November 19, 1948, to January 16, 1949. 
(Returned February 3, 1949.) 
Two oil paintings, Portrait of George Washington, attributed to 
William Winstanley, after Gilbert Stuart, and The Signing of the 
Treaty of Ghent, Christmas Eve, 1814, by Sir Amédée Forestier, 
were lent March 22, 1949, to the Department of State to be hung in 
the office of the Secretary of State. 
An oil painting, Portrait of Andrew Jackson, by Rembrandt Peale, 
was lent to the Committee on Un-American Activities March 25, 
1949, to be hung in its committee room for an indefinite period. 
THE HENRY WARD RANGER FUND 
Since it is a provision of the Ranger bequest that the paintings pur- 
chased by the Council of the National Academy of Design from the 
fund provided by the Henry Ward Ranger bequest, and assigned to 
American art institutions, may be claimed by the National Collection 
of Fine Arts during the 5-year period beginning 10 years after the 
death of the artist represented, seven paintings were recalled for action 
of the Smithsonian Art Commission at its meeting December 7, 1948. 
Two paintings, listed earlier in this report, were accepted by the 
Commission to become permanent accessions. 
The following five paintings were returned to the institutions to 
which they were originally assigned, or reassigned, by the National 
Academy of Design as indicated. 
No. 3. Grey Day, by W. Granville-Smith, N. A. (1870-1938), assigned to the 
National Gallery of Art (now National Collection of Fine Arts). 
No. 48. The Prodigal Son, by Horatio N. Walker, N. A. (1858-1938), assigned 
to the Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Delaware Park, Buffalo, 
IN Ys 
No. 56. Southaven Mill, by W. Granville-Smith, N. A., assigned to the Toledo 
Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio. 
No. 63. Cypripedia, by Sergeant Kendall, N. A. (1869-1938), assigned to the 
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, Calif. 
No. 90. Summer, by W. L. Lathrop, N. A. (1859-1938), reassigned by the 
National Academy of Design to the Mary Washington College, University of 
Virginia, Fredericksburg, Va. 
The following paintings, purchased by the Council of the National 
Academy of Design in 1948, were assigned as follows: 
No. 120. Sunlight on the Waterfront, by Ferdinand E. Warren, N. A. 
(1899- ), to the Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, N. H., May 13, 1949. 
No. 121. Village Green, by John Pike, N. A. (1911- ), to the Washington 
State Historical Society, Tacoma, Wash., March 15, 1949. 
No. 124. Lobstermen, by Andrew Winter, N. A. (1893- ), to the Mint 
Museum of Art, Inc., Charlotte, N. C., June 1, 1949. 
