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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  192 
  9 
  

  

  Gallery 
  March 
  21, 
  1921, 
  was 
  recalled 
  to 
  the 
  White 
  House 
  by 
  Presi- 
  

   dent 
  Herbert 
  Hoover 
  on 
  March 
  11, 
  1929, 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  an 
  honored 
  

   place 
  in 
  his 
  study. 
  

  

  An 
  early 
  painting 
  by 
  George 
  Inness, 
  lent 
  to 
  the 
  gallery 
  by 
  Col. 
  

   Henry 
  C. 
  Davis, 
  United 
  States 
  Marine 
  Corps, 
  was 
  withdrawn 
  by 
  

   Mrs. 
  Davis, 
  his 
  widow, 
  of 
  Coronado, 
  Calif. 
  

  

  An 
  Italian 
  masterpiece. 
  The 
  Immaculate 
  Conception 
  with 
  the 
  

   Mirror, 
  by 
  Murillo, 
  lent 
  to 
  the 
  gallery 
  by 
  Mr. 
  DeWitt 
  V. 
  Hutchins 
  

   on 
  April 
  28, 
  1928, 
  was 
  withdrawn 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hutchins 
  and 
  shipped 
  by 
  

   his 
  order 
  to 
  Thomas 
  J. 
  Kerr, 
  New 
  York 
  City, 
  on 
  June 
  24, 
  1929. 
  

  

  The 
  portrait 
  bust 
  in 
  plaster 
  of 
  President 
  James 
  Monroe, 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  

   Margaret 
  French 
  Cresson, 
  was 
  withdrawn 
  by 
  the 
  sculptor. 
  

  

  The 
  portrait 
  of 
  Surg. 
  Bailey 
  Washington, 
  jr.. 
  United 
  States 
  

   Navy, 
  (1787-1854), 
  by 
  an 
  artist 
  unknown, 
  was 
  withdrawn 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   John 
  Washington 
  Davidge 
  upon 
  order 
  from 
  the 
  owner, 
  Miss 
  Alice 
  M. 
  

   Reading, 
  of 
  Reading, 
  Calif. 
  

  

  LOANS 
  BY 
  THE 
  GALLERY 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  Herbert 
  Hoover, 
  two 
  paintings 
  belonging 
  

   to 
  the 
  William 
  T. 
  Evans 
  collection 
  of 
  contemporary 
  American 
  paint- 
  

   ings 
  — 
  The 
  Flume, 
  Opalescent 
  River, 
  Adirondacks, 
  by 
  Alexander 
  

   Wyant, 
  and 
  Castle 
  Creek 
  Canyon, 
  South 
  Dakota, 
  by 
  Frank 
  Dc 
  

   Haven 
  — 
  were 
  lent 
  to 
  the 
  White 
  House, 
  for 
  temporary 
  embellishment 
  

   of 
  the 
  state 
  dining 
  room, 
  on 
  May 
  23, 
  1929. 
  

  

  MISCELLANEOUS 
  

  

  Four 
  large 
  ebonized 
  kensington 
  cases 
  of 
  the 
  gem 
  type 
  have 
  been 
  

   added 
  to 
  the 
  gallery 
  furnishings; 
  these 
  are 
  for 
  the 
  accommodation 
  

   of 
  that 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  Alfred 
  Duane 
  Pell 
  collection 
  recently 
  trans- 
  

   ferred 
  from 
  the 
  Arts 
  and 
  Industries 
  Building. 
  Four 
  No. 
  500 
  " 
  win- 
  

   dow 
  spot 
  reflectors 
  " 
  have 
  been 
  installed 
  in 
  the 
  slrj^light 
  over 
  the 
  

   middle 
  room 
  of 
  the 
  gallery 
  for 
  the 
  better 
  lighting 
  of 
  the 
  art 
  works 
  

   on 
  dark 
  days. 
  

  

  LIBRARY 
  

  

  The 
  gallery 
  library 
  has 
  been 
  increased 
  by 
  gift, 
  purchase, 
  and 
  sub- 
  

   scription 
  in 
  volumes, 
  pamphlets, 
  periodicals, 
  etc. 
  

  

  A 
  gift 
  made 
  possible 
  through 
  a 
  fund 
  in 
  Yale 
  University 
  estab- 
  

   lished 
  by 
  Canon 
  Anson 
  Phelps 
  Stokes, 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  set 
  of 
  14 
  etch- 
  

   ings 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  Yale 
  University 
  Press 
  by 
  Louis 
  Orr, 
  entitled 
  

   " 
  Ports 
  of 
  America," 
  was 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  library 
  pending 
  other 
  assign- 
  

   ment 
  when 
  the 
  various 
  dexJartments 
  of 
  the 
  gallery 
  are 
  more 
  fully 
  

   established. 
  

  

  