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Queen of the Belgians, by M. Jean McLane (Mrs. J. C. Johansen), 
from the National Art Committee’s collection of war portraits, were 
lent to the Corcoran Gallery of Art to form part of a joint exhibition 
of the works of these artists held in that gallery during the month 
of January. 
DISTRIBUTIONS 
Paintings lent to the gallery have been withdrawn by their owners 
during the year as follows: 
Portrait of Francois Paul de Grasse de Rouville, Amiral Comte 
de Grasse, by Largilliere; portrait of Theodosius O. Fowler, by 
G. P. A. Healy; portrait of St. Bernard dog “ Hero,” by Benjamin 
West; withdrawn by Miss Silvie de Grasse Fowler. 
Series of 13 historical marine paintings by Edward Moran, lent 
by Theodore Sutro, of New York City, were withdrawn by the 
trustees of Mr. Sutro, Frederick C. Sutro, Basking Ridge, N. J., 
Victor Sutro, New York City, and Paul E. Sutro, Philadelphia, Pa., 
for shipment to Los Angeles, Calif., as follows: The Ocean—The 
Highway of All Nations; Landing of Lief Ericson; the Santa 
Maria, Nina, and Pinta; the Debarkation of Columbus; Midnight 
Mass on the Mississippi; Henry Hudson Entering New York Bay; 
Embarkation of the Pilgrims from Southampton; First Recognition 
of the American Flag; Burning of the Frigate Philadelphia; the 
Brig Armstrong Engaging the British Fleet; Iron versus Wood; 
the White Squadron’s Farewell Salute to the Body of Capt. John 
Ericsson; Return of the Conquerors. 
Noon, by Luigi Chialiva; withdrawn by Mrs. Marietta Minni- 
gerode Andrews. 
Mrs. Siddons in The Tragic Muse, copy by Rembrandt Peale of 
Sir Joshua Reynolds’s celebrated painting, and Milton Dictating to 
His Daughter, by Rembrandt Peale; withdrawn by Mrs. John Biddle 
Porter. 
Portrait of Franklin Pierce, by A. G. Powers; withdrawn by Mr 
Joseph Stewart. 
Portrait of Admiral Thomas Holding Stevens, by Robert Hinck- 
ley; portrait of Mrs. Thomas Holding Stevens, by an unknown 
artist; portrait of Hon. Eben Sage, by Chester Harding; A Ma- 
donna, by Honario Marinari; and A Madonna, by Carlo Mahratta; 
withdrawn by Mrs. Pierre C. Stevens. 
LIBRARY 
The gallery library is steadily growing from a modest beginning 
in 1920 to upwards of 1,400 volumes and pamphlets, acquired by 
gift, exchange, and purchase. Notable accessions for the year were 
the gift of a large number of volumes from the library of the director, 
