24 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 193 5 



LOANS BY THE GALLERY TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS 



Five paintings by contemporary American artists, from the 

 William T. Evans collection, were lent to the M. H. de Young 

 Memorial Museum of San Francisco, Calif., for an important exhibi- 

 tion of American paintings from the eighteenth century to the pres- 

 ent day, held from June 7 to July 7, 1935, as follows: "Moonrise", 

 by Ralph Albert Blakelock; "September Afternoon", by George 

 Inness; "High Cliff, Coast of Maine", by Winslow Homer; "Moon- 

 light", by Albert Pinkham Ryder; and "Caresse Enfantine", by 

 Mary Cassatt. (These paintings have been returned to the National 

 Gallery.) 



Five portraits were lent to the Public Library of the District of 

 Columbia for exhibition in the central library from June 18, 1935, 

 for 6 months, as follows: "John Tyler", by G. P. A. Healy; "A 

 Lady", by Gilbert Stuart; "Col. Robert Charles Wetmore", by Henry 

 Inman; "Andrew Jackson", by Rembrandt Peale; and "Commo- 

 dore Stephen Decatur", by Gilbert Stuart. 



\VITHDRAWALS BY OWNERS 



Seven pieces of Early English, Irish, and American silver, re- 

 ceived as a loan on June 23, 1934, from Mrs. George Morris, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, were withdrawn by the owner on October 10, 1934. 



The portrait of Thomas Amory, by Gilbert Stuart, formerly the 

 property of Mrs. O. H. Ernst, was delivered at Mrs. Ernst's direction 

 on November 6, 1934, to her daughter, Mrs. William Grinnell, of 

 New York, N. Y., the present owner. 



SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS 



Seven exhibitions were held in the foyer of the Natural History 

 Building of the United States National Museum, as follows : 



July 6 to August 31^ 193^. — ^Water colors and black-and-white 

 drawings (114) by Clayton Knight, made during a 20,000-mile jour- 

 ney by air over South America, the West Indies, and Central Amer- 

 ica. Cards were issued by the Gallery, and a seven-page catalog 

 furnished by the exhibitor. 



January 10 to 31, 1935. — Water-color studies (30) of Mexico and 

 Massachusetts, made during the summers of 1934 and 1933, by Alex- 

 ander Trowbridge. Cards were issued by the Gallery, and a folder- 

 catalog suiDplied by the exhibitor. 



January 10 to 31, 1935. — Oil paintings (56) by Emil Jacques, in- 

 structor in the art department of the University of Notre Dame, 

 Indiana. Cards were issued by the Gallery and folder-catalogs sup- 

 plied by the exhibitor. 



