146 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 
Moonlight—Gloucester Harbor. 
Moonlight. 
Two paintings, both from the Evans collection, were, at the re- 
quest of the artists, lent for exhibition. One was the painting by 
William Sergeant Kendall, entitled “An Interlude,” which was shown 
at a special exhibition of works by Mr. Kendall in November, 1918, 
at Yale University, where this artist had recently been appointed 
director of the School of Fine Arts. The other was the canvas by 
Mr. John W. Beatty, entitled “ Plymouth Hills,” which was sent to 
the Anglo-American Exposition in London, May to October, 1914, 
to celebrate the Century of Peace and Progress of the English Speak- 
ing People. 
The advisory committee on the National Gallery of Art, which is 
wholly honorary in its relations to the Museum, its members serving 
without compensation, reported on a number of tenders of gifts, 
some of which were found to be acceptable and others not. A few 
of the paintings in the collection were copied by artist students, and 
photographs of quite a number were furnished to writers for repro- 
duction in papers and books on art. All paintings permanently ac- 
quired were photographed and glazed, and pedestals were provided 
for the statuary received. 
The entire loan collection of Dr. George Reuling, of Baltimore, 
consisting mainly of early American paintings, was returned to 
the owner, and a number of other loans were also reclaimed. 
ART TEXTILES. 
Of eight accessions received for this collection, four were gifts and 
four loans, all but one coming from residents of Washington. The 
gifts comprised a piece of rare point de France et Personages from 
Miss Emily Tuckerman, a piece of Mechlin lace of the nineteenth 
century from the late Mrs. Elizabeth C. Hobson, through Mrs. 
Richard G. Lay, a cape of Mechlin lace from Mrs. Arnold Hague, 
and two pieces of Spanish macramé lace called “ Gothic collars” 
from Mrs. Richard G. Lay. 
The loans were as follows: Eight pieces of lace, consisting of Rus- 
sian pillow lace, silk maltese bobbin lace, French blonde de Caen, 
Spanish blonde, Valenciennes, and an English thread lace collar, 
besides two hand-wrought undersleeves from the Misses Long; an 
antique Persian silk prayer rug, a carved ivory plaque, a silver 
plaque, and a carved ivory crosier from Mrs. Christian D. Hem- 
mick; and a square of Gobelin tapestry of the Savonnerie period 
from Mrs. A. M. Van Dyke, of Lawtey, Fla. 
