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Cross during the war with Germany, lent by the American Red Cross through Mr. Stockton Axson, chairman of the Red Cross Museum committee; an oil painting entitled "The Philistines Attacked with the Plague" by Nicholas Poussin, color sketch for his large picture in the Louvre, collection of Louis XIV, lent by W. H. Holmes; an oil painting "The Holy Family," attributed to Raphael Urbinas, lent by Mr. Walter Swinney; a bust in Carrara marble to the Honorable Champ Clark by Moses Wainer Dykaar, lent by the artist; three paintings, "Dedham Vale" by John Constable, "The Doctor's Visit" by Jan Steen, and "Christ in the Temple" by G. B. Tiepolo, lent by Ralph Cross Johnson; a portrait of Dr. W. H. Dall by Wilford S. Conrow, lent by the artist; three large vases, French faience, lent by Mrs. Benjamin H. Warder. On request of Mr. Duncan Phillip, the portrait of Ellwood Hendrick, by A. V. Tack, previously presented by him, was returned to him, and a landscape, "The Island" by Edward W. Redfield, was accepted in exchange.

Gratifying advance was made in the utilization of the fund provided by the Will of Henry W. Ranger for the purchase of art works which, under certain conditions, are to accrue to the National Gallery. The provision of the document is as follows: "All pictures so purchased are to be given by the Council to Art institutions in America, or to any library or other institutions in America maintaining a gallery open to the public, all such gifts to be upon the express condition that the National Gallery at Washington, administered by the Smithsonian Institute, shall have the option and right, without