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THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART.
Care of the Collections.

stretcher written (antique script) in ink is the following: "To Lorenzo Lewis," and "Genl. Geo. Washington, first President of the U. States, 1803."

During the year the following loan works were removed from the Gallery on request of their owners: 

Eighteen paintings lent by Mrs. James Lowndes, 1615 Massachusetts Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C., as follows: Portrait of Mr. James Lowndes, by George B. Butler; Portrait of Mr. Charles Lowndes; Portrait of Mrs. Charles Lowndes; Child, by Copley; Portrait of Mrs. Oliver Wolcott, wife of the Secretary of the Treasury under Washington; Portrait of MRs. George Gibbs, by Lazarus; Portrait of Mrs. Gracie; Portrait of Cardinal Ventivoglio, attributed by Van Dyck; 

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