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THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART.
Copies and Reproductions.

The oil painting entitled "Christmas Morn," by Will [[crossed out]] E [[crossed out]] [[handwritten]] H [[handwritten]] Low, from the Evans Collection was lent to the Messenger Publishing Company, 22 Quincy Street, Chicago, Illinois, for reproduction in color. This was done at the request of the artist, endorsed by Mr. William T. Evans. The painting has been returned to the Gallery.

Miss Margaret Craig, 1901 G Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., obtained permission to copy the painting by Hugo Ballin entitled "The Lesson." The copy was completed in September, 1915.

Mr. G. A. Leavitt, General Land Office, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., was permitted to copy the painting by Charles Paul Gruppe, belonging to the Evans Collection, entitled "The Meadow Brook." Copy was completed in May, 1916. 

On request of the Pan American Union, permission was grated Harris & Ewing to photograph the painting "Full Moon" by Helsby, a gift to the Gallery from the Chilean Embassy, and the photograph was taken on August 11, 1915. 

Photographs of paintings were furnished upon request in several cases notably of sketches by French artists, to the American Federation of Arts, for reproduction in Art and Progress (Vol. 7, No. 1, Nov., 1915).