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THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

Accessions, 1917-1918.

Accessions of art works for the year were inferior in importance to those of preceding years and changes have been few in the installation of the Gallery. The most noteworthy event of the year was an exhibit of the works of Mr. Joseph Pennell, a catalogue of which is appended.

The accessions for the year are as follows: The Eddy bequest comprising 140 objects; four gifts comprising 8 objects; one tranfer comprising 2 objects; and seventeen loans comprising 170 objects.

The permanent accessions are: The bequest of Mrs. Mary Houston Eddy, through her executors, The American Security and Trust Company, Washington, to be known as the "A.R. and M.H. Eddy Donation," comprising 12 paintings, 12 miniatures, 9 ivory carvings, a Limoges enamel, "Diana Pardoning Io," a marble bust, a bronze statue, and miscellaneous art objects, 140 pieces in all; portraits in oil of M. Boris Bakhmeteff, the first Ambassador to the United States from the Russian Republic, and of Mr. Frank B. Noyes, president of the Associated Press and editor of the Washington Star, gift of the artist, Ossip Perelma; a portrait of Vinnie Ream (Hoxie), painted by G.P.A. Healy, presented by Brigadier General R. L. Hoxie, U.S. A., retired; a marble statue of "Puck" by