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THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
Work on the Collections, 1917-1918

On June 10th, 1918, in making room for the War Risk Insurance office of the Treasury Department, the collection of drawings by eminent contemporary French artists presented to the people of the United States by the citizens of the French Republic, which had been on exhibition on screens in the north alcove of the gallery, was taken down and stored in room 369, third floor of the Museum. Three rooms on the lower floor utilized for the exhibition of art works were placed at the disposal of the War Risk office in November, 1917. Later other rooms on the same floor devoted to storage were also relinquished.

During the year Mr. R. P. Holman, preparator in the Division of Graphic Arts, who is expert in such work, cleaned, repaired and restored certain paintings as follows:

(1) Portrait of Mrs. Henrietta Auchmuty, by Gilbert Stuart; cleaned and varnished: 

(2) Portrait of Don Giovanni Rilgas, attributed to Cimabue; varnished:

(3) Procession in Constantinople, artist unknown; cleaned and varnished:

(4) Massacre of the Innocents, attributed to Raphael, a very old painting and in extremely bad condition; relined cleaned and restored:

The Canoe Builders, by Ralph Blakelock, covered with a medium that in warm weather continued to run in some parts taking the paint with it; restored as far as feasible.