REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 39 



ATTENDANCE 



The total attendance from March 17 to June 30, the end of the 

 fiscal year, was 798,156, an average of 7,529 persons per day. The 

 crreatest number of visitors in any one day was 24,745 on March 23, 

 1941. 



A booklet of general information on the Gallery, containing a check 

 list of paintings and sculpture and floor plans, supplied from Gov- 

 ernment funds, has been found of gi-eat assistance to the visitors to 

 the Gallery. There is no charge for this booklet and a copy is 

 given to visitors who request one. 



PUBLICATIONS FUND 



Through the Publications Fund it was possible to have ready for 

 the opening of the Gallery, not only a catalog, but also a complete 

 Book of Illustrations of all the works of art in the collections of the 

 National Gallery; color reproductions; and postcards, both in color 

 and in black and white. These publications nre on sale at moderate 

 cost in the Information Rooms. 



ACQUISITIONS 



GIFTS OF PRINTS 



On March 13, 1941, the Board of Trustees accepted from Miss 

 Ellen T. Bullard and three anonymous donors a number of important 

 prints; and again on June 20, 1941, the Board accepted a number of 

 additional important prints from one of the anonymous donors who 

 had previously made a gift of prints to the Gallery, all of which are 

 listed in exhibit D (not printed). Also on June 20, 1941, the Board 

 accepted as a gift from Lessing Rosenwald of Jenkintown, Pa., a 

 collection of important engravings, etchings, and woodcuts, which 

 are listed in exhibit D (not printed). 



GIFTS OF PAINTINGS 



On February 10, 1941, the Board of Trustees accepted from Mrs. 

 Felix M. Warburg the gift of two valuable paintings : 



Triptych attributed to the School of Pietix) Lorenzetti 

 "The Preaching of Savonarola," by Domenico Morone 



as a memorial to her husband, the late Felix M. Warburg. The 

 paintings have been received and will be exhibited with the Perma- 

 nent Collection. 



On June 20, 1941, the Board of Trustees accepted from Duncan 

 Phillips, a trustee of the Gallery, the gift of an important painting 



