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The Eichter Archives received and cataloged over 133 photographs 

 on exchange from museums here and abroad ; 987 photographs were 

 purchased and about 1,000 reproductions have been added to the 

 archives. The Iconographical Index was increased by 600 photo- 

 graphs. 



RESTORATION 



Francis Sullivan, resident restorer of the Gallery, made regular and 

 systematic inspection of all works of art in the Gallery and on loan to 

 Government buildings in Washington, and periodically removed dust 

 and bloom as required. He relined, cleaned, and restored 11 paintings 

 and gave special treatment to 29. Twenty-seven paintings were 

 X-rayed as an aid in research. Experiments were continued with 

 synthetic materials suggested by the National Gallery of Art Fellow- 

 ship at the Mellon Institute of Industrial Kesearch, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

 Technical advice on the conservation of paintings was furnished to 

 the public upon request. Special treatment was given to works of 

 art belonging to Government agencies, including the U.S. Capitol, 

 Treasury, Supreme Court, Army Medical Museum, and General Serv- 

 ices Administration. In other instances advice was furnished the 

 various agencies concerning the care and conservation of paintings. 



Mr. Sullivan made trips to various cities in connection with the loan 

 of paintings to the Gallery for special exhibitions. He also made a 

 trip to Los Angeles as a special representative of the Department of 

 Justice in comiection with the recovery of two paintings belonging to 

 the Ufiizi Gallery, Florence, Italy. 



PUBLICATIONS 



Dr. Colt wrote the foreword to the National Gallery of Art and its 

 Collections, a booklet reproducing 40 paintings in the Gallery's col- 

 lections. 



William P. Campbell, assistant chief curator, wrote the catalogs 

 for the Winslow Homer Water Color exhibition from the collection of 

 Mrs. Charles R. Henschel and the Jolin Gadsby Chapman exhibition. 



Dr. Cooke wrote an article for the National Geographic Magazine, 

 September 1962 issue, entitled "Early America as Seen by Her Native 

 Artists" based on the collection of Edgar W. and Bernice Clirysler 

 Garbisch. He also wrote the text for 16 National Gallery leaflets. 



Mrs. Mary Elizabeth C. Burnet, museum curator, assisted in the 

 preparation of the catalogs of the Winslow Homer Water Color ex- 

 hibition and the John Gadsby Chapman exhibition. She also worked 

 on the proposed Check List of American Paintings in the National 

 Gallery of Art. 



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