54 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1951 



In October Dr. Ettinghausen began a year's study trip to tlie Near 

 East. After a month, in Europe, he proceeded to Cairo where he 

 studied for two months. A brief stop was made in Baghdad en route 

 to Iran where he spent four montlis studying and visiting the impor- 

 tant sites and monuments. At the end of the year he was continuing 

 his work in Afghanistan. 



By invitation the following lectures were given outside the Gallery 

 by staff members : 



1950 



Nov. 5. Mr. Pope addressed the fall meeting of the Far Eastern Ceramic 

 Group in the Brooklyn INIuseum on "Notes on Chinese Ceramics in 

 the Near East." (Illustrated.) Attendance, 40. 



Dec. 7. Mr. Pope addressed the Washington Society of the Archaeological In- 

 stitute of America at the Corcoran Gallery of Art on "Chinese 

 Porcelain in Europe and the Near East." (Illustrated.) At- 

 tendance, 40. 



1951 



Jan. 8. Dr. Ettinghausen addressed the faculty of art, Faruk I University, 

 Alexandria, Egypt, on "Animal Lore in Moslem Art." (Illustrated.) 

 Attendance, 60. 



Jan. 9. Dr. Ettinghausen addressed the Soci6t6 Royale d'Arch6ologie of Alex- 

 andria, Egypt, on "Moslem Art in the West from the Middle Ages 

 to Modern Times." (Illustrated.) Attendance, 75. 



Jan. 11. Mr. Pope addressed the annual dinner of the Smithsonian Board of 

 Regents, giving a brief account of his findings in the Near Bast. 

 Attendance, 25. 



Jan. 17. Dr. Ettinghausen addressed the U. S. Offices of Information and 

 Educational Exchange, at the U. S. Embassy, Cairo, Egypt, on "Ani- 

 mal Lore in Moslem Art." (Illustrated.) Attendance, 75. 



Jan. 22. Mr. Pope addressed the Fine Arts Group of the Special Libraries As- 

 sociation in the Whittall pavilion of the Library of Congress, on 

 "Chinese Porcelain in Europe and the Near East." (Illustrated.) 

 Attendance, 25. 



Mar. 6. Dr. Ettinghausen addressed a group at the Tehran University, Tehran, 

 Iran, on "Science and Fiction in Islamic Art." (Uhistrated). At- 

 tendance, 120. 



Mar. 27. Mr. Pope addressed the Far Eastern Art and Archaeology Section of 

 the annual meeting of the Far Eastern Association at Philadelphia 

 on "Two Kamakura Kongorikishi." (Illustrated.) Attendance, 

 60. 



During the year 7 members of the staff made a total of 16 trips 

 outside of AVashington on official business. 



Members of the staff held honorary posts and undertook additional 

 duties outside the Gallery as follows : 



Mr. Wenley : Trustee, Hermitage Foundation, Norfolk, Va. 



Chairman of the Louise Wallace Hackney Scholarship Com- 

 mittee of the American Oriental Society. 



Trustee, Textile Museum of the District of Columbia. 



Member, Visiting Committee, Dumbarton Oaks Research Li- 

 brary and Collection. 



