206 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1962 



vation" sponsored by the International Institute for Conservation and, 

 while in Europe, met with conservators in London, Paris, Amsterdam, 

 and Brussels. 



PUBLICATIONS 



William P. Campbell, assistant chief curator, wrote the notes for 

 the catalog of the exliibition Betrosfectlve Exhibition of the Work of 

 Thomas Eakins. 



Miss Elizabeth Mongan, curator of graphic arts, wrote an article 

 for the Print Council of America Year Book entitled "Battle of 

 Fornovo." 



Dr. H. Lester Cooke, curator of painting, wrote an article on the 

 development of Winslow Homer's watercolor technique for the Art 

 Quarterly, Sunmier 1961. 



Dr. Katharine Shepard, assistant curator of grapliic arts, wrote a 

 book review for the American Journal of Archaeology for January 

 1962 on "Komische Fuiide" by Hans von Hiilsen. 



During the fiscal year 1962 the Publications Fund placed seven 

 catalogs on sale: Tiepolo Drawings from the Victoi^a and Albert 

 Micseum, London; Thoinas Edkins, A Retrospective Exhibition; 

 Tutanklmmun Treasures; Kress Gift to the Nation; English Draw- 

 ings and Water Colors from British Collections; English Drawings 

 and Water Colors from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon; 

 and Exhibition of tlie Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Andre Meyer. Four 

 books were placed on sale also : Art Treasures for America.^ an anthol- 

 ogy of f>ainting and sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection ; 

 Paintings of the WorWs Great Galleries, with a section on the Na- 

 tional Gallery of Art by Perry B. Cott; The Collected Dialogues of 

 Plato edited by Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns; and Of 

 Divers Arts by Naum Gabo, the A. W. Mellon Lecturer in the Fine 

 Arts for 1959. Other material made available included 6 large color 

 reproductions, a variety of jewelry pieces made from 6 small sculp- 

 tures, 10 color filmstrips on the Gallery collection produced by Ency- 

 clopaedia Britannica, and 2 sets of playing cards reproducing Gallery 

 subjects. 



Sixteen color postcards and one 11" by 14" color reproduction of 

 the new Fragonard "A Young Girl Reading" were published, to- 

 gether with 51 new 2" by 2" color slides. The Christmas cards in- 

 cluded seven new color subjects and nine new graphic arts selections. 



EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM 



The program of the educational department was carried out under 

 the direction of Dr. Raymond S. Stites, curator in charge of educa- 

 tional work, and his staff. The staff lectured and conducted tours on 

 works of art in the Gallery's collection. 



