28 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN LNSTTTUTION, 1952 



From these appropriations the following expenditures and encum- 

 brances were incurred : 



Personal services $1,096,425.00 



Printing and reproduction 4,528.75 



Supplies, equipment, etc 137,863.11 



Unobligated balance 1,183.14 



Total 1,240,000.00 



ATTENDANCE 



During the fiscal year 1952 there were 1,522,596 visitors to the Gal- 

 lery, an average daily attendance of about 4,183. This compares with 

 1,503,148 visitors during 1951, an increase of 19,448. Since March 17, 

 1941, when the Gallery was opened to the public, to June 30, 1952, there 

 have been 20,284,013 visitors. 



ACCESSIONS 



During the fiscal year the Gallery received 1,891 accessions as gifts, 

 loans, or deposits. Most of the paintings and a number of the prints 

 were placed on exhibition. 



GIFTS 



PAINTINGS 



The Board of Trustees on July 11, 1951, accepted two paintings: 

 ''Eight and Left" by Winslow Homer and "John James Audubon" by 

 John Woodhouse Audubon, both gifts from the Avalon Foundation. 

 On the same date the Board accepted from E. J. L. Hallstrom 10 paint- 

 ings by Audubon : Farmyard Fowls, Black- footed Ferret, Bull, Arctic 

 Hare, Weasel, Long-tailed Red Fox, Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Orchard 

 Oriole, Yellow Warbler, and Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. On 

 August 24 the Board accepted for a National Portrait Gallery from 

 an anonymous donor the portrait of Gen. George C. Marshall by 

 Thomas Stephens. On December 5 the Board of Trustees accepted 

 "Portrait of a Man and Boy" by Tintoretto, the gift of Samuel L. 

 Fuller, and "Gypsy Girl with Mandolin" by Corot, the gift of Count 

 Pecci-Blunt. Also on this date the Board accepted a portrait of John 

 Cardinal McCloskey by Healy from Miss Elizabeth McCloskey 

 Geary. On December 17 the Board accepted the painting "Rape of 

 Proserpine" by Turner from Mrs. Watson B. Dickerman. On Janu- 

 ary 15, 1952, the Board accepted from the Avalon Foundation the 

 portrait of Alexander Hamilton by Trumbull. The Board accepted 

 on May 6 the gift of two paintings from Duncan Phillips : "Singing 

 Party" by Hogarth and "Allegorical Landscape" by a follower of Par- 

 migianino. On this same date the Board received the portrait of Mrs. 



