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free distribution to visitors, was issued, and the sale of postcards, 
_ color reproductions, and moderately priced catalogs was continued. 
The Sunday evening concerts in the East Garden Court, and the daily 
10-minute talks on “The Picture of the Week,” were continued with 
undiminished popularity. The total number of visitors to the Gallery 
was 1,947,668. 
National Collection of Fine Arts——The twenty-third meeting of 
the Smithsonian Art Commission was held on December 4, 1945, when 
four art works submitted during the year were accepted for the 
National Collection. Resolutions were adopted on the death of 
Herbert Adams, a member of the Commission, and John Taylor Arms 
was recommended to succeed him. To succeed Edward W. Redfield, 
who resigned during the year, the Commission recommended Eugene 
E. Speicher. Two miniatures were acquired through the Catherine 
Walden Myer fund, and two pieces of pottery through the Reverend 
Alfred Duane Pell fund. Eleven special exhibitions were held during 
the year, as follows: The Honorable William D. Pawley collection 
of 27 portraits of “Flying Tigers” by Raymond P. R. Neilson, N. A.; 
28 sculptures by Genaro Amador Lira, of Nicaragua; 20 portraits of 
members of the Lafayette Escadrille, by John Elliott; the Eighth 
Metropolitan State Art Contest, comprising 412 paintings, sculp- 
ture, prints, and metalcraft; the forty-fourth annual exhibition of 
miniatures by the Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters, con- 
sisting of 100 miniatures; 53 portraits by Alfred Jonniaux; A Cen- 
tury of the Greeting Card, courtesy of Brownie’s Blockprints, Inc.; 
53 oil and water-color paintings by Charles P. Gruppe; 54 paintings 
of Siam by students of the School of Arts and Crafts, Bangkok; 
Biennial Exhibition of the League of American Pen Women, in- 
cluding 582 art objects; and the Scholastic Calendar Art Competi- 
tion, including 150 paintings. 
Freer Gallery of Art.—Additions to the collections included 
Chinese bronze, painting, and pottery, Bactrian and Chinese metal- 
work, a Korean gold ornament, and a Chinese manuscript. The work 
of the staff was devoted to the study of new accessions and of objects 
submitted for purchase; general research work within the collections 
of Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Persian, and Indian materials; the prepa- 
ration of material for publication and the revision of earlier work; 
docent service, and public lectures. Reports were made upon 1,612 
objects and 408 reproductions of objects submitted for examination, 
and 132 Oriental language inscriptions were translated. The total 
number of visitors to the Gallery for the year was 97,822, and 1,625 
persons visited the main office for various purposes. Members of the 
staff made several trips out of Washington on official business con- 
nected with the work of the Gallery. Miss Grace Dunham Guest, 
