34 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1949 
more College honor students; Charles Seymour, Jr., gave a course 
at Johns Hopkins University on Renaissance Art; and Charles M. 
Richards gave a survey course on art history under the auspices of 
the Department of Agriculture. Miss Mongan also made the 
arrangements for Arthur M. Hind’s American lecture tour, in connec- 
tion with the publication of Part II of his ‘‘Harly Italian Engraving,” 
under Gallery auspices. Mr. Seymour served on three and Miss 
Mongan on two art juries. 
Special installations were prepared for: the Michelangelo “David” 
lent to the National Gallery of Art through the courtesy of the 
Italian Government; 28 pieces of Egyptian sculpture lent to the 
Gallery by C. S. Gulbenkian placed on exhibition in January 1949; 
and eighteenth-century furniture and books also lent by Mr. Gulben- 
kian. The cataloging and filing of photographs in the George Martin 
Richter Archive continued to make progress, with the gradual 
enlargement of the collection. 
Further activities of the department are indicated under the 
heading of “‘ Publications.” 
RESTORATION AND REPAIR OF WORKS OF ART 
Necessary restoration and repair of works of art in the Gallery’s 
collections were made by Stephen S. Pichetto, Consultant Restorer 
to the Gallery, until his death in January 1949. No successor to 
Mr. Pichetto has as yet been appointed, but necessary minor repairs 
on the works of art have been continued under the care of Mr. 
Pichetto’s residual staff. All work was completed in the Restorer’s 
studio in the Gallery, with the exception of the restoration of two 
paintings, work on which is being completed in the New York studio 
of S. S. Pichetto, Inc. 
PUBLICATIONS 
During the year Mr. Cairns published two books, ‘‘The Limits 
of Art,’’? Pantheon Books, Inc., and ‘‘Legal Philosophy from Plato 
to Hegel,” Johns Hopkins Press. He also edited a volume entitled 
“Lectures in Criticism,’”’ Pantheon Books, Inc., and contributed an 
introduction to “Epicurus, My Master,’’ by Max Radin, University 
of North Carolina Press. He also contributed articles and reviews 
to the Columbia Law Review, Human Events, Saturday Review 
of Literature, New York Herald Tribune, Baltimore Evening Sun, 
Law and Contemporary Problems, The Scientific Monthly, and to 
the volume El Actual Pensamiento Juridico de los Estados Unidos, 
Buenos Aires. 
A series of 12 articles on masterpieces in the Gallery, prefaced 
by one entitled ‘‘New Friends for Old Masters,” is being published 
by John Walker in the Ladies Home Journal. An article by Mr. 
