24 accounts, etc., of the british museum. 



Department of Prints and Drawings. 

 I. — Arrangement and Cataloguing, ^'c. 



Arrangement. — 1,150 English portraits recently acquired have 

 been distributed according to periods and classes. 



2,699 other prints and drawings recently acquired have been 

 incorporated with the divisions of the collection to which they 

 severally belong. 



36 books of drawings and prints have been placed. 



The unfinished proofs by English engravers, formerly kept 

 apart, have been incorporated with the engravers' works, and the 

 large prints by English engravers have been rearranged. 



A new series of solanders containing the mounted work of 

 modern etchers and lithographers is in course of arrangement. 



A large number of solanders, portfolios, and books containing 

 drawings and prints of special value have been removed for greater 

 safety to a strong room in the basement. 



All books of prints and books of reference recently acquired 

 have been catalogued, labelled, and placed. 



Catalogues and Indexes. — The new card index to books of 

 reference has been nearly completed. 



The index to periodicals has been brought up to date. 



The new references to case, shelf, and number have been inserted 

 all through the index to the books of prints. 



The new references to cases and books have been inserted in the 

 indexes of artists of the Spanish, Russian, Scandinavian and American 

 schools, and in the index of Foreign Artists working in England ; 

 in the case of the Italian school all new references have been inserted 

 except those relating to books. 



The artists represented in the collection of woodcuts by the 

 Brothers Dalziel have been indexed as far as vol. 13. 



117 references to drawings by Dutch and Flemish artists in the 

 Malcolm collection have been inserted in the index of artists of 

 these schools. 



The work of indexing foreign portraits contained in books of 

 prints has been continued. A complete list has been made of all 

 such portraits ; references to them have been added on the slips 

 made for the general portrait collection, and new slips have been 

 written for all names occurring only in the books of prints. More 

 detailed slips have also been written for all these portraits with a 

 view to incorporation in a future printed catalogue of the foreign 

 portraits. 



Exhibition. — No alterations in the exhibition were made during 

 the first two months of the year. On March 1st the gallery was 

 closed, and all prints and drawings were removed from the wall 

 cases, screens and slopes. 



