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Registration. — 1,063 items have been entered in the Register of 

 Acquisitions. 



Stamping and Mounting. — 5,047 drawings, prints, Ac, recently 

 acquired, have been impressed with the departmental stamp and 

 references to the Register. 



1,338 prints from the Montague Guest Collection have been 

 impressed with a special stamp. 



The work of stamping the foreign book-plates in the Franks 

 Collection has been continued. 



The whole of the German drawings in the Malcolm Collection 

 have been mounted. 



28 drawings, recently acquired, have been prepared and mounted 

 on sunk mounts ; 53 woodcuts by Burgkmair and 16 other early 

 engravings and woodcuts have been mounted ; 48 mezzotints from 

 the Cheylesmore Collection and 3 mezzotints printed in colours by 

 Le Blon have been mounted on sunk mounts. 



The following modern prints have been mounted, in addition to 

 smaller numbers by other artists : — D. Y. Cameron, 59 etchings ; 

 K. Cameron, 12 etchings ; C. Conder, 39 lithographs ; Eric Gill, 

 12 woodcuts ; Seymour Haden, 270 etchings and mezzotints ; 

 E. S. Lumsden, 48 etchings ; J. F. Millet, 23 etchings ; G. 

 Raverat, 14 woodcuts ; C. H. Shannon, 84 lithographs ; W. Strang, 

 102 etchings ; F. S. Unwin, 13 etchings. 



19 drawings by E. W. Cooke, 20 drawings by J. Webster, 143 

 drawings by Sir. J. Wyatville, 46 drawings by Parkinson, 131 

 anonymous drawings, 110 woodcuts by Tenniel, and 303 woodcuts 

 by Whymper, have been mounted in albums. 



414 book-plates have been mounted on paper mounts. 



All the above have been lettered with the artists' names and 

 references to the Register and to catalogues. 



Numerous prints, drawings, and mounts have been cleaned. 



Students. — The total number of visitors admitted to the Print 

 Room during the year ended December 31st, 1916, was 2,063 ; of 

 these admissions 1,234 were previous to the closing of the Museum 

 to the public on March 1st. 



Pliotographing . — 176 applications were made for leave to 

 photograph, and 634 photographs were taken. 



II. — Acquisitions. 



The total number of prints, drawings, books, &c., acquired 

 during the year was 1,140, of which the following are the most 

 important : — 



Italian School. 



Drawing. 

 Cardi, L. (II Cigoli). The facade of St. Peter's, and two 

 cartouches ; pen and sepia. Presented hy Sir E. J. Poynter., Bart.., 

 P.K.A. 



