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Department of Prints and Drawings. 

 I. — Arrangement and Cataloguirig, Sfc. 



Arrangement. — 212 drawing's and 2,481 prints recently- 

 acquired kave been incorporated witk the divisions of the collec- 

 tion to which tliey severally belong. 



82 books of drawings and prints have been placed. 

 Much preliminary work has been done on the engravings pre- 

 sented by Lady Lucas, before incorporating them with the main 

 collection. 



The whole of the select mezzotints of the Cheylesmore collec- 

 tion, now completely mounted in royal, imperial and atlas size, 

 have been incorporated with the mounted select mezzotints of the 

 old Museum collection, to complete the engravers' works. The 

 arrangement is now alphabetical under engravers' names, and 

 each case is arranged according to Chaloner Smith or other 

 standard catalogues. An alphabetical list of the engravers repre- 

 sented in the select English mezzotints has been drawn up. The 

 new references have been added to the Cheylesmore catalogue and 

 the catalogue of select English mezzotints. The " royal" mezzo- 

 tints now occupy 79 cases, th« imperial 48, and the atlas 44. In 

 addition, 15 mezzotints from the Cheylesmore collection have been 

 incorporated with the series of early mezzotints. A selection has 

 been made for special mounting from the mezzotints presented by 

 Lady Lucas, and 32 mezzotints by S. W. Reynolds have been 

 added to the special series. The work of indexing mezzotints 

 placed with portraits and masters' works has been continued. 



Catalogue references have been printed on the mounts of the 

 drawings by Eembrandt and his school. 



The whole engraved work of the Master E.S. has been col- 

 lected and re-arranged according to the catalogue by Max Lehrs 

 (Vol. II.), 19 engravings being re-mounted for tliis purpose. The 

 work of this engraver is now placed in four solandetr cases follow- 

 ing that which contains the engravings described in Lehrs, Vol. I. 

 The work of arranging the engravings described in Yol. III. has 

 been begun, but they are not yet fully mounted or lettered. 



The work of re-arranging the engravings by Marcantonio 

 Raimondi in the order of Bartsch has been completed, and 

 references have been inserted in Bartsch, vol. XY. 



The complete etched work of G. B. Tiepolo has been arranged 

 according to the catalogue of De Vesme, and detailed instructions 

 have been given for mounting it. 



The reproductions of drawings by Clouet, Dumonstier and 

 Lagneau have been re-arranged. 



The works of J. Perrissin and J. Tortorel have been marked 

 off in Robert-Dumesnil's catalogue. 



References to engravings by W. Faithorne have been inserted 

 in the catalogue by Eagan. 



The collection of duplicate engravings available for loan has 

 been thoroughly revised, many specimens being eliminated and 



