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One hundred and sixty-two drawings and two thousand 

 and twenty-seven prints, recently acquired, have been incor- 

 porated with the collections to which they severally belong. 



Four thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine prints, 

 drawings, &c., recently acquired, have been impressed with 

 the departmental stamp and references to the Register. 



Three thousand and ninety-two items have been entered in 

 the Register of Acquisitions. 



The number of students admitted to the Print Room during 

 the year ending 31st December 1896 was 5,762. 



Two hundred and twenty-five applications were made for 

 leave to photograph objects in the collection, and 1,333 photo- 

 graphs were taken. 



II. — Additions. 



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

 the year was 4,994, of which the following are the most im- 

 portant : — 



Italian School. 



Draivings. 



Buonarroti, Michelangelo. Lamentation of the Virgin and 

 the disciples over the body of Christ; black chalk; one of 

 the finest extant drawings by the master. On the verso, a 

 sketch in red chalk, apparently for one of the captives 

 designed for the tomb of Julius II. From the collection of 

 the Earl of Warwick. 



Campagnola, Domenico. Venus in a landscape ; the 

 original design for the engraving (B. xiii. 382. 7) ; pen and 

 ink. Presented by Mrs. Gilbert. 



Figino, Ambrogio. Two portraits of San Carlo Borromeo, 

 one taken after death ; black and red chalk. 



Sarto, Andrea del. Sheet of studies in red chalk, drawn on 

 both sides ; among them are two studies for the head and 

 figure of St. John in the picture of the Virgin and Child with 

 St. John at Hertford House. — Study for the figures of St. 

 Bruno and St. Onuphrius in the picture of the Madonna with 

 Saints now at Berlin. Both from the collection of the late 

 Lord Leighton, p.r.a. 



Woodcut. 



Campagnola, Domenico. Landscape with St. Jerome and 

 two lions ; a counterproof falsified to simulate an original 

 drawing. Presented by Mrs. Gilbert. 



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