40 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 



Department of Prints and Drawings. 



1. — Arrangement and Cataloguing. 



The first volume (Abbott-Cumberland) of a descriptive 

 catalogue of tlie collection of English drawings has been 

 published. 



A complete series of the etchings by Rembrandt and all the 

 authentic original drawings by him possessed by the Depart- 

 ment, together with about five hundred etchings by artists 

 of various schools contemporary with Rembrandt, have been 

 prepared and arranged for exhibition in the public gallery. 

 A guide to the exhibition has been sent to press. 



The collection of drawings by John Flaxman, R.A., has been 

 rearranged, the subjects being identified as far as possible. 



A portion of the collection of sketches and studies by 

 George Cruikshank, bequeathed by his widow, has been 

 arranged in three albums. The entire collection will fill 

 about twenty. 



The collection of miscellaneous sketches and studies by 

 R. Cook, R.A., and the series of views of Cairo by C. Laver 

 have been arranged in albums. 



The collection of prints relating to Marat, presented by M. 

 Chevremont, has been arranged in a separate portfolio. 



The collection of portraits of the Bonaparte family has been 

 rearranged in two portfolios. 



The entire collection of foreign print-sale catalogues has 

 been arranged in chronological order, and labelled. 



The work of preparing, specially repairing, and mounting a 

 small selection of the best specimen English mezzotints has 

 been in progress, and two hundred and seven have been so 

 treated. 



The series of reproductions of drawings by the old masters 

 has been transferred from the gallery of the students' room 

 to the standard cases in the exhibition room, the space it 

 occupied being required for the collection of original draw- 

 ings, which is being greatly extended by the incorporation of 

 the Malcolm collection. 



Collections of framed duplicate engravings have been lent 

 to the governor"? of Harrow school and the committee of the 

 Free Library at Newport, Mon. 



The preparation and transcription for press of a catalogue 

 of the collection of English Portraits has been continued. 



The preparation of a catalogue of the collection of Playing 

 Cards bequeathed by Lady Charlotte Schreiber has been 

 commenced. 



