42 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



of book-plates has also been continued, and twenty-five 

 thousand eight hundred and forty-eight have been stamped. 

 The Delany collection of plants and flowers cut in paper 

 mosaic has been marked throughout in a similar manner. 



Two hundred and sixty-four drawings and three hundred 

 and forty-five prints have been mounted on sunk boards, 

 and one hundred and one prints have been mounted in the 

 ordinary manner. 



Two thousand nine hundred and forty-seven items have 

 been entered in the Register of Acquisitions. 



The number of students admitted to the Print Room during 

 the year ending 31st December 1898 was 6,156. 



Two hundred and thirty-three applications were made for 

 leave to photograph objects in the collection, and 1,500 photo- 

 graphs were taken. 



II. — Additions. 



The total number of prints, drawings, fee, acquired during 

 the year was 5,347, of which the following are the most 

 important : — - 



Italian School. 



Bratvings. 



Anonymous, 16th century. Design for the completion of 

 the Gothic fa9ade of the church of San Petronio, Bologna ; 

 pen and bistre ; a drawing of large size and elaborate finish. 

 From the collection of Sir Thomas La\^ence. 



Aspertini, Amico. Sketch book of forty-seven vellum 

 leaves, full of sketches of mythological subjects from antique 

 sculpture; dated 1535. 



Mola, Pier Francesco. Landscape ; pen and sepia. On back 

 the Creator surrounded by cherubim ; pen and Indian ink. 



Vasari, Giorgio. Sketch for a fresco in the Palazzo 

 Vecchio, Florence ; pen and sepia, heightened with whits. 



Zuccaro, Federigo. A gentleman playing the lute, a lady 

 standing beside him ; pen and bistre. 



Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Masters. 



Vecellio, Tiziano (Titian). The Tribute Money ; photo- 

 gravure from the picture in the Dresden Gallery. 



Vinci, Leonardo da. The Last Supper ; by H. H. Quiter, 

 mezzotint. 



Dutch and Flemish Schools. 



Drawings. 



Goltzius, Hendrik. Bacchus and Ceres ; sepia, heightened 

 with white. 



