DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. 41 



Department of Prints and Drawings. 



1. — Arrangement and Cataloguing. 



A set of autotype facsimiles of the grotesque woodcut 

 alphabet of 1464^ with introductory text by Mr. Campbell 

 Dodgson, Assistant in the Department, has been published 

 by the Trustees. 



An exhibition of drawings and etchings by Kembrandt, 

 and etchings by other masters contemporary with him,, 

 arranged in the wall and standard cases in the gallery, was 

 opened on March 7, and a guide to it has been issued. 



The collection of prints by and after Gravelot has been 

 sorted and arranged. 



The collection of books of drawings preserved in the 

 Keeper's study has been partially re-arranged. 



The collection of drawings by John Henderson, sen., has 

 been arranged in an album. 



The recently acquired collection of sketches by Sir George 

 Hayter for his pictures of the coronation and marriage of 

 Queen Victoria has been arranged in two albums. 



One hundred and seven 15th and 16th century prints not 

 strictly connected with ex-libris have been removed from 

 the Franks collection of Bookplates and placed, in accordance 

 with the terms of the Avill, at the disposal of Mr. C. H. Read. 

 Mr. Read has returned them to the Trustees, and given 

 permission for them to be incorporated with the general 

 collections of the Department. 



The work of preparing, specially repairing, and mounting a 

 small selection of specimen English Mezzotints has been in. 

 progress, and one hundred and sixty have beep, so treated. 



The preparation of a catalogue of the Schreiber collection 

 of Playing Cards has been continued, and completed as far as 

 the packs are concerned. 



Additions have been made to the catalogue of German and 

 Flemish woodcuts of the 15th century, and an introductory 

 essay has been partly written. 



The MS. catalogue of the collection of Colour Prints has 

 been revised and extended. 



The preparation of a descriptive catalogue of the collection 

 of English Drawings has been continued, and carried down, 

 to the name Howitt. 



Titles for the principal articles in Vols. I.-XX. of 

 "Repertorium fur Kunstwissenschaft " and the volumes 

 for 1897 of " Cud Holland " and " L'Archivio Storico " have 

 been written for the index of Books of Reference. 



All Books of Prints and Books of Reference recently 

 acquired have been indexed and placed on thp shelves. The 

 labels on a large number of Books of Reference have been 

 renewed. :i 



