34 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The number of separate applications for Oriental MSS. was 

 928, viz., 423 in the Students' Room and 505 in the Reading 

 Rooms. 



Ch. Rieu. 



Department of Prints and Drawings. 



I. — Arrangement and Cataloguing. 



A series of original drawings and sketches by artists of 

 various schools and periods, mostly obtained by purchase, 

 bequest, or gift, within the last six years, has been selected 

 and prepared for public exhibition. 



The collections of books of costume and topography, the 

 illustrated copies of Pennant, Clarendon, and Whitelock, the 

 works of Hollar, Chodowiecki, and the Wierixes, and the 

 drawings preserved in imperial solanders, have been trans- 

 ferred to the new cases in the gallery of the Students' Room. 



The collection of drawings made by Thomas Heaphy to 

 illustrate his work on the " Likeness of Christ " has been re- 

 mounted in a volume. 



An expanded index of the artists of the Dutch and Flemish 

 schools represented in the Department, showing by what 

 classes of work each is represented, has been prepared, 

 transcribed and sent to press, and the proofs have been 

 corrected. 



A similar index of the artists of the German school has 

 been commenced. 



The collection of French drawings has been re-arranged in 

 thirty-five solander cases. 



The series of French portrait drawings hitherto placed 

 together under the name of Janet has been identified as 

 the work of Clouet and his school, the Dumonstiers, and 

 Lagneau, and re-arranged accordingly. 



The etchings by French artists hitherto arranged separately 

 in eight guardbooks have been incorporated with the general 

 collection. 



The etchings by Alphonse Legros have been re-arranged in 

 three solander cases. 



The etchings by Charles Jacque have been re-arranged, in 

 accordance with Guifi'rey's catalogue, in two portfolios. 



The supplementary series of etchings by Charles Meryon 

 has been incorporated with the main series, and a preliminary 

 catalogue of the collection has been commenced. 



The general collection of the works of English engravers 

 has been permanently re-arranged in twenty-two portfolios. 



The works of William Sharp have been re-arranged, 

 according to subjects, in four portfolios. 



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