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The collection of Italian portraits has been revised and re- 

 distributed in new wrappers. 



The Ford collection of prints after Correggio has been 

 removed from the seven albums in which it has hitherto been 

 preserved, and incorporated with the general series of prints 

 after the Master, the whole being arranged in accordance with 

 the catalogue in Meyer's " Kiinstler-Lexikon," in two port- 

 folios. Many duplicates have been removed and distributed 

 among the works of the several engravers. 



The revision and re-arrangement of the general collection 

 of prints after Italian Masters, which includes the removal of 

 the reproductions of drawings, and their formation into a 

 distinct class, has been commenced. 



The collection of prints of ornament has been revised and 

 re-arranged in accordance with information supplied by Dr. 

 Jessen, Librarian of the Kunstgewerbe-Museum, Berlin. 



The portfolios of Greek, Roman and Oriental portraits, and 

 that of antiquities, have been re-arranged. 



Ninety-five prints by Albrecht Diirer, forming the second 

 and inferior set, have been removed from the album in which 

 they were mounted, and placed with duplicates. 



The collection of prints after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1,056 

 in number, has been mounted in the albums, references to 

 Hamilton and Chaloner Smith being added, and the prints 

 marked off in an interleaved copy of Hamilton's catalogue. 



The works of John Smith, Elisha Kirkall, and Jan 

 Saenredam have been mounted in albums. 



The collection of proof impressions of Turner's " England 

 and Wales," presented by J. E. Taylor, Esq., has been sorted, 

 classified and arranged in seven portfolios, and entered in 

 detail in the MS. catalogue of the prints after Turner. 



The work of examining the two collections of mounted and 

 unmounted prints of costume, removing those required for 

 the works of painters and engravers, and revising, classifying 

 and indexing the remainder, has been commenced. 



The preparation of a catalogue of the collection of English 

 Portraits has been continued, and its transcription for press 

 commenced. 



The expanded index of artists of the French School, uniform 

 with those of the Dutch, Flemish and German Schools already 

 printed, has been completed and transcribed for press. 



Two copies of the printed index of German artists have 

 been cut up, mounted and bound, with full references inserted, 

 so as to form the working index of the Department. 



The preparation of an index of subjects represented by 

 Italian, Dutch, Flemish and German artists of the early 

 and Renaissance Schools has been completed. 



A catalogue has been prepared of all the modern engravings 

 printed in colours contained in the Department. 



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