48 accounts, etc., of the british museum. 



Department of Prints and Drawings, 



1. — Arrangement and Cataloguing, etc. 

 The exhibition of drawings by masters of the British and 

 Continental Schools, opened in June 1912, was closed in August, 

 and the fittings of the exhibition gallery were taken down for 

 alteration. The Students' Room was closed to visitors on 

 September 6th, for the removal of the fittings to the extension 

 building. The contents of the cases in that room were placed 

 for temporary storage in the exhibition gallery, and the 

 contents of the cases on the mezzanine floor were placed in the 

 old Students' Room. The removal of the fittings and their 

 re-erection in the extension building was approximately com- 

 pleted by the end of the year. 



The preparation of a critical and descriptive Catalogue of 

 the Dutch and Flemish Drawings has been continued, and 

 progress has been made, especially, with the section dealing with 

 Rembrandt and his school. 



The preparation of a Catalogue of Portrait Drawings in the 

 Department has been continued, and the preliminary notes 

 have been completed so far as regards drawings of the French, 

 German, and Italian schools. 



Vol. IV. of the Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits 

 is in the press, and the portion extending from S to V has been 

 printed. 



The card index to periodicals has been brought up to date. 



All books of prints and books of reference recently acquired 

 have been catalogued, labelled, and placed. 



The work of writing slips for the titles of prints after 

 English Masters, with a view to the preparation of a subject- 

 index of that division of the collection, has been continued. 



Additions to the Indexes of Artists of the French, Dutch 

 and Flemish, and German schools have been printed with the 

 object of bringing up to date the copies of those indexes 

 intended for use in the Department. 



The work of compiling a topographical slip-index of the 

 English Drawings in the Department has been continued. 



An index to the collection of London Views, arranged as a 

 supplement to the Grace Collection, has been completed ; the 

 London topographical prints contained in books in the Depart- 

 ment have been indexed, and progress has been made with an 

 index of the general collection of English topographical 

 prints. 



The work of making an index to the artists represented in 

 the Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits has been continued, 

 and completed as far as the end of the letter 0. 



The engravings after Tui-ner described in Vol. II. of Mr. 

 W. G. Rawlinson's Catalogue have been arranged in the order 

 described, and marked off in the Catalogue. 



