42 accounts, etc., of the british museum. 



Department of Prints and Drawings. 



I. — Arrangement and Cataloguing, &c. 



The entire collection of prints and drawings was transferred 

 during the early months of the year to the new Students' Room 

 and mezzanine floor in the Extension Building, and there 

 re-arranged before the re-opening of the Department, which 

 was visited by H.M. the King on May 8th, and opened to 

 students on the following day. 



The following exhibitions were arranged in the new Exhibi- 

 tion Room in King Edward VII. 's Galleries : (1) Woodcuts and 

 Metal-Cuts of the xv century, chiefly of the German School. 



(2) Drawings and Sketches by Old Masters and by Artists 

 of the British School, acquired between 1912 and 1914. 



(3) Japanese and Chinese Paintings, principally from the 

 Arthur Morrison Collection. (4) Select Prints illustrating 

 the Processes and Schools of Engraving. (.5) Recent Acquisi- 

 tions. Printed guides to Exhibitions 1-.3 have been issued, 

 while Exhibitions 4' and 5 are of a more informal character 

 and their contents are varied from time to time. A guide has 

 been issued, however, as an introduction to Exhibition 4, 

 explaining the processes and schools of engraving, of which 

 selected specimens are always on view. The exhibition of 

 recent acquisitions has included as special features a group 

 of rare engravings of the xv century, ornament prints of 

 the xvi century, rare engravings by Blake and proofs of 

 the unpublished subjects of the Liber Studiorum, book plates 

 by Sherborn, modern etchings of the French, Dutch, and 

 Swedish schools, portrait lithographs of the early Victorian 

 period b}^ R. J. Lane, a large selection of modern English 

 lithographs, and modern colour prints by English and German 

 artists. 



The preparation of a critical and descriptive Catalogue of 

 the Dutch and Flemish Drawings has been continued, and 

 the section dealing with Rembrandt and his school is approxi- 

 mately completed. 



Vol. IV. of the Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits 

 (S — Z) has been published, and Vol. V., containing the Catalogue 

 of portrait groups and a supplement and index to the main 

 work, is in course of preparation. 



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



The books of reference have been completely, and the books 

 of prints partly, re-arranged. 



A new card index to the entire collection of books of 

 reference is in course of preparation. About 3,2.50 cards have 

 been written, representing the letters A, B, C, and E, with full 

 cross references under the rest of the alphabet. 



All books of prints and books of reference recently acquired 

 have been catalogued, labelled, and placed. The English and 

 Foreign Sale Catalogues have been re-arranged. 



