42 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The entire collection of French etchings has been sorted 

 and re-arranged. 



The prints illustrating the works of French sculptors have 

 been brought together and arranged in a separate portfolio. 



The collection of portraits of David Garrick has been sorted 

 and classified. 



The collections of German, French, and Dutch portraits 

 have been redistributed in new wrappers. 



The supplementary series of the works of Hollar, Faithorne, 

 Goltzius, Matham, Visscher, Schmidt, Callot, and various 

 early Italian and Dutch engravers have been incorporated in 

 the albums containing the main series. 



The transcription for press of the detailed catalogue of the 

 collection of Early Italian Prints has been continued. 



The special catalogue of the collection of prints after Rubens 

 has been completed. 



The preparation of a catalogue of the collection of English 

 Portraits has been continued, and the second division (Nobility) 

 completed. 



The preparation of an expanded index of artists of the 

 French School, uniform with those of the Dutch, Flemish, 

 and German Schools already printed, has been continued and 

 nearly completed. 



Two copies of the printed index of Dutch and Flemish 

 artists have been cut up, mounted, and bound, with full 

 references inserted, so as to form the working index of the 

 Department. 



The catalogue of the collection of fans and fan-leaves pre- 

 sented by Lady Charlotte Schreiber has been printed. 



The preparation of an index of subjects represented by 

 Italian artists of the Early and Renaissance Schools has been 

 commenced. 



The preparation of a catalogue of all the English mezzo- 

 tints contained in the Department has been continued. 



All books of prints and books of reference recently acquired 

 have been indexed and placed. 



Two hundred and ninety-three cross-references have been 

 inserted in the catalogue of books of reference. 



A list has been compiled of the books illustrated by the 

 principal English engravers from 1800 to 1850, 



The slips for a list of the foreign sale catalogues have been 

 arranged and pasted down in chronological order, and an 

 alphabetical index prepared. 



The correction of references in the second copy of the 

 general indexes of artists has been completed. 



The transcription of entries in recent volumes of the 

 Register on separate slips for painter, engraver, and subject 

 has been continued. 



Two thousand six hundred and thirty-six prints and draw- 

 ings 



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