DEPAETMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. 37 



Department of Prints and Drawings. 



1. — Arrangement and Cataloguing. 



The series of fifteenth century German and Flemish wood- 

 cuts, formed by the incorporation of the examples presented 

 by Mr. William Mitchell with those previously possessed by 

 the Museum, has been arranged in accordance with Schreiber's 

 catalogue in thirteen solander cases. An index has been 

 prepared, showing in comparative tables the old and the new 

 arrangements. 



The large collection of sketches and studies by George 

 Cruikshank, bequeathed by his widow, has been sorted and 

 arranged, the subjects being identified as far as possible. 



The work of preparing, specially repairing, and mounting a 

 small selection of the best specimen English mezzotints has 

 been taken in hand and 219 have been so treated. 



The Bulgarian, Roumanian, Servian, and modern Greek 

 portraits have been arranged in a separate portfolio and the 

 Turkish portraits in another. 



A collection of sketches and studies by Richard Cook, R.A., 

 for his illustrations to Scott's " Lady of the Lake," and a 

 series of drawings of Cairo by Owen B. Carter have been 

 arranged in albums. 



The new slip catalogue of the collection of English 

 Mezzotints has been mounted on sheets and bound. 



A collection of framed duplicate prints has been lent to a 

 local exhibition organised by Miss Ward of Squerries, and 

 returned in good order. 



The preparation and transcription for press of a general 

 catalogue of the collection of English Portraits has been 

 continued. 



The preparation for press of a descriptive catalogue of the 

 newly-formed series of early German and Flemish woodcuts 

 has been commenced and nearly completed. 



The preparation and printing of a descriptive catalogue of 

 the collection of English Drawings has been completed to the 

 end of the first volume (Abbott-Cumberland), which will be 

 published forthwith. 



The catalogue of books in the Department containing 

 early German woodcuts has been revised and transcribed for 

 press. 



Titles for the principal articles contained in the volumes 

 for 1896 of the " Jahrbuch der koniglich Preussischen Kunst- 

 sammlungen," " Zeitschrif t f iir Bildende Kunst," " Oud 

 Holland," ** Archivio Storico dell' Arte," and " Gazette des 

 Beaux-Arts " have been written for the index of Books of 

 Reference. 



