44 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BKITISH MUSEUM. 



The transcription for press of the catalogues of English 

 Portraits and English Drawings has been continued. 



Eleven hundred and fifty-five items have been entered in 

 the Register of acquisitions. 



Three thousand two hundred and four prints, drawings, 

 &ic. recently acquired, have been impressed with the depart- 

 mental stamp and references to the Register. 



The work of preparing, specially repairing, and mounting 

 a selection from the Cheylesmore collection of mezzotint 

 portraits, additional to that shown in the exhibition gallery, 

 has been continued. Three hundred " ordinary " mezzotints 

 belonging to the same collection have been fixed in wrappers 

 for their better preservation. 



Five hundred and ninety-nine drawings and prints have 

 been prepared and mounted on sunk mounts, and five hundred 

 others have been mounted in the ordinary manner. 



The total number of students admitted to the Print Room 

 during the year ending 31st December 1906 was 8,396. 



Three hundred and fifty applications were made for leave 

 to photograph objects in the collection and 2,017 photographs 

 were taken. 



II. — Additions. 



The total number of prints, drawings, &;c. acquired 

 during the year was 4,176, of which the following are the 

 most important : — 



Italian School. 



Braivings. 



Credi, Lorenzo di. Study of a child's arm ; silver-point 

 heightened with white. From the Lely collection. 



Galli, Francesco (da Bibiena). Five designs for operatic 

 scenery ; pen and sepia. Presented by Col. Croft Lyons 

 through the National Art Collections Fund. 



Robusti, Jacopo (Tintoretto). Assumption of the Virgin ; 

 sketch in oils on paper ; a fine and important example. 



Prints arranged to illustrate the Works of Masters. 

 Vinci, Leonardo da. Mona Lisa ; woodcut by A. Kriiger ; 

 printed in colours. 



German School. 

 Drawings. 



Diirer, Albrecht. Christ on the cross between the Virgin 

 and St. John ; with two separate studies for the Virgin and 

 one for the crucifix ; pen and ink ; an interesting small 

 example hitherto unknown. 



