44 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BKITISH MUSEUM. 



The indexes of artists of all schools have been revised with 

 the aid of Thieme and Becker's new lexicon of artists, to the 

 end of letter A. 



The etchings and lithographs by Ingres and Delacroix have 

 been marked off in Delteil's Peintre-Graveur lUustre. 



The engravings after P. Breughel I. have been marked off 

 in R. V. Bastelaer's catalogue of his works. 



Titles have been written for the newly-bound volumes of 

 the Burlington Fine Art Club's catalogues and for articles 

 in the "Gazette des Beaux- Arts," 1907, and "Deutsches 

 Kunstblatt," 1850-54, for the catalogue of books of reference. 



The work of writing slips for the titles of prints after 

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

 index to that division of the collection, has been begun. 



The preparation of slips for an index to the collection of 

 photographs presented by the National Photographic Record 

 has been continued. 



The preparation of slips for an index to the Banks collection 

 of shopbills, admission tickets, etc. has been completed, and 

 their arrangement in alphabetical order has been begun. 



The transcription for press of the catalogues of British 

 Portraits, Japanese Woodcuts and Early Italian Engravings 

 has been continued. 



A collection of duplicate engravings in 81 frames has been 

 lent to the Macclesfield Art Museum. 



Registration. — Three thousand four hundred and sixteen 

 items have been entered in the Register of Acquisitions. 



Stamping and Mounting. — The work of impressing with a 

 special stamp the duplicates removed from the Franks collec- 

 tion of foreign bookplates has been completed, and they have 

 been returned to the executor. 



One thousand six hundred and ninety-seven " ordinary " 

 mezzotints belonging to the Cheylesmore collection have been 

 stamped and fixed in wrappers for their better preservation. 



Five thousand one hundred and fifty-three prints, draw- 

 ings, etc., recently acquired, have been impressed with the 

 departmental stamp and references to the Register. 



Two hundred and thirty miscellaneous drawings have been 

 prepared and mounted on sunk mounts, and three hundred 

 and ninety-five prints have been mounted in the ordinary 

 manner. 



Thirty drawings in tempera and oil by Tintoretto, thirty-six 

 Chinese woodcuts of the seventeenth century, and one hundred 

 and ten Japanese woodcuts of the eighteenth century, all 

 requiring special treatment, have been repaired and mounted. 



Students. — The total number of visitors admitted to the 

 Print Room during the year ending 31 December 1908 was 

 8990, being an increase of 400 from the preceding year. 



