DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. 41 



Department of Prints and Drawings. 



1. — Arrangement and Cataloguing. 



A series of 485 drawings by Foreign and English masters, 

 chiefly acquired since 1895, has been arranged in the wall 

 and standard cases in the public gallery, and the exhibition 

 was opened on 24 May. A guide to it has been printed. 



The library of Books of Reference has been extensively 

 rearranged, many volumes being transferred to new presses 

 in the mezzanine corridor, and the renumbering, labelling, 

 and alteration of references rendered necessary by the change 

 have been carried out. 



The engravings from works of sc,?Jptors of various foreign 

 schools have been removed from the general collection of prints 

 after masters and arranged separately in two portfolios. 



A set of proofs of woodcuts from studies by Sir Edwin 

 Landseer, published in the " Art Journal," 1875-77, has been 

 arranged in an album. 



A collection of proofs of woodcuts illustrating Shakespeare, 

 executed by Dalziel from designs by Sir John Gilbert, R.A., 

 has been arranged in three albums. 



The catalogue of the Schreiber collection of Playing Cards 

 has been published. 



The first fifteen sheets of Part I. of the Catalogue of 

 Early German and Flemish Woodcuts have been printed off, 

 and the preparation of Part II. has been continued. 



The preparation of Vol. III. of the Catalogue of English 

 Drawings has been continued and carried down to the name 

 Sala. 



The preparation of a general catalogue of the collection of 

 English Portraits has been continued. 



The preparation of a catalogue of the Franks collection 

 of Bookplates has been continued, and the first portion sent 

 to press. The rearrangement of the collection and elimination 

 of duplicates have also been proceeded with, and the work of 

 mounting it in albums commenced. 



The preparation of a catalogue of all the English Mezzotints 

 contained in the Department has been continued. 

 . The preparation of slips for a general index to the collection 

 of Foreign Portraits has been continued. 



All Books of Prints and Books of Reference recently 

 acquired have been indexed and placed on the shelves. 



All additions and corrections in the indexes of artists, 

 rendered necessary by recent acquisitions and rearrangements, 

 have been carried out. 



