44 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The work of numbering the English Drawings by each 

 master according to the printed catalogue has been continued 

 to the name Rysbrack. 



All additions and corrections in the indexes of artists, 

 rendered necessary by recent acquisitions and rearrangements, 

 have been carried out. 



Recently acquired Books of Reference and Books of Prints 

 have been numbered, labelled, placed, and entered in the 

 indexes. 



The transcription for press of the catalogues of German 

 woodcuts, English Drawings, and the Franks collection of 

 book plates lias been continued. 



All additions to the collection of English and Foreign print 

 sale catalogues have been entered in the indexes. 



Thirty-four drawings and twelve hundred prints recently 

 acquired have been incorporated with the collections to which 

 they severally belong. 



Four thousand and sixty-one items have been entered in 

 the Register of Acquisitions. 



Eight thousand five hundred and eighty-seven prints, 

 drawings, &;c., recently acquired, have been impressed with 

 the departmental stamp and references to thf^ Register. 



The work of impressing with a special stamp the Franks 

 collection of Foreign book plates has been continued, and 

 two thousand and one have been stamped. 



The 250 sets of reproductions from French Engravings of 

 the XVIIlth century, forming the annual publication of the 

 Department, have been arranged in portfolios and deposited 

 in the Director's OflSce. 



Four hundred and nineteen drawings and prints have been 

 mounted on sunk boards, and one hundred and ninety-one in 

 the ordinary manner. 



The total number of students admitted to the Print Room 

 during the year ending 31st December was 8,061, being an 

 increase of 1,034 from the preceding year. 



Four hundred and six applications were made for leave to 

 photograph objects in the collection, and 2,172 photographs 

 were taken. 



II. — Additions. 



The year has been notable in the history of the department 

 by the acquisition of two collections of quite exceptional 

 importance ; the collection of drawings and etchings by 

 Norwich artists purchased by the Trustees from Mr. James 

 Reeve ; and the collection of Mezzotint Portraits and 

 Portraits of the Royal Family bequeathed by the late Lord 

 Cheylesmore. 



