40 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 



Department of Prints and Drawings. 



1. — Arrangement and Cataloguing. 



A portion of the drawings exhibited in the public gallery 

 has been withdrawn and replaced by recently acquired 

 examples. A new edition of the guide has been issued. 



Fifty-nine fine proof mezzotints belonging to the Cheyles- 

 more collection have been arranged on screens in the King's 

 Library. 



The entire collection of Mezzotint Portraits bequeathed 

 by Lord Cheylesmore has been sorted and incorporated ; and 

 the work of examining the prints by each master, dividing 

 them into two classes, special and ordinary, marking each 

 according to its number in the catalogues of Chaloner Smith 

 and others, and entering corresponding references in the 

 catalogues themselves, has been carried on and completed so 

 far as concerns the works of W. T. Annis, W. Barnard, 

 W. Barr.ey, I. Beckett, E. Bell, A. Blooteling, J. Boydell, 

 R. Brookshaw, A. Browne, H. Bryer, T. Burke, G. Dawe, 

 P. Dawe, W. Doughty, R. Earlom, J. Finlayson, E. Fisher, 

 T. Frye, Y. Green, J. Greenwood, J. Grozer, J. G. Haid, 

 H. Hudson, J. Jacobe, G. Keating, H. Kingsbury, R. Laurie, 

 J. McArdell, Malgo, G. Marchi, J. Murphy, S. Okey, T. Park, 

 W. Pether, C. Phillips, B. Richards, J. Saunders, J. Smith, 

 J. R. Smith, J. Spilsbiuy, P. J. Tassaert, R. Tompson, 0. 

 Townley, J. Ward, W. Ward. J. Watson, T. Watson, J. Watts, 

 F. Wheatley, G. White, R. Williams, J. Wright, and J. 

 Young. 



The arrangement in albums, fifty-eight in number, of the 

 English division of the Franks collection of Book Plates has 

 been continued and completed. Yolume I. of the catalogue 

 has been published and Yolume II. is in the press. 



The woodcuts by T. Sturge Moore have been arranged in 

 an album. 



The work of renewing the wrappers, where required, in 

 the collection of English Portraits has been commenced. 



Two hundred and sixty drawings and seven hundred and 

 forty-three prints recently acquired have been incorporated 

 with the collections to which they severally belong. 



Recently acquired Books of Prints and Books of Reference 

 have been indexed, numbered, and placed on the shelves. 



A collection of duplicate engravings, in two hundred and 

 ninety-eight frames, has been lent to the Trustees of the 

 Corporation Art Gallery at Rochdale. 



A collection of duplicate engraved portraits, in sixteen 

 frames, has been lent to the Committee of the Southwark 

 Public Libraries. 



