42 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The work of revising, amplifying, and re-writing the 

 catalogue of the Library of Reference has been continued and 

 completed, and the new titles have been mounted and bound 

 up in eight volumes. 



The revision of the transcript of the catalogue of the 

 collection of English Portraits has been continued. 



Titles have been written for the principal articles in the 

 Gazette des Beaux-Arts and other periodicals for 1903 for 

 the catalogue of Books of Reference. 



The etchings by F. Buhot and D. Y. Cameron have been 

 marked off in Bourcard's and Wedmore's catalogues, and the 

 woodcuts by H. S. Beham in that by Pauli. 



Additions and corrections in the indexes of artists, ren- 

 dered necessary by recent acquisitions and re-arrangements, 

 have been carried out. 



The transcription for press of the catalogues of English 

 Portraits, English Drawings, and the Franks collection of 

 Book-plates has been continued. 



Four thousand five hundred and thirty- seven items have 

 been entered in the Register of Acquisitions. 



Thirteen thousand one hundred and eighty-nine prints, 

 drawings, frc, recently acquired, have been impressed with 

 the departmental stamp and references to the Register. 



The work of preparing, specially repairing, and mounting 

 a selection from the Cheylesmore collection of mezzotint 

 portraits has been continued, and two hundred and thirteen 

 have been so treated. 



Four hundred and twenty drawings have been prepared 

 and mounted on sunk mounts, and three hundred and seven- 

 teen others have been mounted in the usual manner. 



The total number of students admitted to the Print Room 

 during the year ending olst December 1904 was 8,383. 



353 applications were made for leave to photograph 

 objects in the collection, and 1,809 photographs were taken. 



II. — Additions. 



The year has been notable for the unusual number and 

 variety of gifts and bequests which have been made to the 

 department. The total number of prints, drawings, &c., 

 acquired was 5,012, of which the following are the most 

 important : — 



Italian School. 



Drawings. 

 Costa, Giovanni. Study of tree trunks and ivy, with 

 figure of a woman lightly sketched ; pencil. A grove of trees 

 in winter : pencil. 



