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Zu'1-Fakar Shirvani, written in 1339 ; sixteen large portions of the 

 Kitab al- mudauwanah, written in the tenth century ; and a group of 



twelve MSS., mostly Arabic. 



The Department of Prints and Drawings has been enriched both by 

 gifts of considerable collections and by some remarkable single pieces. 

 Among the former may be mentioned the final instalment of the 

 practically complete collection of the etchings of F. Bracquemond, 

 presented by the Keeper, Mr. Campbell Dodgson ; representative 

 selections of Czecho-Slovak and Polish art presented by the Government 

 of Czecho-Slovakia and the Warsaw Society of Graphic Artists 

 respectively ; the George Potter bequest of topographical prints 

 relating chiefly to northern London ; over 450 prints, chiefly portraits, 

 from the Morrison collection, presented by Mrs. Alfred Morrison and 

 an anonymious benefactor ; 70 proofs of etchings b}^ Theodore Roussel. 

 presented by liis stepdaughter and niece ; and a considerable number of 

 modern prints, including many by R. S. Austin, presented by the 

 Contemporary Art Society. Among single pieces special mention is 

 due to two drawings by Holman Hunt, presented by his widow ; a study 

 by Ingres ; a portrait by Perroneau ; a pen-and-ink drawing by Diirer, 

 presented by Mr. Campbell Dodgson ; and a drawing by T. Stimmer, 

 presented by the National Art-Collections Fund. Several important 

 German woodcuts were also acquired. 



The Oriental branch of the Department received a further selection 

 cf Japanese colour prints of high quality from Mr. R. N. ShaAv, and 

 five Japanese screens presented by Mr. Arthur Morrison. In addition, 

 the magnificent Chinese frescoes, mentioned in last year's report as 

 having been deposited on loan by Mr. G. Eumorfopoulos, were converted 

 into a gift, the value of which can hardly be over-estimated. 



In the Department of Egyjitian and Assyrian Antiquities the most 

 notable accessions have been two limestone vases carved in high relief 

 and a bowl with hmiting scenes in the marshes, from Mesopotamia, 

 about 3000 B.C. ; several pieces of painted plaster and other objects 

 from Tell el-Amarna, presented by the Egypt Exploration Society ; a 

 selection of pre-dynastic objects from the excavations of Miss G. 

 Caton-Thompson, presented by the British School of Archaeology in 

 Egypt ; six cinerary urns from Carthage, presented by the administra- 

 tion of archaeology in Tunis ; while a magnificent series of copies of 

 wall-paintings in Theban tombs, by Mrs. de Garis Davies, has been 

 deposited on indefinite loan by Dr. Alan Gardiner. In addition, the 

 Department has received its share of the results of the highly successful 

 excavations at Ur, conducted by Mr. C. L. Woolley for the Joint 

 Expedition of the British Museum and the Museum of the University 

 of Pennsylvania. 



The Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities has acquired an 

 excej)tionally fine and large Greek vase of " Dipylon " style ; a bronze 

 water- vessel, and a bronze helmet of about 400 B.C. ; a marble portrait 

 bust, perhaps of the emperor Gordian I ; and a marble relief repre- 

 senting the arrival of Aeneas at the site of Rome. 



The Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities was fortunate, 

 as usual, in its friends. Among many gifts special mention is due to 

 the collection of seals and signet rings made by the late Lt.-Col. G. B. 

 Croft Lyons, and presented by Mr. Mill Stephenson, to whom he had 

 bequeathed them ; the Witchampton set of early chessmen, carved out 

 of whale's bone, presented by Mrs. MacGeagh ; the glass prism used 



