ACCOUNTS OF BRITISH MUSEUM: 1840. 



One hundred and thirty-four early Enghsh coins of Edward the Confessor, and his 

 near contemporaries, found in Suffolk. 



A small parcel of the coins of Athelstan, stmck chiefly at Leicester or Chester. 



Some rare pieces of King Charles I., struck in the provinces during the Rebellion. 



The general collection has been chiefly enriched by the purchase of 568 Greek 

 coins, collected by the Rev. T. V. J. Arundell during his residence abroad, and by 66 

 Alexandrian coins. 



Amongst the acquisitions to the Sculpture gallery and to the Antiquities may be specified — 



Two marble busts, one of iEschines, the other of a Greek poet unknown, with some 

 interesting fragments of bas-reliefs. 



A large sepulchral alto-relievo of an Athleta. 



A collection of Etruscan Sarcophagi, and various antiquities discovered with them in 

 the tombs. 



Several fictile Vases. 



A large granite Sarcophagus, from Egypt. 



A large collection of Egyptian antiquities, purchased from Signor Anastasi, very rich 

 in sepulchral steles, and containing also two Sarcophagi and statues of a male and 

 female seated, of calcareous stone, and executed in a superior style of workmanship. 



Department of Prints and Drawings. 



The Catalogue Raisonne of the Sheepshanks collection has been continued to nearly the 

 end of the fifth volume of Bartsch, comprising the Dutch and Flemish schools of etching. 



In the last year the general collection has been increased with the following Prints : 



A fine set of Cornelius Visscher, consisting of 228 pieces. 



A set of John Visscher, in 42 pieces. 



104 Prints, after Sir Joshua Reynolds. 



45 Prints, after Benjamin West. 



45 Prints, after Sir Thomas Lawrence. 



59 Prints, after Sir David Wilkie. 



And some others of rarity and value. 



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29 February 1840./ •^' ^^^'^'^l^' ^^c. 



