- ACCOUNTS, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. II 



Bronze Lion's Head, presented by T. Chambers Hall, Esq. 



A valuable collection of Vases and Terra Cottas, chiefly from the Basilicata, purchased 

 from Mr. Stuart. 



Two Vases of considerable interest, purchased from Sign. Campanari. 



A large collection of Babylonian Cylinders, and oriental engraved Stones, purchased from 

 Mr. Stuart. 



A collection of Anglo-Roman bronze objects, chiefly parts of Horse-trappings, discovered 

 in excavations in the Poldeu Hills, Somersetshire. 



A very interesting collection of Bronze, Iron, and Gold Angio-Roman Antiquities, con- 

 sisting of portions and fragments of Armour, Horse Furniture, etc., discovered at Stanwick, 

 in the North Riding of Yorkshire, and presented by Lord Prudhoe. 



Anglo-Roman pendent ornament of Gold, inlaid with colored glass, found near Bacton 

 Norfolk, and presented by Miss Gurney. 



A collection of objects from the Darnley Islands and New Guinea, presented by Capt. 

 Ince, R. N., J. B. Jukes, Esq., R. N., and Mr. Bell, R.N. 



A small but interesting collection of Peruvian Antiquities, presented by Gilbert 

 Brandon, Esq. 



An Afghan Cloak, presented by the Rev. Cli. Crawford. 



A Suit of Armour made of the Skin of a Crocodile, several Crocodile Mummies, and 

 sepulchral Vases, presented by Mrs. Andrews. 



1,.559 Coins, i.e. 161 Gold, 77G Silver, 62-2 Copper; of which were presented 6 Gold, 

 117 Silver, 118 Copper; and 52 Medals, of which 21 Silver, 4 Copper, were presents. 



Amongst the most remarkable are two small Gold Coins of Amyntas, King of Galatia. 



A " Septim " Shilling of Henry VII., and a profile-faced Shilling of Edward VI., both in a 

 remarkably fine state of preservation, bequeathed by the late Colonel Durant. 



The Catalogues of the acquisitions of the year 1846 are completed. 



Labels have been very extensively aflixed to the various objects exhibited. 



Department of Prints and Drawings. 



The impressions of Nielli on paper have been mounted and arranged in six cases. 



The greater portion of the works of the earliest Italian Engravers described in Ottley's 

 Inquiry, and in the 13th volume of Le Peintre Graveur of Bartsch, have been arranged 

 in volumes. 



Of the works of the early German Engravers, twelve volumes have been arranged. 



Catalogues have been prepared of the works of the earlier German and Italian Engravers, 

 so far as they are arranged; and a list of the contents placed in each volume. Attached to 

 each described Print, is a reference to the volume and page of the author who has 

 described it. 



The Engravings of Wille have been arranged in four volumes. 



Six hundred of the Drawings of the Dutch and Flemish Masters have been remounted. 



Catalogues have been compiled of such of the Engravings of Strange and Woollett as are 

 in the Museum; and a Catalogue of the works of Sharp is in progress. 



The Registers both of Purchases and Presentations are made up to the present time. 



The principal acquisitions made in the course of the year are ; — 



Upwards of One Hundred Drawings; the most interesting amongst them are seven by 

 Hans Holbein, illustrative of Christ's Passion ; a Holy Family, and two studies of the figure 

 of Eve, by Albert Durer. The rest are of the Spanish, Flemish and French Schools; for 

 the most part by Masters of whom no specimens were to be found in the collection of the 

 Museum. 



Several early and very curious undescribed Engravings, more particularly one of the School 

 of Mantegna, of St. George and the Dragon, of the size of 22 inches by 174. 



Thirty-six small Prints, pasted on the leaves of an early Flemish Manuscript Book of 

 Prayers, each surrounded by a quaintly-colored border. They are presumed to be of an 

 earher date than the Master of 1466. 



A series of twenty-one Prints, illustrating the Passion of Christ, with richly elaborated 

 borders, by the Master who used the monogram S., and which are not enumerated by 

 Bartsch in the list of that Master's works. 



Several fine Specimens by modern Engravers — Blanchard, Bridoux, Forster, Finden, 

 ■Graves, Leroux, Lefevre, Pryor, Pye, Strange, Toschi, and Travalloni. 



British Museum, 1 J. Forshall, 



23 Feb. 1847. J Secretary. 



