ACCOUNTS, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 1 1 



Some Egyptian Tablets have been glazed, for their better preservation ; the objects in the 

 great Egyptian Saloon have been labelled, and considerable progress has been made in 

 numbering and labelling the objects in the Egyptian Room, 



Catalogues of the Egyptian Antiquities and fictile Vases have been prepared, and are 

 nearly ready for the press. 



Some progress has been made in a descriptive Catalogue of the Medals, illustrative of 

 English history. 



Considerable progress has been made in the printing of the Inscriptions brought from 

 Assyria by Mr. Layard. 



Drawings have been made of all the Ivory Carvings brought in the first cargo from 

 Nimroud. 



The Drawings made by Mr. Layard of the most interesting Sculptures discovered by him 

 in Nimroud and its vicinity, have been deposited in the Museum. 



Many valuable objects have been acquired ; of which, the following may be specified : — 



A second cargo from Nimroud, consisting of several sculptured Slabs, Inscriptions, Vases 

 of Terra Cotta and Alabaster, Ivory Carvings, Bronzes, Coloured Tiles and Bricks, and 

 especially an Obelisk of Black Marble, decorated with historical scenes in bas-relief, and 

 inscriptions. 



A large Cylinder, covered with Inscriptions, presented by A. H. Layard, Esq. 



Bust of Jupiter Tonans, with a singular Inscription, from Dorylaeum, in Plirygia. 



Bronze Bust of Hadrian, found in the Thames. 



A very fine Vnlci Vase, representing the exploits of Achilles, purchased from Signor 

 Alibrandi. 



Ten other Vases, and a Candelabrum, purchased at Rome. 



Three hundred and sixty Terra Cotta Handles of Vases, found in Sicily and Alexandria, 

 with names of Magistrates, and dates, presented by J. L. Stoddart, esq. 



Small collection of objects found at Panticapeeum. 



Four hundred and ten Egyptian objects, from the Collection of the late Mrs. Andrews. 



Cast of the Sarcophagus of Alexander Severus, in which was found the Portland Vase, 

 presented by Thomas Windus, Esq. 



A collection of Anglo Roman Antiquities, found at Settle, in Yorkshire. 



Seventy-five Anglo Roman objects, found in deep narrow pits near Ewel, presented by 

 W. H. Diamomd, Esq. 



Bas-relief from Halicarnassus, presented by Lieut. Sprat. 



Six Spoons, a Candlestick, a Chalice, a Paten, and other silver objects, found at Lamp- 

 sacus, presented by Lord Cowley. 



Two early Oriental Ewers of brass, ornamented with gold and silver. 



Several African objects, presented by Rev. J. Martin. 



Objects from the Phigi Islands, presented by Mr. Steiball. 



Objects from the Eastern Archipelago and South America, presented by Sir Everard 

 Home. 



Objects from the Esquimaux, presented by J. Rae, Esq. 



Coins acquired during the last year — 



Modern European 



English - _ - - 



Oriental _ _ _ - 



Greek _ _ _ _ 



Roman - - _ - 



Miscellaneous _ _ - 



3,391 



Of these, the most interesting are 200 from the Pembroke Collection, and a very valuable 

 collection of Oriental Monies made by the late Robert Steuart, Esq. 



Gold. 



Silver. 



Copper 



61 - 



- 1,834 - 



- 325 



4 - 



71 - 



1 



15 - 



- - 288 - 



• - 120 



4 - 



■ - 110 - 



- 121 



67 - 



■ - 13 - 



■ - 329 



■ 



- - 7 - 



■ - 21 



151 - 



- 2,323 ■ 



- - 917=: 



Department of Prints and Drawings. 



A few of the choicer Drawings have been framed, and hung up. 



One hundred and eighty-five Drawings by the Dutch and Flemish Masters have been 

 re-mounted ; and the re-mounting of the whole of the Drawings in these Schools, with 

 very few exceptions, having been completed ; they are now arranged in one general Col- 

 lection, all the specimens by each Master being brought together. Care has been taken to 

 mark each Drawing, as well as the Mount on which it is placed, with the stamp of the 

 Collection to which it originally belonged. 



The Two thousand five hundred Portraits, stated in the last Annual Report as having 

 been collected together and arranged in periods and classes, have been marked off in the 

 interleaved copy of Bromley's Catalogue of Engraved Portraits, and such as are not described 

 in that work have been entered. 



Three volumes of the Wood-cuts of Albert Durer have been arranged. 



Indexes have been written and placed in the five volumes of Faithorne's works. 



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