12 ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Coins and Medals acquired during the Year: 



Greek 

 lloma n 

 Oriental 

 Modern 



Gold. 

 13 - 



Silver. 

 - 207 - 



Copper. 

 - 255 



2 - 



16 - 



12 



1 - 



74 - 



- 



71 - 



- 522 - 



- 43 



87 



819 



310 = 



1,216 



Amongst these may be specified — 



A rare medallion of Commodus and Annius Verus. 



A Collection of pennies of Edward the Confessor, Harold II., and the first type of 

 William the Conqueror, found near Soberton, Hants. 



Extremely rare pattern for a crown of Charles I. — (See Snelling's Patterns, p. vi. p. 7 ) 



Twelve gold medals presented by Captain Manby, and which had been presented to hira 

 by various Sovereigns and Societies. 



Five historical dollars, and a series of the current coins of Bavaria, presented by His 

 Majesty the King of Bavaria. 



Department of Prints and Drawings. 



During the past year, the Works of Hans Schaufelein have been cleaned and arranged 

 in a volume. 



Considerable progress has been made in the arrangement of the Works of Aldegrever, 

 the Behams, Bink, Pencz, and the other little German Masters, described in the eighth 

 volume of Bartsch. 



Some progress has also been made in the arrangement of the Works of Hollar. 



The Works of John Visscher have been arranged in tw^o volumes. 



A large portion of the Works of Hogarth has been re-arranged. 



The Portraits collected during the year, amounting to nearly 1,000, have been arranged 

 in Periods and Classes; and these, together with the IJurney Collection, have been 

 marked off in Bromley's Catalogue of engraved British Portraits; and the names of such 

 as are not mentioned in that work, have been inserted. 



One hundred and Fifty Drawings have been re-mounted. 



A Catalogue, both Alphabetical and Chronolosical has been drawn up, of the extensive 

 Collection of Catalogues of all the more important Sales of Prints and Drawings which 

 have taken place from the year 1716 to the end of 1850, presented to the Print Room last 

 year by William Smith, Esq. 



Five thousand Two hundred and Eighty-six Articles have been entered on the Register, 

 the whole of which have been stamped, and the register-mark placed on them. 



The most important additions made to the Collections during the year, have been — 



Italian School. — A series of early Italian Wood-cuts, illustrative of the Life of Christ, 

 having the monocrram F. V. A Collection of Prints from the Works of Parmagianino. 

 Etchings by Nic. Nelli, De la Bella, Tiepolo, Marieski, Piranesi, &c. Choice Artists' proofs 

 of some of the finest Works of Anderloni, Cantini, Jesi, Perfetti, Schiavoni, Testi, and 

 Toschi. 



German School. — Some curious early Engravings and Wood-cuts of the 15th century, 

 not described. A fine specimen of tlie Master of 1466. An original impression of the 

 Little t'rueifixion, taken from the engravino; executed by Albert Durer, on the pommel of 

 the sword of the Emperor Maximilian ; also by the same Artist, an impression before the 

 monogram of St. Jerome (Bartsch, No. 59), executed with the dry point; the only other 

 impression known in that state being in the Collection of the Archduke Charles in Vienna. 

 (The latter from the Verstolk Collection). Wood-cuts by Cranach, Grun, H. S. Behara and 

 Josse Amman. Fine pi-oof of the Works of Steinla and U ille. A choice Selection of 

 Etchings by the living German Artists. 



Dutch and Flemish School. — Four Etchings by Rembrandt of excessive rarity ; viz. 

 " The Little Polish Figure " (from the Verstolk Collection), " A Lion Hunt " (No 119 of 

 Wilson), before the right side of the Plate was cut. " Village with a Square Tower," arched 

 in the first state ; and " A young Man in a Mezetin Cap," first state. The three last from 

 Mr. Maoerly's Collection. 



An exceedingly rare Portrait of Swanevelt, etched by himself, in two states (from the 

 Verstolk Collection). 



Some 



