ESTIMATES, &.C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 1$ 



Some, fine Proofs of the Works of Cornelius Visscher; also the " Little Cat" by him. 

 Etchings by Claes'=ens, Van Hoeck, De Koning, Prins, Thier, &:c. Engravings by H. Golt- 

 zius Saenredam, and J. Muller. 



French School. — A considerable addition has been made to the School of Fontainbleau. 

 " The Dance under the Trees," an Etching by Claude Lorraine, in a state not known to 

 Dumesnil. (From the Maberly Collection.) 



A Collection of the Works of Claude Mellan. 



Fine Specimens of the Works of Nantieul and Masson. 



Artists' Proofs of the Works of Frangois, Bervic, Dien, Tardieu, Desnoyers, &c. 



Some choice Specimens of Etching by living French Artists. 



English School. — A Volume containing 900 Proofs of the Wood-cuts of Bewick. 



Choice Proofs by Doo, Willmore, Miller, Cousins, &c. from the Works of Wilkie, Turner, 

 Landseer and Bonington. 



A curious and extensive Collection of the Portraits of remarkable Persons, which form 

 Class X. of Bromley's Catalogue of British Portraits. 



Considerable additions have been made to the Collection of Etchings by English Artists. 



The following are some of the more important donations to the Print Department during 

 the year : 



A Collection of Caricatures, principally by Gillray, relating to Persons and events 

 occurring in the reign of George IIL, amounting to 1,398 in number. Presented by William 

 Smith, Esq. 



Drawing of a Head by Boisseux, two Water-colour Sketches, by De Wint ; two Water- 

 colour Sketches by Vickers ; a Drawing by Gainsborough, a Drawing by Rowlandson, and 

 a Drawing by Adrian Van de Velde. Presented by Chambers Hall, Esq. 



A Collection of 50 Etchings by Sir George Hayter. Presented by Sir George Hayter. 



One hundred and Twenty Etchings by modern German Artists. Presented by Ernst 

 Harzen, Esq., Hamburgh. 



Thirty-seven Proofs of " the Vestiges of London." Presented by J. W. Archer, Esq. 



Fine Proof of the Portrait of the Countess of Ellesmere, engraved by T. Atkinson, from 

 a Picture by Thorburn. Presented by the Earl of Ellesmere. 



A Collection of 24 Etchings by modern German Artists. Presented by F. W. Fink, Esq., 

 Vienna. 



Eighteen Portraits, engraved from the Works of J. Graham Gilbert, principally Proofs 

 Presented by J. Graham Gilbert, Esq., R. s. A., Glasgow. 



Four Artists' Proofs of Mezzotinto Portraits, engraved by J. R.Jackson. Presented by 

 J.R.Jackson, Esq. 



British Museum, \ Henry Ellis, 



28 February 1852. J Principal Librarian. 



