ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 17 



Department of Prints and Drawings. 



The Drawings by the Old Masters framed and exhibited during 1850 and 1851 have been 

 replaced by a fresh selection. 



Two hundred Drawings have been remounted. 



The arrangement has been completed of such of the works of the Little German Masters 

 as are in the Collection, and are described in the eighth volume of Bartsch, and the refer- 

 ence to that author attached to each Print. The series forms five volumes. 



Two other volumes have been arranged, containing Prints by Artists of the German 



scliool. 



The Etchings of Wilkie, Geddes, Allan, Crome, Stark and Vincent have been arranged 

 in two volumes. 



The collection of Engravings by Wiile has been re-arranged agreeable to the classifica- 

 tion adopted by C. Le Blanc in his printed Catalogue of the Artist's works. 



The whole of the Prints and Etchings by the early Italian, German, Flemish and Dutch 

 Masters acquired in the course of the year, have been inserted in their places in the collec- 

 tion, and the reference to Bartsch, or to any author describing them, have been affixed to 

 each. 



The English Portraits acquired during the year, amounting to upwards of Seven hundred, 

 have been marked off in the interleaved copy of Bromley's Catalogue, and the names of 

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



An Alphabetical Catalogue has been drawn up of the collection of Foreign Portraits 

 formed by Baron Moll, consisting of upwards of Eleven thousand. In all instances, where 

 it could be ascertained, the dates of the birth and death of the individual represented are 

 given, what position of hfe he or she was in, together with the names of the Painter and 

 Engraver. 



A fair copy has been made of the Catalogue of Engravings from the works of Benjamin 

 West, p. R.A. 



Four thousand six hundred and ninety-four articles have been entered in the Register, the 

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



The most important additions made to the Collections are : — 



Italian School. — Sixteen very early Engravings of the Florentine School, presumed to 

 be unique, formerly in the collection of Monsieur Otto, of Leipsic. Heineken thought 

 them to possess so much interest, that he has given very full descriptions of them in his 

 " Nene Nachrichten." Huber and Rost have also described them in the " Manuel des 

 Curieux et des Amateurs de I'Art," and these descriptions have been copied both by Bartsch 

 and Ottley. Specimens by Niccoletto da Modena, Zoan Andrea, Mocetto, and an unde- 

 scribed Print by Agostino Veneziano ; Chiaroscuros by Ugo da Carpi, J. N. Vicentini, 

 N. Boldrini and P. Orsino. 



German School. — Two Drawings by Holbein, also a Fine Copy of his " Icones Biblicoc." 

 Additions have been made to the Works of Burgmair, Lucas Cranach, H. Baldung Griin, 

 Aldegrever, H. S. Beham, G. Pencz, Lautensack, Hollar, Rugendas, &c. Some curious 

 Wood-cuts by unknown Artists of the end of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th 

 centuries. 



Valuable additions have been made to the Works of Wille, particularly a Proof of 

 " L'lnstruction Paternelle," taken prior to the Engraving being reduced two inches in 

 height, and 3-8ths of an inch in width. 



Fine Artists' Proofs of Engravings by Steinla, SchafFer and Merz. 



Dutch and Flemish Schools. — Drawings by Rnbens, Jordaens, Metzu, Everdingen, and 

 Lambertz. Two Etchings by Rembrandt, Adam and Eve in the first state; No. 1, of the 

 Oriental Heads, in an undescribed state. The Muleteers, by Both (B. V. 205. 1), before the 

 Figures in the middle ground were shadowed over. The set of Animals by Fyt, on eight 

 Plates (B. IV. 209. 1-8), printed on two Sheets, from the Dumesnil and Verstolk Col- 

 lections. Some interesting and undescribed Etchings by C. Renesse Panneels and Carel de 

 Moor. The rare Portrait of Camphuysen, by Cornelius Visscher, in two states. Proofs of 

 the Works of Suyderhoef, H.Goltzius, Muller, Saenredam and H. Weirinx. 



French School. — Proofs of the Engravings of Bridoux, Desnoyers, Foster, Mandel and 

 Richomme. Etchings by Aligny, E. Blery, C, Damour, C. Daubigny, A. de Bar, E. Des- 

 jobere, Ducloux, Hubert, L. Leroy, L. Marvy, and T. Maurisset. 



English School. — Drawings by De Medina, Weller, Bullfinch, Laroon, Vertue, Richard- 

 son, VVorlidge, Barry and Prout. Important additions to the Works of Strange, Woollet, 

 Sharp, Doo, W. H. Watt, Gibbon and T. Landseer. The collection of Etchings has been 

 considerably augmented. Upwards of 700 English Portraits. 



The following are some of the more important Presentations to the Print Department : — 

 A most interesting Collection of original Drawings and Sketches made by the late Sir 

 William Gell, during his travels through Spain, Italy, Styria, Dalmatia, the Ionian Islands, 

 319. C Greece, 



