l6 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM, 



crystallized in cubes and octohedrons, from the Burra Burra Mines, Australia; besides 

 which, the Collection has been enriched by several fine Minerals from Cornwall, Cum- 

 berland, and Scotland. 



With regard to the progress made in the arrangement, it may be observed, that of the 

 foregoing Collections, upwards of 3,500 specimens having been carefully examined, have 

 been registered, mounted on tablets, or otherwise prepared for exhibition, and for the most 

 part incorporated in the general Collection. The andiiious to the Mineralogical Collection 

 have all been registered and arranged. The Collection of Fossil Saurian and Chelonian 

 Reptiles, having been much augmented during the last two years, has been re-arranged ; 

 and an additional Case has been added to the Collection of Fossil Fishes, and its arrange- 

 ment completed. 



Botanical Branch. 



The Keeper has added to the arranged Herbarium specimens from the Collections of — 



Mr. Geyer, from the Oregon and Missouri; 



Mr. Wright, from New Mexico; 



Mr. VVelwitsch, from Portugal; 



Mr. Thwaites, from Ceylon; 



And from several smaller Collections. 



He has prepared for arrangement the Myrtaceae of New Holland, especially from the 

 South-West Coast. 



He has partly arranged the Family of Algse, according to the " Species, Genera et Ordines 

 Afgariim'' of Professor Agardh, and has prepared and arranged specimens for the Botanical 

 Exhibition. 



Since the Keeper's last Annual Report, he has received as presents, or by purchase, — 

 316 species of Dalmatian Plants, collected by Mr. Botteri. 

 309 species, collected in Kurdistan and Loristan, by Mr. Olguin. 

 550 species collected in Armenia by M. Huet de Pavilion. 

 433 species collected in Ceylon by Mr. Thwaites. 



225 (two sets) collected in the vicinity of Swan River, by Mr. Drummond. 

 439 species collected in New Zealand by Dr. J. Hooker. 



174 species collected in New Zealand and Auckland Islands, by the late Captain Sir E. 

 Home, Bart., r. n. 



80 species collected in New Zealand by Mr. Ralph. 



388 species collected on the Western side of South America by Mr. Thomas Lobb. 



Department of Prints and Drawings. 



The Drawings by the old Masters, framed and exhibited during 1853 and 1854, have been 

 replaced by a fresh selection. 



Three volumes of the works of Henry Gollzius have been arranged, and the reference to 

 the Peintre Gravenr of llartsch attached to each Print. 



Seven volumes of the Works of Hollar have been arranged. 



The Etchings of John Chalon, a Dutch artist of the last century, have been arranged in a 

 volume, and slips have been written for a descriptive Catalogue of them. 



The Etchings of Boisseux have been arranged in 3 volumes. 



The Engravings of Woollett have been entirely re-arranged. 



7'he Etchings of Sir John Hayter have been arranged in a volume. 



The fair transcript of the new alphabetical Catalogue of the Drawings by the masters of 

 the Dutch and Flemish Schools, which had been proceeded with to the end of letter O, 

 during 1853, has been completed. 



Five thousand three hundred and fifiy-one articles have been entered in the Register of 

 Purchases and Presentations ; the whole of them have been stamped, and the register mark 

 attached to each. 



The most important additions to the Department are — 



Italian School.— D^aw'wgs by Andrea iVlantegna, Leonardo da Vinci, Lorenzo di Credi, 

 Michael Angelo Buonarroti, Raffaelle Sanzio, Domenico Beccafumi, Curreggio, Puntormo, 

 Giulio Clovio, Primaticcio, Paimigianino, and Paolo Caliari Veronese. 



Engiavin<>s, by Sand ro Botticelli, " 1 he Preaching of Fra Marco"; Pollajuolo, '^ The 

 Combat of Hercules with the Giants" (Bartsch xiii, page 203, number 3), in an unfinished 

 state: an imprtssion is in the Imperial Collection in Vienna, which has hitl;erto been looked 

 on as unique. Mocetto, Nicoletta di Modena, Marc Antonio, Agostino Veneziano, .^neas 

 Vico, G. Ghisi, Martin Kota, Briccio, and others. A fine collection of proofs of the works 

 of Longhi. 



German School— Drdwings by Martin Schonguuer, Israel Van Meckenen, A. Durer. 

 Two fine specimens by Hans Holbein; one, the sketch for his Triumph of Riches; the 

 other, an elaborate Design for a Chimney Piece ; from the collections of Kichardson, Hudson, 



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