1 8 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



An impression of Hollar's Engraving of Greenwich, of singular interest, having a Dedica- 

 tion to Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I., dated 1637, inserted in the Tablet where the 

 Latin lines by H. Peachaai are found in the known states. It is presumed to be unique. 



Dutch and Flemish Schools. — Drawings by Rembrandt, Cornelius Visscher, Bergheni, 

 De Beyer, Jeliiers, J. Van de Vinne, and F. Xavery. 



Etchings by Rembrandt, A. Ostade, Waterloo, J. Both, Berghem, Everdingen, De Bye, 

 Ossenbeck, Fruytiers, Vander Hoecke, Schultz, Van Dyck, Van Uden, Sec, being for the 

 most part in the rarest and finest states. Choice specimens of the Engravings of Henry 

 Goltzius, Bolswert, Suyderhoef, Houbraken, &c. 



French School. — A curious undescribed Print by Jean Duvet. 



The rare series of Forty Prints by Jean Tortorel and Jacques Perrisson, entitled " Tableaux 

 des Guerres, Massacres, Troubles et autres Evenemens remarquables advenus en France de 

 1559 a 1570." 



Etchings by Flaraen and Boisseaux. Engravings by Audran, Poilly, Larmessin, Tardieu, 

 Masquelier, &c. 



A collection of the works of Charlet. 



English School. — Drawings by Isaac Oliver, Barlow, Gainsborough, and Stothard. A 

 most interesting Collection of the Sketches and Finished Drawings of Thomas Girtin. 

 — Prints : an unique impression of Hogarth's "Midnight Modern Conversation." 



Engravings from the works of Hayman, Blakey, Lawrence, Shee, Phillips, Hilton, 

 Callcot, Mulready, Landseer, E, W. Cooke, E. M. Ward, Webster, &.c., by Willmore, 

 Greatbach, Allen, C. Rolls, Stocks, Holl, &c. 



Considerable additions have been made to the series of English Portraits, and to the 

 Satirical Prints connected with the history of this country. 



The following are the most important Presentations to the Department during the year : 



A munificent donation, presented prior to his death, by the late Chambers Hall, Esq., 

 consisting of — 



A Study by RafFaelle, for the Entombment of Christ, consisting of nine figures, the 

 picture of which is in the Borgliese Palace. Formerly in the Crozat, Legoy, Dimsdale, and 

 Lawrence Collections. 



Sixty-six Drawings by Girtin, consisting of Studies from Nature, and some of his most 

 important finished works. 



Five rare states of the Etchings of Van Dyck, two presumed to be unique. Twenty-one 

 Etchings by Parmigianino, Andrea MeldoUa, the Carracci, Schidone, and Guido. A Volume 

 containing 60 Etchings by Salvator Rosa, and an impression of the " Mocking of Christ," 

 engraved by Bolswert, from Van Dyck, in the first state. 



By the Bannatyne Club, — a Volume of Etchings by John Clerk, of Eldin. 



By J. H. Robinson, Esq., Petworth, — nine fine and curious Proofs of the Engravings of 

 J. H. Robinson, from the works of Van Dyck, Murillo, LesHe, and Landseer. 



By Thomas Lupton, Esq., of Keppel-street, — six of the Ports of England, engraved from 

 the Drawings of W. M. Turner, R. a.., by Thomas Lupton ; proofs before letters. Portrait of 

 Thomas Girtin, engraved by S. W. Reynolds, from a Picture by Opie. 



W. H, Carpenter. 



British Museum,! A. Panizzi, 



5 April 1856. / Principal Librarian. 



