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396 species of Plants of New Holland. 



74 species of Plants of New Caledonia, collected by Mr. M'Gillivray. 



382 species of Plants of New Zealand, collected by Mr. Strange. 



87 species of Ferns of New Zealand, together with large specimens of the fronds of 

 several of the species, collected and presented by T. S. Ralph, Esq. 



363 species of Plants of Tarapota, collected by Mr. Spruce, 



A fine specimen of the Rosa de Madera, or Wooden Rose of Guatemala, presented by 

 John Parkinson, Esq. 



A fine Cone of Araucaria Bidwillii, from Moreton Bay, and a specimen of Satinwood 

 from Australia, presented by George Bennett, Esq. 



Various Fruits and Seeds from India, presented by John Shortt, Esq., M. D., Her 

 Majesty's Indian Army. 



John J. Bennett, 



Department of Prints and Drawings. 



The re-arrangement of the works of Hogarth has been completed in five volumes. ^ 



The foreign Portraits and Titles to Books engraved by Faithorne, have been arranged in a 

 volume. 



The Illustrations to various works, and the miscellaneous Engravings by the same Artist, 

 are in course of arrangement. 



The references to both Bartsch and Ottley have been attached to each of the Engravings 

 of Marcantonio, of whose works a new Catalogue has been drawn up, agreeable to the 

 arrangement followed by Ottley. 



Catalogues have been drawn up of the Etchings of Parmigianino, F. P., and Mel- 

 dolla. 



A Guide to the Drawings and Prints exhibited in the King's Library has been prepared 

 and printed. A new and extended Synopsis of the contents of the Print Room is in 

 progress. 



One hundred and fifty of the choicer Drawings have been remounted in such a manner as 

 to secure the surface from injury by friction. 



Eight of the choicer Drawings have been photographed by Mr. Fenton. 



Ten thousand and fifty-seven articles have been entered in the register of purchases and 

 presentations, to each of which the register mark has been attached. 



Five thousand three hundred and twenty-three slips have been written for a new Cata- 

 logue of the Prints in the Collection. 



The following are some of the most important acquisitions made during the year: — 



Italian School: — 

 Drawings. — Some very interesting Sketches by Michelangelo Buonarroti, on a few of 

 which are autooraph memoranda by the artist, Leonardo da Vinci, Giulio Romano, Perino 

 del Vaga, Jacobo Robusti, Carlo Dolce, Guercino ; a volume of coloured Drawings from 

 the Frescoes ofGuidoReni in the Pope's chapel at Monte Cavallo ; also, a volume of 

 Caricatures, sketched by the Cavaliere Ghezzi in pen and ink, consisting of whole-length 

 figures, and heads of individuals, whose names are attached by the artist himself. 



A sulphur impression, from a Pax by Maso Finiguerra, of the Virgin and Child 

 enthroned, surrounded by Angels and Saints. It is not known whether the silver niello 

 plate exists, but an impression from it, printed on paper, is in the collection of the Archduke 

 Albert at Vienna, which will be found described by Duchesne in his"Essai sur les Nielles," 

 page 151, No. 53. This sulphur, though injured, retains much of its original beauty. 



Engravings. — Specimens by Mocetto, Zoan Andrea, Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, 

 Marcantonio Raimondi, Agostino Veneziano, the Master of the Die, iEneas Vico, Rever- 

 dinus. Fine proofs of the more modern engravers, Caronni, Jesi Guadagnini, Zuliani, and 

 a collection of the works of Garavaglia, most of which are proofs. 



Etchings by Parmigianino, Meldolla, and Zompini, 



A few fine specimens of Cbiaroscuri and of Woodcuts. 



Facsimiles of the finer Drawings in the Bibhotheque Imperiale at Paris, and also of those 

 inihe Wicar Collection at Lille. 



Photographs from the Drawings in the public Collections of Florence, Venice, and 

 Vienna. 



German School: — 



Engravings by Israel von Mecken, Francis von Bockolt, H. Burgkmair, The Master 

 using the monogram S, Hollar ; and of the more recent engravers, J. G. Muller, H. Gutten- 

 berg, M. G. Eichler, Felsing, Hoffman, and Steinla. 



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