24 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The following are the principal additions made to the Department, by purchase or 

 donation : — 



100 Species of British Lichens, forming the first century of Mr. Salway's " Lichenes 

 Exsiccati." 



50 species of European R.ubi, forming the first fasciculus of Wirtuen's " Rubi Rhenani." 



166 species of Plants of Ceylon, in continuation, collected by Mr. Thwaites. 

 40 species of Fungi, &c., collected in Siam, by M. Moulioi. 



365 species of Plants of King George's Sound, collected by Mr. Mossman. 



129 species of Cryptogamous Plants, collected in the New Hebrides, by Mr. McGillivray. 



182 species of Plants of New Zealand. 



300 species of Northern Brazil, &c., collected by Mr. Spruce. 

 93 specimens of Plants collected by Mr. Eraser at Guayaquil. 



796 specimens of Plants collected by Mr. Eraser in the Republic of Ecuador. 



About 5,750 species of Plants, chiefly of North Ameiica, forming the Herbarium of the 

 late Professor Nuttall. 



406 species of Plants, gathered in the State of Kentucky by Dr. Short, and presented by 

 Sir John Richardson, m.d., c.b. 



A series of Woods fiom China, collected by Mr. Eortune. 



14 species of Fruits, collected iu Northern i3razil, and presented by Mrs. J. P. G. Smith. 



Numerous seed-vessels from Madagascar and the New Hebrides. 



A collection of Models of 64 species of edible and poisonous Fungi, made by Dr. Biichner, 

 of Hildburghausen. 



John J. Bennett, 



Department of Prints and Drawings. 



The arrangement of the Illustrations to Books, and the Miscellaneous Engravings by 

 Failhorne has been completed, and they have been inserted in a volume which forms the 

 sixth and last of that Artist's works. 



The Etchings of Parmigianino, E. P. and Andrea Meldolla have been arranged in two 

 volumes. 



The series of Woodcuts from the designs of Albert Durer, representing incidents in the 

 life of the Emperor Maximilian, having the Latin inscriptions of Benedict Chelidonius, have 

 been arranged and mounted in a volume. 



The whole of the Collection of fine modern Italian, French, and German Engravings, 

 executed in the course of the presetit century, have been arranged in eight large folio 

 volumes, in each of which is placed a manuscript catalogue of the contents. 



Eleven hundred Engravings from the masters of the Italian, German, Flemish, Dutch, 

 and French schools have been arranged under their several schools prior to being mounted 

 and bound in volumes. 



All the Engravings from designs by English artists from A. (Absalom) to P. (Powell) 

 have been brought together for the purpose of being arranged in volumes. 



Three thousand five hundred and ninety-one articles have been entered in the Register of 

 purchases and presentations; each of them has been stamped with the register mark, which 

 has also been affixed to 2,877 various prints and newspaper cuttings, which form illustra- 

 tions to the volumes in which they are inserted. 



The following are some of the more important acquisitions made in the course of the year : — 



Italian School: 

 Drawings. — The Collection of Italian Drawings has been greatly enriched by the purchase 

 at the Woodburn Sale of many fine specimens formerly in the Lawrence Collection, by 

 Simone JMemmi, Giotto, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Silvestro degli Angeli, Masaccio, Mina da 

 Fiesole, Sqnarcione, Mantegna, Donatello, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Luca Signorelli, Pin- 

 turicchio, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Sebastiano del Piombo, Raphael Sanzio, Era Bar- 

 tolomnieo, Andrea del Sarto, Giulio Clovio, Leonardo da Vinci, Lorenzo da Credi, Correggio, 

 Giorgione, Benvenuto Cellini, &c. &c. 



Engravings by Baldini, Mocetto, Robetta, Benedetto Montagna, Giovanni Antonio da 

 Brescia, Giovanni Battista del Porto, Bramante, GiuUo Campagnola, Marcantonio, Marco 

 da Ravenna, JEneas Vico, &c. &.c. 



An extensive and fine Collection of Chiaroscuri and early woodcuts by Ugo da Carpi, 

 Andreani, Antonio da Trento, Vicentino, D. Campagnola, &c. 



Photographs from Drawings in the Florentine Museum, and from the pictures of Pietro 

 Perugino. 



German School: — 

 Drawings by Israel von Meckenen, Hans Baldung Grun, Holbein, and Kneller. 



Engravings and Etchings by Urse Graf, Hans Baldung Grun, Burgmair, Hollar, Aubrey, 

 Wille, Mignon, Mengs. A veiy large and rare woodcut by Jacob Walch, known as the 

 master of the Caduceus, a contemporary of Albert Durer, being a bird's-eye view of Venice 

 and its canals, executed in 1500. 



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