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Parthey's abridged Catalogue, the position of each print being indicated for facility of 

 reference. 



Three hundred and fourteen of the caricatures and humorous pieces of George 

 Cruikshank have been mounted, chronologically arranged, and incorporated in the series. 



The small books of prints deposited in the Print Room have been classified according' 

 to their respective Italian, German, Dutch, Flemish, French, and English schools. Those 

 containing English etchings have been placed together. 



The etchings and touched proofs of Turner's " Liber Studiorum," ninety-four in 

 number, and also twenty-one odd proofs of the " Southern Coast," &c., engraved by W. 

 B. Cooke, with corrections and notes in manuscrij)t by the Painter, have been mounted 

 with sunk boards, to preserve their surfaces from friction, and arranged in four solander cases. 



A collection of prints by the best English masters of the middle and the end of the last 

 century has been made and arranged for the Paris Exhibition, with a descriptive list for 

 the official catalogue. These prints have since been safely returned to the Museum. 



Drafts of catalogues have been written of the works of Marc Antonio, Agostino 

 Veneziano, Marco da Ravenna, the anonymous scholars of Marc Antonio, Julio Bonasone, 

 jEneas Vico, and of the schools of Nuremberg and Lower Germany, including those of 

 Virgil Solis. 



The fine series of Vandyck heads, forming the " Iconographie de Vandyck," with 

 those published by Gillis Hendricx and Jean Meissens, of which the Museum possesses a 

 remarkable collection, many being in early and undescribed states, has been brought 

 together, and three volumes have been mounted, with the references to "Weber and 

 Szwykowski affixed to each portrait. 



The collection of engravings after Rubens has been marked off in Basan's catalogue of 

 the works of that master, with the inventory or register mark, and each print inscribed 

 with the reference to the same author. 



The works of Charles Meryon have been arranged In two volumes, and the references to 

 Burty's Catalogue affixed to each print. A translation of that catalogue has been made^ 

 with a notice of each undescribed state in the Print Room added thereto. 



The works of Jacob Walch have been arranged in a voliune, with the references to 

 Bartsch and Passavant affixed to each print, 



Holbein's drawings for jewellers' work, In the Sloane Collection, which were suffering 

 from frictioja and other evils in the old volume in which they were mounted, have been 

 carefully removed from the leaves of that book and propei'ly arranged and re-mounted 

 with sunk boards, to preserve them from future injury. 



The curious series of initial letters, purchased last year in four lots at Dr. Wellesley's 

 sale of books, has been arranged and bound in a volume with some specimens already 

 deposited in the Print Room. The combined series amounts to 5,402 specimens, each 

 of which has been impressed with the small stamp of the department. 



The collection of historical prints, 1,621 in all, has been marked off in an interleaved 

 copy of Drugulin's Historical Atlas, mention being made of those prints not described 

 therein. A good temporary catalogue for reference has thus been formed. 



The works of the anonymous masters of the school of Marc' Antonio have been 

 arranged in two volumes, and the references to Bartsch and Passavant affixed to each 

 print. 



The prints and manuscript notes in the first three volumes of the illustrated Royal 

 Academy Catalogues, presented by Mr. Anderdon, have been put in order, and made 

 available for reference ; the whole collection having been impressed throughout with the 

 Print Room stamp and consecutive numbers from 1 to 5,260. 



A curious collection of illustrations of English panoramas has been fonned and arranged, 

 with a manuscript index and with the descriptive text bound separately in two volumes. 



The prints after Rembrandt have been arranged for binding, and the numerous recent 

 additions also prepared for mounting prior to their amalgamation with the series which 

 will form, when complete, a collection of a most important character. 



Eight thousand two hundred and twenty-one articles have been entered in the register 

 of purchases and presentations. 



Seven thousand nine hundred and eighty-three articles have been stamped, and have 

 had the register mark affixed. 



Thirteen thousand and ninety-five titles have been prepared for the prints after 

 English masters. 



Two thousand eight hundred and ninety-five titles have been prepared for the catalogue 

 of foreign portraits. 



Nine hundred and ninety-nine titles have been prepared for the catalogue of English 

 portraits. 



The following are some of the most important acquisitions made during the past 

 year: — 



By Bequest and Donation — 



A complete collection of the works of the late distinguished engraver, Robert Hartley 

 Cromek, consisting of one hundred and nineteen specimens, with an original drawing by 

 Howard and another by Stothard, from which two of the engravings were made ; pre- 

 sented by his son Thomas H. Cromek, Esq. 



A perfect set of the Royal Academy Catalogues from 1769 to 1849, illustrated with 

 254. r 3 upwards 



