ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 45 



Braun's carbon ijrints fiom the pictures and 'drawings of Hans Holbein and N M 

 Deutsch at Basle; also from drawings in the various Continental collections bv m' 

 Wolgemut, Albert Diirer Hans Baldung Grun, Hans Burgmair, Martin Sch'ongauer 

 Liucas Lrauach, Or. Tencz, H. h. Beham, H. Aldegrever and others. 



Dutch and Flemish School : — 

 Drawings. — A fine study of three goats' heads, by Adrian Vandevelde. 

 _ Etchings. — A first state of the i^ortrait of Rembrandt resting on a stone sill, etched by 

 himself. This Is probably the first Impression that was taken from the plate, and Is drawn 

 on by the painter for the corrections afterwards made. 



Engravings.— A. very fine and early Impression of the Treaty of Munster, by Jonas 

 Suyderhoef, after the celebrated picture by Terburg. 



Specimens by Lucas van Leyden, J. de Gheyn, the Brothers WIerix, H. Goltzlus T. 

 Matham, J. Bary, A. Blooteling, Paul Pontius and P. de Jode. ' 



French School: — 



Drawings. — Two exquisite studies in red and black chalk, by Antoine Wattean from 

 LiOi'd teipencer s collection. 



Etchings and Lithographs. — A fine series of the works of Jean Louis Gericault ; other 

 specimens by Etienne de Laune and Charles Meryon. 



Engravings. — Several proofs by the distinguished artist George Wille, some of which 

 are undescribed. 



A curious unfinished proof of " La Vierge au bas-relief," after Eaphael, by F. Forster. 



Other proofs and prints by Abraham Bosse, N. Cochin, De Pollly, Victor Adam 

 EafFet, C. Vernet,_B. Jeaurat, FlUorul, Langler, Le Clerc, Massard, C. Mellan* 

 Klchomme and P. Simon. 



English School: — 



Drawings. — Girtin's volume of pencil sketches of views of Paris, from which he etched 

 and aqua-tinted the plates in his well-known work. . 



A series of 303 sketches of naval and military subjects, shipping, &c., by Philip James 

 de Loutherbourg. 



Other specimens by J. W. Archer, Delamotte, Scarlett Davis, Forrester, Galnsborouo-h, 

 G. W. Gent, S. Gilpin, G. P. Harding, Havell, T. Hearne, John Jackson, J. Lewis 

 Thomas Malton, Samuel Owen, Michael Angelo Eooker, Thomas Eowlandson, C. R. 

 Ryley, Paul Sandby, W. Sherlock, John Singleton and J. R. Smith. 



Etchings. — Some by A. Aglio, D. Allan, Lsetltla Byrne, J. S. Coleman, G. Cooke 

 Richard Cooper, Maria Cosway, F. J. Crome, W. Crotch, George Cruikshank, E. Edwards 

 F. Graham J. Martin, Newnham, T. Rowlandson, A. Runclman, Robert Seymour 

 J. G. Strutt and H. W. Williams. 



Engravings. — Upwards of 100 examples of the finer works of William Woollett, in 

 various states, with some touched proofs and early productions, such as his address cards, 

 and watch papers. Also some of the drawings by W. Parr and Thomas Hearne, from 

 which he engraved some of his subjects. This acquisition rendered the Museum Collec- 

 tion the best and most complete one formed. 



A good collection of 350 proofs and prints by Francesco BartolozzI and his favourite 

 pupils. 



Proofs of the finer works of Sir Robert Strange, some of which are in unique states. 



A collection of the works of George Cooke, in various states. 



Capital specimens of mezzotlnto engraving by the following artists, of the middle and 

 end of the 18th century: — P. Dawe, Richard Earlom, Robert Dunkarton, Valentine 

 Green, H. Hudson, W. Pether, G. P. Stubbs, and James Watson. 



The Hawkins Collection of between 7,000 and 8,000 satirical prints and caricatures, 

 dating from the beginning of the reign of James I. to that of our present Sovereign. 

 The early productions under the Stuart dynasty are now extremely rare ; many of them 

 were published in Holland, and both they and their successors are of great value to the 

 connoisseur and to the student of the political history of their day. 



Great additions have been made to the series of English portraits, historical prints, 

 and prints after masters. 



George William Reid. 



Note.— The work of copying and lithographing the Cuneiform Inscriptions and Tablets 

 of Western Asia has been continued during the past year, commencing on the 1st of 

 January 1868 to the 31st December, during which time the jn-ogress is reported to be as 

 follows : — 



Twenty-five sheets copied on stone, consisting of Historical and Miscellaneous Tablets, 

 in addition to the 45 in last report, of which 33 have been printed, and altogether 53 

 delivered, the remainder of the third volume only awaiting final corrections. 



British Museum, J- J^^micr Jones, 



13 May 1869. Principal Librarian. 



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