ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 37 



The following are amoug the most important acquisitions of the past year : — 

 By Bequest and Presentation — 



Five drawings by George Edwards, one by Jacob More, and eio-ht by Nicholas 

 Pocock ; presented by Sir Walter C. Ti'evelyau, Bart. 



Forty-two copies by Baron R. von Retberg of the rare, and in some instances unique, 

 woodcuts by Albrecht Diirer, preserved in German collections; presented by Herr 

 Prestel, Frankfort-on-the-Maine. 



Proofs of the engravings, and also the books of prints, issued by the Art Union of 

 London, from 1857 to 1871 ; presented by the Council of the Art Union of London. 



A collection of 389 prints and etchings, principally illustrating English Art, and 42 

 drawings by early masters ; bequeathed by the late J. M. Parsons, Esq. 



Eleven volumes, containing 1,021 academical studies by George Jones, e.a. ; bequeathed 

 by the painter. 



By Purchase — 



ItalidU Scliool: — 



Examples of very rare Florentine prints of the loth century; among the subjects Moses 

 receiving the Tablets of the Law, and David vanquishing Goliah, by Baccio Baldini ; also 

 the Annunciation and the Flagellation, by Fra Filippo Lippi ; it is worthy of remark that 

 there are 15 of these prints known, illustrating the life of the Virgin, and that the print 

 room was already in possession of 13 of them, so that this acquisition will make the series 

 perfect ; other prints of the same scliool which are, in two or three instances, unknown to 

 any writer on early art. 



Twenty-seven prints by Marc Antonio Eaimondi, which important addition goes far 

 towards making the collection complete. 



Other examples by Nicoletto da Modena, Zoan Andrea, Giulio and Domenico Cam- 

 pagnola, Agostino Veneziano, Cesare Reverdino, Mario Kartaro, Enea Vico, Hugo da 

 Carpi, Martiuo Kota, Antonio Tempesta, and Luigi Rossini. 



Carbon photographs, by Adolphe Braun, from the statues and Raphael's frescos in the 

 Vatican, and from Michel Angelo's frescos in the Sistine Chapel. 



German School : — 



Engravings and Etchings. — By Veit Stoss, Erhard Schoen, Antony of Worms, Israel 

 van Meckenen, Hans Springinklee, Martin Schongauer, Hans Liitzelburger, Albrecht 

 Diirer, Lucas Cranach, Hans Schauflein, Hans Burgmair, W. v. Olmutz, Albrecht 

 Altdorfer, Bartel and Hans Sebald Beham, Jacob Binck, Master of the Monogram I. B., 

 Hans Brosamer, Ludwig Krug, Michael Ostendorfer, Virgil Solis, Urs Graf, Jost Amman, 

 Tobias Slimmer, and Wenzel Hollar. One of the prints by the last-mentioned master, 

 " The Queen of Sheba's Visit to Solomon," has a veiy interesting note on the back, in 

 the artist's handwriting, to his friend Herr van der Borcht, stating that it is a proof from 

 the plate as far as the artist intended to proceed with the etching needle, and before he 

 finished it with the burin. Another is the Bird's-eye view of Edinburgh, on two sheets, 

 dated 1670, which Parthey had never seen, merely copying Vertue's short notice in 

 his catalogue, so that it is probably unique. 



Other examples by Adam Bartsch, J. Frederic Bause, Franz Brun, iS'ic de Bruyn, 

 C. G. E. Dietrich, H. Faed, Otto Fosterling, J. J. Frielhof, Ludwig Kilian, G. de 

 Kobelb, IsaacMajor, J. Mansel, Conrad Meyer, J. G. Mull er, J. G.Pechlcr, M. C. Prestel, 

 C. G. Schiitz, J. Combach, B. Vogel, and M. Zundt. 



A curious collection of upwards of 50 early portraits of Martin Luther. 



Dutch and Flemish Schools : — 

 Engnivings and Etchings. — By Peter Brughel, Jerome Cock, Adrien Collaert, Cor- 

 nelius Cort,Dirk Cuerenhert, A. B. Dunker, R. Flaming, Cornelius Galle, J. de Gheyn, 

 H. Goltzius, J. Matham, H. Muller, B. van Orley, Crispyn van de Passe, Paul Pontius, 

 G. and J. Sadeler, J. Saenredam, P. Schenck, Cornelius bchut, J. Suyderhoef, P. Tanje, 

 L. V. Uden, Jan Visscher, Van Vliet, Lucas Vostermau, the Brothers Wierix, and 

 Reinier Zeeman. 



French School: — 



Z)r«?i-i//_(75.— Specimens by Jacque Bellange, Raymond LaF;ige, and Antoine Watteau. 



Engravings, Etchings, and Lithographs.— B>y A. Appian, D. L'Armessin, Bracquemond, 

 L. B. Boaitard, J. J. Balechou, B. Baron, Le Bas, J. Beauvarlet, J. Bellange, E. 

 Bethelem)^ M. Blot, J.J. Boissieu, Abraham Bosse, P. Chardin, Cochin, G. Coindre, 

 A. Constautin, J. B. Corot, C. L. Courtry, A. Donnequin, C Daubigny, A. Delauney, 

 Desbrasses, F. Deslappe, Gustave Dore, P. Drevet, Dupont, F. Faber, Tardicu, Leopold 

 Flamcno-, Francois Franc, Leon Gaucherel, Claude Gcllec of Lorraine, Jean Leon 

 Geromet Victor Girard, DeGourcy, H. Greuaud, V. Hamel, F. HiUemachcr, J. Jacque- 

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