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



English School : — 



Drawings. — Two important views in Paris, by Thomas Boys ; others by James Barry, 

 K".A., Francesco Bartolozzi, R. P. Bonington, J. Cartwright, E. W. Cooke, k.a., David Cox, 

 Henry Edridge, P. Harding, B. E.. Haydon, Richard Hills, R. C. Hoare, John Jackson, 

 David Loggan, W.- Y. Ottley, William Pars, S. Kichardson, Thomas Uwins, r.a., G. 

 Vertue, and a very fine study of George the Fourth's favourite charger Adonis, by James 

 Ward, K.A. 



Engravings and Etchings. — A very curious collection of subjects illustrating the manners 

 and customs of this country in the middle of the 17th century, by Martin Droeshout, 

 William Glover, and William Marshall, whose namesVere hitherto only known as engravers 

 of portraits. These prints have escaped the notice of every modern collector, and are 

 probably unique. 



A perfect set of Walton's equestrian portraits of the Kings of England from William II. 

 to Charles II. Only one other perfect set has been known before the j^resent one was 

 made. 



A full-length portrait of Henry Prince of Wales, richly dressed, by Reginald Elstracke, 

 unique. 



Other examples, by F. Bartolozzi, C. Bestland, T. Bewick, John BoydeU, Branston, 

 G. Clint, J. Coney, G. Cooke, W. B. Cooke, R. Cooper, Samuel Cousins, a.e., 

 K.A., J. Crome, I. Cruikshank, G. Cuitt, W. Daniell, H. Davy, W. Dickinson, J. 

 Dixon, R, Earlom, F. Engleheart, E. Fisher, J. Fittler, Birket Foster, S. Free- 

 man, J, Frye, E. Gaywood, J. Golding, Valentine Green, J. Grozei', J. J. Haid, 

 James Heath, C. H. Hodges, R. Housten, W. Humphrey, C. Knight, John Landseer, 

 John Leech, F. C. Lewis, 'I'. Lupton, J. McArdell, T. Medland, S. Middiman, H. 

 Moses, S. Murphy, J. Outrim, W. Fether, B. T. Potincy, J. W. Reynolds, H. Robin- 

 son, T. Rowlandson, T. Ryall, Paul Sandby, T. Seymour, W. P. Sherlock, J. Simon, J. 

 R. Smith, T. Stubbs, C. Turner, W. Wallis, W. Ward, J. Webber, H. W. Williams, 

 W. Woolnoth, and T. Worlidge. 



Great additions have been made to the collections of portraits, historical subjects, 

 and prints after masters. 



George William Reid. 



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

 Asia has been continued daring the past year ; the progress is reported to have been as 

 follows : — 



The third volume has been bound and published ; it contains 70 sheets. 



Ten sheets of volume 4, containing copies of Bilingual Inscriptions, have been copied 

 and lithographed, and only await final correction to be struck off. 



J. Wintei Jones, 

 British Museum, Principal Librarian 



3 June 187L 



