ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSKUM. 39 



English and Chinese ; executed at Canton under the directions of the Eev. George Piercy; 

 presented by J. S. Budgett, Esq. 



Six different donations from J. Deffett Francis, Esq., consisting of fifty-five prints and 

 one hundred and twenty-five cards for games, &c. ; the former including the frontispiece 

 to an edition of " Sandford and Merton," published in 1786, after T. Stothard, by W. 

 Skelton, which is exceedingly rare, and other plates by J. S. MUUer, Gwinn, Skelton, 

 JSeward, Rev. J. Gardner, and Gericault. 



By Purchase : — 



Italiiin School; 610 Examples : — 



Drawings. — A study of an old man's head, by Giovanni Bellini, in pen and bistre, 

 heightened with white ; on the reverse is a study of a hand. 



A sheet of studies for friezes, by Benvenuto Cellini, in pen and bistre ; on the reverse 

 is a study of a female head by another artist, in black chalk. 



A battle-piece, with elephants charging, by Pippi Giulio il Romano, in jien and bistre ; 

 prepared for an engraving. 



A landscape, with the Flight into Egypt, by Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, in pen 

 and bistre. 



Others by Odoardo Fialetti, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, and Giacomo Quarenghi. 



Engravings. — Two of the set of Tarocchi Cards, printed in a pale-grey tone peculiar 

 to the eai'ly impressions from Florentine plates of the fifteenth century. 



A curious undescribed panel of ornament, of a period a little later than the above. 



Two undescribed woodcuts by Giovanni Battista del Porto. 



A youth sujjporting his sleeping mistress, by Zoan Andrea ; apparently the print 

 described by Passavant No. 43, but without the monogram ZA. 



Others by Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, Luigi Calamatta, Giovanni Folo, the Master 

 of the Die, Eaflaelle Morghen, N. L. Parassole, Cesai'e Re verdino, Martin Rota, Luigi 

 Schiavonetti, Benedetto Stefani, Giovanni Vendramini, and Giuseppe Zucchi. 



German School ; 997 Examples : — 



Drawing. — A Repose of the Holy Family, with attendant angels ; by Albrecht 

 Altdorfer, in pen and bistre, heightened with white, on a dark ground. 



Etchings. — By F. W. Keyl, Johann Adam Klein, Ferdinand Kobell, Moritz Schwind, 

 Jonas Umbach, and Hans Wechter. 



Engravings. — Saint Jerome, a very rare specimen by Israel van Meckenen (Bartsch, 

 104); also Saint Mary of Egypt, by the same master (Bartsch, 130). 



Three designs for ornaments, engraved by the master using the initials P. W. 



Saint Bruno, by Ludwig von Siegen; one of the earliest plates executed in mezzotinto. 



Others by Johann Friedrich Bause, Hans Sebald Beham, Johann Martin Bernigeroth, 

 Jodocus Bickart, Jakob Binck, Friedrich Brentel, Hans Burgmair, Johann Friedrich 

 Clemens, Lucas Cranach, Johann Dlirr, Jeremias Falck, Johann Elias Haid, Johann 

 Jakob Haid, Wenceslaus Hollar, Jerome Hopfer, Balthasar Jenichen, Johann Kellerdaler, 

 Georg Kilian, Lucas Kilian, Matthaus Kiisell, Edward Mandel, Jakob Manne, Carl 

 Mayer, Johann Gotthard Miiller, Valentin Daniel Preissler, Jakob Sandrart, Georg 

 Friedrich Schmidt, Virgil Solis, Moritz Steinla, Bernhard Vogel, Johann Georg Wille, 

 and Johann Georg Wolfgang. 



Dutch and Flemish Schools ; 227 Examples : — 



Drawings. — A woman brought by her accusers before a judge; by Roger van der 

 Weyden : delicately drawn with the silver point on a dai-k ground, prepared with dis- 

 temper colour and heightened with white. 



A mountainous landscape, with a group of fir-trees on a point of rock in the foreground; 

 by Willem van Nieulandt, in water colours. 



Interior of a picture gallery, with the proprietor uncovering a group of bronze figures 

 to show it to some friends; by Frank Hals; a clever sketch in pen and bistre. 



A gentleman, in the costume of a Spanish cavalier, talking to a lady seated in a chair; 

 a fine example by Esaias van de Velde, in bistre. 



VicAv of a town in Holland on the banks of a canal, with boats and numerous figures, 

 dated 1650 ; by Jan van Goyen, in black chalk, washed with Indian ink. 



A landscape, with two barges on a canal in the foreground; by Jakob Ruysdael, in 

 Indian ink. 



A view of the town of Alkmaar, in North Holland; by Jan Elevens, in pen and bistre. 



Interior of an ancient house, with a spiral staircase in one of the rooms, in which is 

 some antique furniture; by Pieter de Hooge, in pen, bistre, and Indian ink. 



Interior of a cabaret, with numerous figures of men and women carousing; by 

 Cornells Dusait, in pen, washed with bistre; signed and dated by the artist 1697. This 

 is a very fine example of the master. 



A group of flowers in a vase, on which is a bas-relief of naked boys; by Jan van 

 Huysum, in red and black chalk, bistre, and Indian ink. 



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