42 ACCOUNTS, &C., Ol' THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Five different donations from J. Deffett Francis, Esq., amounting to one hundred any 

 thirty-four prints and drawings, and including a series of fifty-four plates, etched by 

 F. Stevens, entitled " Picturesque Sketches of Rustic Scenery ;" fifty-four portraits 

 from the Methodist Magazine ; eight sheets of sketches in chalk by Bright ; an unfinished 

 proof of the " Acis and Galatea," by W. Taylor, after R. Cook, r.a. ; a proof before the 

 title of " Goody Two Shoes," by W. J. Edwards, after J. D. Francis, &c. 



Six different donations from M. Alphonse Legros, consisting of fourteen etchings 

 executed by himself, and sixteen by his pupils in the Slade School at University College. 



By Purchase : — 



Italian School ; 286 Examples: — 



Etchings. — By Stefano Delia Bella, Benigno Bossi, Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, and 

 Domenico Maria Viani. 



Engravings. — A set of the three rare " Panneaux avec Enlacements," engraved frdm 

 designs attributed to Leonardo da Vinci ; described in Passavant's " Peintre Graveur," 

 vol. v., p. 183. 



King David kneeling, with a deer beside him; by Benedetto Montagna (B. 2) ; also an 

 undescribed woodcut of St. John and the Lamb, by the same master. 



A triumphal arch, with bas-relief representing Romulus and Remus suckled by a wolf; 

 by an early anonymous engraver. 



Two extremely rare prints by Marc Antonio, namely, " Christ giving the Benediction" 

 (B. 77), and " Angelica and Medoro " (B. 484). These examples, which the Keeper of 

 the Department has for many years been anxious to obtain, in order to complete the col- 

 lection of the master's works, are splendid impressions, and in perfect condition. 



Two naked children tied back to back; engraved by Diana Ghisi (B. 41); first state, 

 before the background ; not described by Bartsch. 



Others by Vincenzo Aloja, Pietro Betteiini, Luigi Calamatta, Giuseppe Calendi, 

 Agostino Caracci, Luca Ciamberlano, Carlo de Faucci, Battista Franco, Giovanni 

 Battista Ghisi, Giovanni Lapi, Michel Angelo Marelli, Raffaello Morghen, Agostino 

 Parisino, Marco Pitteri, Luigi Rados, Luigi Rossini, Martino Rota, Natale Schiavoni, 

 Stefano Scolari, Benedetto Stefani, Agostino Veneziano, Enea Vico, Teodoro Viero, and 

 Venanzio Zarlatti. 



German School ; 111 5 Examples : — 



Etchings. — By Solomon Gessner, Ludwig Hess, and Johann Christian Reinhart. 



Engravings. — A sequence of twenty small prints, engraved in the " maniere criblee," 

 and coloured, illustrating the Ten Commandments, and the consequences attendant on the 

 transgression of them ; rhymed inscriptions in Latin and German accompany the 

 designs, the German text being in the Swabian dialect. The jjlace of their production 

 was probably the district lying between Basle and Strasburg, and the date, very likely, 

 the last quarter of the fifteenth century. This set is unique, as far as is yet known, and 

 has not been hitherto described by any bibliographer or art historian. 



Two plates of arms of the Pfinzing family, by Mathias Zundt. 



The Rhinoceros which was brought from India to Lisbon, and presented by King 

 Emanuel to the Emperor Maximilian; woodcut by Albrecht Diirer (B. 136) ; one of the 

 rare proofs printed in chiaro-scuro with two blocks. 



A fine and rare set of the Wise and Foolish Virgins ; by Nicolas Manuel Deutsch 

 (B. 1-12). 



A curious series of portraits by Har Hind Quiter, an early engraver m mezzotinto. 



The Great View of Cologne, by Wenzel Hollar (P. 859); engraved on four plates, 

 and printed, in this instance, on eight sheets ; it presents a view of the whole extent of 

 Cologne and Deutz, with their fortifications ; in the left corner of the first plate, on some rising 

 ground, stand a group of men and women, with the burgomaster of Cologne in their midst; in 

 the second are seen some soldiers exercising ; and in the third, some cattle browsing. This 

 impression is entirely of the first edition, of which only two others are known to exist, 

 one being in the Imperial Library at Vienna, the other at Cologne. 



Others by Jost Amman, Elias Baeck, Paul Barfus, Hans Sebald Beham, Jodocus 

 Bickart, Benjamin Block, Johann Joseph Freidhof, Andreas Geiger, Urs Graf, George 

 Hackert, Joliann Jacob Haid, Johann Gerhard Hiick, Johann Jacobe, Balthasar Jenicher, 

 Friedrich J. W. Jury, Lucas Kilian, Professor KnoUe, Johann Friedrich Leonart, H. 

 Merz, Martin Pleginck, Nicolaus Rhein, Mathias de Sallieth, Hans Schaeufelin, Carl 

 Schroder, Johann Gottlob Schumann, Virgilius Solis,Hans Springinklee, C. E.Taurel, and 

 Franz Wrenk. 



Dutch and Flemish Schools; 1,101 Examples: — 



Drawings. — By Abraham Bloemaert, Ferdinand de Braekeleer, Theodore de Bry, Dirk 

 Daalens, Karel van Falens, Jakob Grimmer, Jean Baptiste De Jonghe, D. van Ooster- 

 hout, Jan Peeters, Hendrik vander Poorten, Egidius Sadeler, W. Schaap, A. Schilfhout, 

 and Martin de Vos. 



Etchings. — " Les Pecheurs " and " Le Savetier," by Adrian van Ostade ; both in unde- 

 scribed states. 



Others 



