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



Eighty-two etchings, by C W. E. Dietrich, which have been acquired since the collec- 

 tion of his works was arranged and mounted, have been incorporated in the volumes. ' 



The arrangement of the collection of etchings by English artists and amateurs In 

 chronological order has been commenced, and those so arranged now fill six cases. 



An index of the artists' names, 521 in numbei', has been prepared to the collection of 

 English DraAvings ; it is in two divisions, chronological and alphabetical. • 



The 5,651 entries in t]\e working cop)' of the Catalogue of the Raffaelle Collection at 

 Windsor, have been numbered witli figures stamped in bistre, in oi-der to facilitate the 

 arrangement of the collection of that master's works in the Department. 



The collection of British Institution Catalogues has been arranged, and is ready to be 

 bound up, as soon as the few that are still wanted to complete the series have been 

 acquired. 



A translation of Heller's Catalogue of the numerous copies from Albrecht Dlirer's 

 engravings has been commenced, and has made some progress. 



A portion of the Inventory of the Banks' Collection has been revised, preparatory to 

 being transcribed for the proposed printed catalogue of the Department. 



All English and foreign etchings and mezzotints, English portraits, and prints after 

 English masters, recently acquired, have been incorporated in their respective collec- 

 tions. 



All foreign portraits and a large number of prints after foreign masters have been 

 similarly treated. 



Eleven thousand two hundred and ten articles have been entered in the Register of 

 purchases, presentations, and bequests. 



Prints, drawings, and carbon photographs, to the number of thirteen thousand seven 

 hundred and ninety-six, have been impressed with the departmental stamp and references 

 to the liegister. 



Prints, drawings, and carbon j^hotographs have been mounted on sunk boards to the 

 number of seven hundred and sixty-three, and eight hundred and eighty-six have been 

 mounted in the ordinary maimer ; and in all cases the names and references have been 

 printed in bistre on the mounts. 



Oue hundred and ninety-four titles have been prepared for the Catalogue of Books of 

 Prints. 



Four hundred and fortj-six titles have been prepared for the Catalogue of the Library 

 of Reference. 



Sixteen old volumes, containing five hundred and eight prints, have been broken up, and 

 their contents distributed. 



The following work has been executed for the proposed printed Catalogue of the con- 

 tents of the Department: — 



Six hundred and sixty titles have been written for prints illustrating volumes in the 

 Library of Reference. 



One thousand one hundred and eighty-nine titles have been written for prints illus- 

 trating Landon's " Vies et CEuvres des Peintres les plus Celebres," the " Anuales du 

 Musee," and other works which are not entered in detail in the Register. 



Fifty-seven thousand five hundred and seventy-three titles have been transcribed in 

 manifold from the Register. 



Eight hundred and thirty titles have been written for prints illustrating magazines in 

 the Department of Printed Books. 



The names of all the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese artists represented in the collec- 

 tion, have been written on cards, with their dates, and verified. 



The following acquisitions, 4,750 in number, have been made during the past year : — 



By Presentation ; 242 Examples : — 



Five etchings executed by Professor Louis Guiditt, of Dresden, representing views In 

 Italy, the Tyrol, and Montenegro. Presented by Herr Fritz Grurlitt. 



A curious volume entitled " The Amaranth, or Religious Poems," Illustrated with 

 vignettes etched by W. Hibbert. Also a drawing by Thomas Gainsborough, K.A., being 

 the original sketch for his celebrated picture of the "Blue Boy." Presented by J. DefFett 

 Francis, Esq. 



Ten plates etched by Professor Alphonse Legros, Including a portrait of Sir Frederick 

 Leighton, p.r.a.. In two states ; also forty-four etchings executed by his pupils at the 

 Slade School, University College. Presented by Professor Legros. 



Catalogue of the Collection of Prints In the Art Gallery at Hamburg, 1878. Presented 

 by the Directors of the Gallery. 



An etched portrait of Mrs. Inchbald, and three other prints by Mr. William Bell Scott. 

 Presented by himself. In order to render complete the collection of lils works, which he 

 gave to the Department in 1878. 



A portrait of Maria, Lady Trevelyan, wife of Sir John Trevelyan, Bart., after 

 Hoppner, by J. Thomson ; and four etchings executed by Paulina, Lady Trevelyan, 

 wife of the late Sir Walter C. Trevelyan, Bart. Also six water-colour drawings by 

 John Smith, known as " Warwick Smith," representing views in Italy. Presented by 

 Sir Charles Trevelyan, Bart., K.C.B. 



Impressions from five early engraved plates now in the possession of Signer G. Gancia. 

 Presented by him. 



Eleven 



