•20 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Enffraviiigs. — A very scarce portrait of Queen Elizabeth in a rich dress ; by William 

 Rogers ; im23ression from the reduced plate, which has not hitherto been noticed. 



A scarce portrait of Henry VIII. on horseback ; woodcut. 



A bird's-eye view of the City of Loadon, with small views of Westminster Abbey and 

 St. Paul's Cathedral, and an " Iconograficai Description " by R. Newcourt; enoraved by 

 William Faithorne ; an imperfect copy, wanting the title, the arms of "^the City 

 companies, &c. 



Portrait of Miss Lewis ; after Liotard, by James M'Ardell, in mezzotinto; touched 

 proof. 



A very fine proof, before the plate was cleaned, of the engraving by S. W. Rejaiolds 

 from Rembrandt's picture of the Jew Merchant in the National Gallery. 



Portrait of Robert Clavering, Bishop of Peterborough, after Gibson, by John Simon; 

 scarce proof. 



Others by Francesco Bartolozzi, r.a., William Bond, Thomas Burford, William Byrne, 

 James Caldwall, Francis Chesham, George Clint, Joseph CoUyer, Thomas Cross, 

 Samuel Davenport, William Dickinson, William Dolle, Gainsborough Dupont, Renold 

 Elstracke, John Faber, William Faithorne, jun., Edward Finden, George Glover, 

 Valentine Green, A. Hertocks, Lawrence Johnson, Francis Jukes, Charles Knio-ht, 

 Thomas Lupton, William Marshall, John Payne, Richard Purcell, William Wynne 

 ivylaud, John Keyse Sherwiu, John Smith, John Raphael Smith, Jonathan Spilsbury, 

 John Sturt, Robert Vaughan, George Vertue, Thomas Watson, George White, Robert 

 White, and Robert Williams. 



Spanish School; 2 examples: — 



Drawing, — A cavalcade ; sketch in black chalk on grey paper, by Diego Velasquez. 



Engravbig. — The " Madonna dell' Impannata," after Raphael, by Manuel Esquivel de 

 Sotomayor ; proof before the title. 



Miscellaneous : — 



A curious collection of Initial Letters, 1,621 in number, which were brought together 

 and arranged by the late Mr. Micliael Caspari. 



*' Collectanea Biographica," an interesting collection of engraved portraits, vignettes, 

 autographs, M S. notes, etc., formed by the late Mr. J. H. Anderdon ; bound in ] 05 

 volumes. 



A pack of fifty-two English playing-cards, illustrating the Popish Plot and the murder 

 of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey. 



A pack of seventy-seven French tarot cards. 



One hundred and fifty carbon photographs by Braun of Dornach, from pictures in the 

 Royal Gallery at Madrid. 



"A Portfolio of Autograph Etchings," consisting of 15 plates executed by eminent 

 French and English painter-etchers ; artists' proofs with the "reraarques." 



Print Department. 



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