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



By Presentation ; 965 Examples : — 



Five separate donations by E. P. Cuff, Esq., of his own engraved works, amounting to 

 one hundred and thirty-four prints, and including interesting proofs of the illustrations 

 to Ruskin's " Modern Painters, ' " Stones of Venice," and " Seven Lamps of Architec- 

 ture;" views of the Houses of Parliament; the Interior of the Building erected for the 

 Exhibiton for the Industry of all Nations, 1851, etc. 



Five donations by J. Deffett Francis, Esq., consisting of twenty-four prints and draAvings, 

 and including a large study by Richard Cook, r.a., for one of his illustrations to Scott's 

 " Lady of the Lake," together with the pencil drawing of the same subject executed for the 

 engraving, and a proof of the plate engraved by Cosmo Armstxong, whioh has sketches by 

 Cook in the margin ; also three proofs, in different states of the plate, of the portrait of 

 Lady Wallscourt, after Lawrence, by W. Ensom ; a brilliant proof of " The Sisters," 

 after J. R. West, by W. Finden ; a portrait of Henry Walton the painter, with the title 

 " Werter," after himself", by J. Walker ; a portrait of James Green the artist, copied by 

 W. Behnes from a miniature by Mrs. Green, etc. 



" Douze Vues du Royaume de Naples, dessinees et gravees a I'eau-forte par Vianelli et 

 Ercole Giganti 1843.'" Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., F.R.S. 



" The Roxburghe Ballads, illustrating the last years of the Stuarts, Parts xi. and xii. 

 completing vol. iv, edited by Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth, m.a., f.s.a."; Hertford,, 

 printed for the Ballad Society, 1883. Presented by the editor. 



A collection of finished drawings and sketches, two hundred and ninety-four in number, 

 executed by Charles Alfred Stothard for his work " The Monumental Effigies of Great 

 Britain." Bequeathed by Mrs. Bi-ay. 



Thirty drawings of Hindu gods, from working drawings in a temple in Ceylon, Pre- 

 sented by Andrew Nicoll, r.h.a. 



" Impressions from a collection of wood-blocks used in the printing of chap-books, 

 children's books, etc., in York, Leeds, Hall, and other towns of Yorkshire, during the 

 last, and the first half of the present century. Privately printed 1870." Presented by 

 W. J. Linton, Esq. 



The cast of Shakespeare's face, taken after death ; engraved on wood by W. J. Linton 

 from a drawing by W. Page. Presented by the engraver. 



" The Home Mai-tyr"; lithograph portrait of H.R.H. the late Princess Alice of Hesse > 

 after Corbould, by R. Inwards. Presented by Richard Inwards, Esq. 



Fifteen etchings by Professor A. Legros. Presented by the artist. 



A tracing of the earliest wall painting known to exist in Japan, dating in all 

 probability, from the seventh century of our era. Presented by Ernest M. Satow, 

 Esq., c.M.G. 



By Purchase : — 



A very fine and extensive collection of Chinese and Japanese drawings and paintings,, 

 brought together by Mr. W. Anderson during his residence in Japan, and acquired from 

 him. 



Italian School; 128 Examples: — 



Draioiny. 



Baebarj, Jacopo de.' Eve tempted by the serpent; in pen and ink ; the original design 

 for one of his engravings. 



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Etchiriys. 



Medici, Cardinal de. View on the sea-shore ; " Defessam mentem ludo," etc. 

 Others hv E. Pagliano. 



Engravings. 



AviBUS, Gaspare ab. A set of fifty-three emblematical portraits of princes of the 

 House of Austria and their wives. 



MoKTAGNA, Benedetto. The Saviour in a landscape. 



ROBETTA. The Virgin and Child in a landscape. 



A set of the six plates of the Triumphs of Petrarch, ascribed to Baccio Baldini or 

 Filippo Lippi ; all in the earliest and purest state, and probably unique ; from the 

 Sunderland Library. 



Three early woodcuts illustrating the " Monte Santo di Dio." 



German School ; 544 Examples : — 



Drawings. 

 Altdorfer, Albrecht. A landscape ; in pen and ink. 

 Mind, Gottfried, Interior with cats catching mice ; in pen and ink, 



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