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



Ikd al-Ula, a history of the conquest of Kirraan by Malik Dinar, A. H. 583, Persian. 

 Presented by Major General Sir Frederic J. Goldsmid. 



The number of Oriental MSS. consulted during the year was 953, viz., 627 in 

 the Students' Room and 326 in the Reading Room. 



The number of separate applications for Oriental MSS. Avas 362, viz. 201 in the Students' 

 Room and 161 in the Reading Room. 



Ch. Rieu. 



Department of Prints and Drawings. 



I. — Arrangement and Cataloguing. 



A selection from the Anderson collection of Chinese and Japanese paintings has been 

 arranged in the wall and standard cases in the new Exhibition Room in the White 

 building. The exhibition was opened to the public in March, and a guide to it has been 

 printed. 



The alteration and verification of references in the general indexes, rendered necessary 

 by the recent removal of the collections, have been continued. 



The preparation for press of these general indexes, in a revised and expanded form, has 

 been commenced. 



A new and improved classification of the collection oi Early Italian Engravings, and 

 the preparation of a final catalogue in accordance with the same, have been commenced. 



The collection of the works of Hogarth has been finally arranged in nineteen portfolios, 

 and an index to it has been prei)ared. 



The collection of engravings by William Shaip has been re-arranged in seven guard- 

 books, and a MS. catalogue of the same has been nearly completed. 



All the portraits by various engravers and in various states after Van Dyck, belonging 

 To the " Iconographie " of that master (Nos. 19 to 190 of Wibiral's catalogue), have been 

 brought together in order to be arranged as a complete series, and have been mounted, 

 stamped with the Wibiral references, and arranged in twenty -four portfolios. 



The collection of engravings by Lucas van Leyden has been removed from the guard- 

 books in which it has hitherto been preserved, and a nearly complete set of the master's 

 works in choice impressions has been brought together, to be placed on sunk mounts. 



The supplementary collection of the works of Weuceslaus Hollar has been sorted and 

 classified according to Parthey's catalogue, and arranged in three solander cases. 



The various collections of selected prints by Dutch and Flemish engravers have been 

 combined in one alphabetical series. 



The various collections of prints arranged to illustrate the works of Dutch and Flemish 

 painters have been combined in one series. 



The collection of Dutch and Flemish drawings has been re-arranged in seventy-six 

 royal solander cases. 



All the prints by various engravers and in various states after J. M. W. Turner, r.a. 

 have been brought together in order to be ari-anged as a complete series, and a preliminary 

 classified catalogue of the same has been prepared. 



All the portraits of foreigners resident in England have been removed from the 

 collection of English portraits and arranged as a distinct class in one portfolio. 



Classes V., VI., VII., and VIII., of the main collection of English portraits have been 

 examined, verified, and endorsed, and those in the supplementary series Avhich belong to 

 them have been incorporated. Two thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight titles have 

 been written for the new index to the collection. 



The Library of Reference has been re-classified and permanently arranged on the 

 shelves, and the new catalogue of the same has been completed. 



One thousand two hundred and forty prints and drawings recently acquired have been 

 incorporated with the collections to which they severally belong. 



Three thousand two hundred and twenty-five items have been entered in the Register 

 of acquisitions. 



Six thousand three hundred and twenty-seven prints, drawings, etc., have been impressed 

 with the departmental stamp and references to the Register. 



One thousand one hundred and thirty-one drawings and prints have been placed on 

 sunk mounts, and four hundred and three have been mounted in the ordinary manner. 



II. Additions. 



The total number of drawings, prints, &c., acquired during the year was 5,056, of 

 which the following are the most important : — 



Italian School. 

 Drawings. 

 Tiepolo, Giovanni Domenico. A centaur killing lions ; pen and Indian ink. 



