s 



The Print Room, 



which is next the room containing the collection of 

 British Birds, is another of the exclusives ; but may be 

 viewed on application, with reference, to the Keeper of 

 Drawings and Prints. The Rev. C. M. Cracherode 

 and Richard Payne Knight, Esq., bequeathed, it is said, 

 the most important part of this collection ; which, be- 

 sides Engravings from the Italian, Flemish, French, 

 and English Schools, comprise likewise a valuable series 

 of Etchings by Rembrandt ; as well as a great number 

 of Drawings by the Old Masters. A great part of the 

 engravings of the English school are from the works of 

 Sir Joshua Reynolds, mostly in mezzotinto. Both draw- 

 ings and engravings are beautifully mounted on thick 

 paper, and bound handsomely in folio volumes. 



The days for viewing this collection are the same as 

 those for the Reading Room. 



The First Floor, 



besides the Print Room, consists of the Long Gallery 

 and thirteen other rooms ; the Second, Third, and 

 Fourth of which are devoted to the collection of Dried 

 Plants from Sir Joseph Banks's and Sir Hans Sloane's 

 collections ; the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh to Sir 

 Joseph Banks's Library ; neither of which rooms can be 

 entered without special permission from the principal 

 Librarian, with reference. We have now finished the 

 sketch of those apartments the doors of which are open 

 only to the select : we come now to those which we 

 shall call 



The Public Apartments, 



which are open to all of decent and orderly appearance : 

 but still, at select times, viz. Mondays, Wednesdays, 

 and Fridays, excepting on those times of public holiday 

 and public leisure which Government has hitherto 

 thought fit times for public exclusion ; and that from 

 an institution which requires much leisure for its pro- 



