Book I, TION. (XLV) 1841-1847. SYRIAC MANUSCRIPTS from the NITRIAN MONASTERIES. Collected by the Reverend Henry Tattam and by M. Pachot. Purchased by the Trustees, by three successive bargains, in the years 1841-1847. [See Book III, Chapter 3.] (XLVI) 1842. The HARDING PRINTS and DRAWINGS. Purchased, for the Trustees, by selection at the Collector's sale. The selection comprised 321 very choice specimens of early German and Italian masters; and was acquired for the sum of £2390. (XLVII) 1843. The RAPHAEL MORGHENS PRINTS. Purchased by the Trustees, by a like selection, at a public sale in 1843. (XLVIII) 1845. The LYCIAN OF XANTHIAN MARBLES. Discovered by Sir Charles Fellowes (Died 1860) in the years 1842-1844. Transferred to the Museum at the cost of the Trustees in 1845. [See Book III, Chapter 3.] (XLIX) 1847. The GRENVILLE LIBRARY. Collected by the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville (Died 17 December, 1846). Bequeathed by the Collector. [See Book III, Chapter 2.] (L) 1847. The MICHAEL HEBREW LIBRARY. Collected by H. J. Michael, of Hamburgh. Purchased by the Trustees from his Executors. [Sce Book III, Chapter 4.] (LI) 1847. JOHN ROBERT MORRISON'S CHINESE LIBRARY. Collected by J. R. Morrison (son of the eminent. (LII) 1848. The CROIZET FOSSIL-MAMMALS. Collected by M. Croizet in Auvergne. Purchased by the Trustees. BOOK I, INTRODUC TION. (LIII) 1851-1860. The ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES. Partly discovered by Austen Henry Layard. Excavated at the public charge, and under the joint direction of the Trustees of the British Museum and of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in 1851 and subsequent years by the Discoverer, and by H. Rassam, and W. K. Loftus. [See Book III, Chapter 3.] BOOK I, TION. (LIV) 1853. The GELL DRAWINGS. Drawn and Collected by Sir William Gell (Died 4 February, 1836). Bequeathed by the Honorable Keppel Craven (Died 1853). [See Book III, Chapter 3.] (LV) 1853. The STEPHENS CABINET of BRITISH ENTO MOLOGY. Collected by James Francis Stephens (Died 22 December, 1852). Purchased by the Trustees. Although this Collection contained about 88,000 specimens, it cost the Trustees only £400. (LVI) 1854. The DES-HAYES TERTIARY FOSSILS. Collected, in France, by M. Des Hayes. Purchased by the Trustees. (LVII) 1855-1860. The HALICARNASSIAN and CNIDIAN MARBLES. Discovered and excavated by C. T. Newton (then Vice-Consul at Mitylene) and other Explorers (earlier and later). In part Presented by Lord Canning of Redcliffe (then Ambassador at Constantinople); and in part excavated and transported by the Trustees, with the aid of Parliamentary grants made in 1855 and subsequent years. [See Book III, Chapter 3.] 1856. The TEMPLE MUSEUM of ITALO-GREEK and INTRODUC ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. TION. 1857. The CAUTLEY FOSSILS from the Himalayas. Collected by Major Cautley, during his service in India. Purchased by the Trustees. (LX) 1858. The BRUCHMANN FOSSIL PLANTS. Collected by Bruchmann at and near Eningen. Purchased by the Trustees. (LXI) 1859. The CARTHAGINIAN ANTIQUITIES. Discovered, and excavated (partly at the cost of the Trustees),-by Nathan Davis and others, during the year 1856 and subsequent years. The Davis Collection includes a series of Phoenician Inscriptions, some of which are of great antiquity. Purchased from the Collector. [See Book III, Chapter 3.] Book I, TION. (LXII) 1860. The ALLAN-GREG CABINET of MINERALS. Collected, mainly, by R. H. Greg, of Manchester. Purchased by the Trustees. [See Book III, Chapter 4.] (LXIII) 1860. The GARDNER HERBARIUM of BRAZIL. (LXIV) 1860. The CYRENE MARBLES. Discovered, and excavated by Lieutenants R. M. Smith and Porcher, under firmans from Constantinople, and at the charge of the Trustees, in 1860 and subsequent years. [See also No. LXVI under the year 1863,' and BOOK III, Chapter 3.] (LXV) 1862. The HAEBERLEIN FOSSILS. Collected by Haeberlein. Brought from Solenhofen ; and Purchased by the Trustees. (LXVI) 1863. The SICILIAN ANTIQUITIES. Discovered and excavated by George Dennis (Her Majesty's Consul at Benghazi), under direction from the Foreign Office, in 1862 and subsequent years. Presented by Earl Russell. |