A Selection of Drawings by Old Masters in the Museum Collections [antikvár]

PREFACE. OWING to the occupation of a large part of the Museum by the administrative staff of a Government Office during the War, many of the collections were necessarily withdrawn from exhibition. It will be impossible for somé time to restore pre-War conditions, and an opportunity arises in consequence to arrange a temporary exhibition of selected Old Master Drawings. This exhibition makes it possible, for the first time, to place side by side for comparative study drawings which in the ordinary course would be kept among difFerent gifts and bequests in the Museum Collections. Captain H. Reitlinger, at the close of the War, very generously volunteered his services in making a selection of the drawings and in preparing introductory notes and descriptions. The result of his work is embodied in the following catalogue, and I take this opportunity of tendering to Captain Reitlinger sincere thanks for his valuable assistance. May 1921. CECIL H. SMITH. /