Art
Prints at the British Museum
An exhibition is at present being held in the Print Room of the British Museum which illustrates the achievement of Mr. Campbell Dodgson during his twenty years of keeper. ship. The collection of prints exhibited includes work! of the first importance in almost every school and is a great tribute to the taste and discretion which Mr. Dodgson has shown in his purchases. Among the most important acquisitions are a group of Blake's illustrations to Dante and all his drawing for Young's Night Thoughts. French draftsmen of the nineteenth. century are represented by picked specimens by the best masters, and the series is continued up to the present day with works by artists such as Vlaminck and Segonzac. Of the earlier schools the best represented is the German which supplies drawings and
engravings by Altdorfer and Dilrer. A. B.
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