Summary:Introduction : the Department of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum and the history of print collecting / Antony Griffiths -- Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) / Antony Griffiths -- The Reverend Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode (1730-99) / Antony Griffiths -- John Sheepshanks (1787-1863) and his Dutch and Flemish etchings / Martin Royalton-Kisch -- William Smith (1808-76) and the rise of interest in early engraving / Antony Griffiths -- Felix Slade (1790-1868) / Antony Griffiths -- William Second Baron Cheylesmore (1843-1902) and the taste for mezzotints / Sheila O'Connell -- William Mitchell (1820-1908) and John Malcolm of Poltalloch (1805-93) / Stephen Coppel -- George Salting (1835-1909) / Stephen Coppel -- Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) / Frances Carey -- Curatorial collecting in the twentieth century / Frances Carey