Antiquary Collection (#6)

James Prinsep
JAMES PRINSEP antiquary and orientalist, secretary of the Asiatic Society Date: 1799 - 1840

Richard Polwhele
RICHARD POLWHELE antiquary and poet with his autograph Date: 1760 - 1838

Robert Plot
ROBERT PLOT antiquary Date: 1640 - 1696

John Pinkerton - 2
JOHN PINKERTON Scottish antiquary and historian Date: 1758 - 1826

John Pinkerton - 1
JOHN PINKERTON Scottish antiquary and historian Date: 1758 - 1826

Thomas Percy, Bishop
THOMAS PERCY Irish churchman, bishop of Dromore, scholar and antiquary, best known for his Reliques of Ancient English Poetry. Date: 1729 - 1811

Thomas Pennant - 2
THOMAS PENNANT Antiquary, naturalist and traveller throughout the United Kingdom, whose accounts are a unique source of topographical information. Date: 1726 - 1798

Thomas Pennant - 3
THOMAS PENNANT Antiquary, naturalist and traveller throughout the United Kingdom, whose accounts are a unique source of topographical information. Date: 1726 - 1798

Francis Peck
FRANCIS PECK churchman, prebendary of Lincoln, and antiquary. with his autograph Date: 1692 - 1743

Onofrio Panvinio
ONOFRIO PANVINIO Italian antiquary and historian. Date: 1529 - 1568

William Oldys
WILLIAM OLDYS Herald and antiquary Date: 1696 - 1761

Nathaniel Oldham
NATHANIEL OLDHAM antiquary, extravagant collector of curiosities depicted in hunting mode, with inquisitive or apprehensive dog. Date: flourished 1740

Giovanni Franc. Negri
GIOVANNI FRANCESCO NEGRI Italian antiquary and writer Date: 1593 - 1659

Ambrosio De Morales
AMBROSIO DE MORALES Spanish historian and antiquary Date: 1513 - 1591

Aubin Louis Millin
AUBIN LOUIS MILLIN French antiquary and naturalist Date: 1759 - 1818

Thomas Maurice
THOMAS MAURICE Oriental scholar, historian and antiquary Date: 1754 - 1824

Thomas Martin, Antiq
THOMAS MARTIN antiquary, holding a pot Date: 1697 - 1771

Andrew Lumsden
ANDREW LUMSDEN Scottish Jacobite, secretary to prince Charles Stuart, antiquary Date: 1720 - 1801

John Baron Lumley
JOHN first baron LUMLEY Statesman and antiquary Date: 1534 - 1609

Philip Daniel Lippert
PHILIP DANIEL LIPPERT German antiquary and numismatist, depicted appropriately enough with an old book and some coins. Date: 1702 - 1785

Eustache Langlois
EUSTACHE HYACINTHE LANGLOIS French engraver and antiquary Date: 1777 - 1837

Luigi Lanzi
LUIGI LANZI Italian antiquary Date: 1732 - 1810

John Jamieson
JOHN JAMIESON Scottish churchman and antiquary Date: CIRCA 1789

Nathaniel Hillier Antiquary Date: Late 18th Century

John Holt, Antiquary
JOHN HOLT antiquary, depicted reading at his fireside Date: 1743 - 1801

Thomas Hollis
THOMAS HOLLIS Writer and antiquary, of Republican sympathies, with the figure of Britannia. Date: 1720 - 1774

Henry Hatcher
HENRY HATCHER antiquary of Salisbury with his autograph Date: 1777 - 1846

Anna Maria Gulston
ANNA MARIA GULSTON (nee Knowles) wife of Joseph Gulston of Derwydd (NOT J G the antiquary) and legislator Date: circa 1830

Joseph Gulston
JOSEPH GULSTON Antiquary with his autograph Date: 1745 - 1786

Francis Grose, Pensive
FRANCIS GROSE Antiquary, depicted in the act of musing pensively on the mutability of things whereby time transmutes mans proudest artifacts into antiquities... Date: 1731 - 1791

Francis Grose, Antiqu
FRANCIS GROSE Antiquary, depicted in profile and wearing his spectacles. Date: 1731 - 1791

John Henning Edie Ochiltree Sir Walter Scott
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Antiquary Last Will Testament English Dance Death
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Francis Grose, the Antiquarian (engraving)
XJF438405 Francis Grose, the Antiquarian (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Francis Grose (c.1731-91) English antiquary

Thomas Hearne, from Crabbes Historical Dictionary, published in 1825 (litho)
KW360023 Thomas Hearne, from Crabbes Historical Dictionary, published in 1825 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Thomas Hearne or Hearn (1678-1735)

John Stow, from Crabbes Historical Dictionary, published in 1825 (litho)
KW360009 John Stow, from Crabbes Historical Dictionary, published in 1825 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: john Stow (c.1525-1605)

Guy Pancirollus, from Crabbes Historical Dictionary, published in 1825 (litho)
KW360008 Guy Pancirollus, from Crabbes Historical Dictionary, published in 1825 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Guy Pancirollus (1523-99)

William Lisle Bowles (engraving)
XJF311664 William Lisle Bowles (engraving) by English School; Private Collection; (add.info.: William Lisle Bowles (1762-1850), English poet and critic; author of Fourteen Sonnets, 1789; ); English

James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (engraving)
XJF425360 James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (engraving) by Walton, W.L. (fl. 1834-1855); Private Collection; (add.info.: James Halliwell-Phillipps (1820-89)

Francis Blomefield, c. 1800 (engraving)
XJF2604334 Francis Blomefield, c.1800 (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Francis Blomefield (1705a'1752)

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Samuel Lysons, Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1769-1830, British

Portrait Bust of the Artists Brother, the Sculptor John Gibson, R.A. Chiseled on supporting column on back of bust: " AD NATURAM | FECIT | B

FLORIMOND DE RAEMOND (c1540-1601). French jurist and antiquary. Engraving from Academie des Sciences et des Arts, by Isaac Bullart, late 17th century

George Carew, Baron Carew of Clopton, Earl of Totnes (1555-1629) English soldier, statesman and antiquary. Friend of Walter Raleigh. Engraving

The Obelisk. Erasmus Wilson (1809-1884) English surgeon and antiquary. In medicine he specialised in skin diseases. His other interest was Egyptology of which he was a generous patron

Martin Folkes (1690-1754) English antiquary, born in London. President of the Royal Society (1741-1753). President of the Society of Antiquaries (1749-1754)

William Smellie (1740-1795) Scottish printer, naturalist and antiquary. He completed the first English translation of Buffons Natural History (1780)

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