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Letter, 'On antique sculptures' from Edward Wortley Montagu to George Parker

Reference number: L&P/4/117

Date: 24 April 1762

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Subject: Antiquities

Read 10 June 1762

Reference number
L&P/4/117
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24 April 1762
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Wortley Montagu

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Edward Wortley Montagu, Letter, 'On antique sculptures' from Edward Wortley Montagu to George Parker, 24 April 1762, L&P/4/117, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_117/letter-on-antique-sculptures-from-edward-wortley-montagu-to-george-parker, accessed on 08 September 2024

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