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A marble vase on a pedestal with two other vases. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

A marble vase placed on a pedestal on top of a sarcophagus; and two other vases. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

An iron-founder's forge. Mezzotint by R. Earlom, 1773, after J. Wright, 1772.

A Roman tomb at Igel, Luxemburg; people in the foreground, a church in the background. Engraving by E. Rooker after W. Pars, 1774.

[Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston correspondence].

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Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston

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A Roman tomb at Igel, Luxemburg; people in the foreground, a church in the background. Engraving by E. Rooker after W. Pars, 1774.

[Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston correspondence].