The Stowe catalogue priced and annotated / by Henry Rumsey Forster. [With 'Historical notice of Stowe', etc].

  • Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
Date:
1848
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Credit: The Stowe catalogue priced and annotated / by Henry Rumsey Forster. [With 'Historical notice of Stowe', etc]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Sea-Lizard—found on the coast of Dorsetshire, and one of the largest hitherto discovered : . The Trustees of the British Museum This beautiful fossil remain was found in the blue lias at Lyme, on the coast of Dorset- shire: it was purchased by the late Duke for one hundred guineas. A plaster cast of the specimen was made by Sir Francis Chantrey, with permission of the Duke of Buckingham, for the Geological Society, who have inserted a lithographic representation of it, in one of the volumes of their “ Transactions.’”’ The discovery of this curious petrifaction was one of the results of the celebrated Miss Anning’s explorations. It was the first perfect specimen of this species of a genus established by the Rev. W. D. Conybeare: other species have subse- quently been discovered, some of which are now in the British Museum. 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 This was a small specimen of the Ichthyosaurus, distinguished from the Plesiosaurus by the shortness of its neck, and other peculiarities of formation. beautiful specimens, and contained in a glazed case ona crescent-shaped marble table : 5 A ; : ° Walesby SCULPTURE, ORANGERY GARDEN. A pair of marble a sick vases : . A. Robertson, Esq. A. pair—similar : 2 ; . A. Robertson, Esq. A pair—similar ; : : . A. Robertson, Esq. Cupid : ‘ : , Town and Emanuel These vases were purchased by the Duke of Buckingham for £105. Mark Philips, Esq. These beautiful statuettes were bought of Webb, of Bond Street, for £250. a basket . : : : ; . Mark Philips, Esq. and. festoons : . : ; . A. Robertson, Esq. These vases were bought of Town and Emanuel -for £140. A fountain of cinque-cento work—the water issuing from all possible apertures in and about the various figures. It was brought from Florence by the late Duke. Venus from the bath—a marble statue . : . Larl of Lonsdale Diana—a marble statue ; : : . Larl of Lonsdale The wrestlers—a plaster cast . : : : : Agent The dancing faun—plaster : : : : : Agent ge G 8 8 2 12 We av aes: LO 8 10 68 5 89 5 O19 418 30 9 56 14 13 13 Tiel] o oO 4 4 0 op) i=) oo © ©
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