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March 16, 2018March 17, 2018 lucyroeber 18th century, Mineralogy, Natural History Museum

The Cabinet of Lost Minerals

In 1810, Sir Charles Greville's substantial collection of minerals were bought by the British Museum for a small fortune. Yesterday morning, before the public came, I met with the Minerals Curator to search for any of his specimens that we could find - over 200 years later.

November 10, 2017November 10, 2017 lucyroeber Antiquity, British Museum

William Hamilton as a Roman Vase

There’s a Gillray caricature of Sir William Hamilton as an ancient Roman vase, published in May 1801 and entitled “From Sir Wllm Hamilton’s Collection”. We see only the back of his green coat tapering down. His shoulders are enormously broad with gold epaulettes at each tip and his body then bulges round in the classical … Continue reading William Hamilton as a Roman Vase

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