Portrait of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford (1661-1724). Founder, with Edward Harley, of the Harleian Library, one of the foundation collections of the British Museum. . Artist(s): Kneller, Sir Godfrey (1646-1723)
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On loan from the Trustees of the British Museum. 149.5 x 122 cm.
Portrait of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (1689-1741), Founder, with Robert Harley, of the Harleian Library, one of the foundation collections of the British Museum. . Artist(s): Dahl, Michael (1656-1743)
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Presented by Mr Carlos Dupré Moseley through the American Trust for the British Library.
Replica bust of Sir Robert Cotton Bt (1571-1631). Artist(s): Roubiliac, Louis Francois (1702-1762), after
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Replica portrait bust of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton Bt (1571-1631) by Louis-François Roubiliac, slightly to left, wearing a doublet, cloak and large ruff, attached to a rectangular painted stone socle of waisted form. Replica given by the Trustees of the British Museum. Original bust by Roubiliac ...
Bust of Charles Burney (1757-1817), Classical scholar and collector. . Artist(s): Nollekens, Joseph (1737-1823)
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Bust of Charles Burney (1757-1817), Classical scholar and collector. Plaster, by Joseph Nollekens (1737-1823). Presented by the Trustees of the British Museum.
Sir Anthony Panizzi (1797-1879). Artist(s): Gambardella, Spiridioni (fl.1842-64)
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On loan from the Trustees of the British Museum. Sir Anthony Panizzi, K.C.B. was the principle librarian of the British Museum from 1856 to 1866. Presented by W. Lowes Rushton.