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The number of visitors to the collections of natural history amounted in the year
1810 to 15,000 . The year following , upon the mode of admission being changed
, the number was doubled ; and it has since that time constantly increased ...
The number of visitors to the collections of natural history amounted in the year
1810 to 15,000 . The year following , upon the mode of admission being changed
, the number was doubled ; and it has since that time constantly increased ...
Page 160
Besides the numerous specimens now exhibited , he left behind him nearly one
thousand drawings , with a view either of illustrating the preparations now in the
collection , or of supplying deficiencies . In these the external forms of many ...
Besides the numerous specimens now exhibited , he left behind him nearly one
thousand drawings , with a view either of illustrating the preparations now in the
collection , or of supplying deficiencies . In these the external forms of many ...
Page 161
with great inconvenience , it is a subject well deserving serious consideration ,
whether an osteological collection should not find a place in some of the new
apartments to be erected in the British Museum . That such a collection should be
...
with great inconvenience , it is a subject well deserving serious consideration ,
whether an osteological collection should not find a place in some of the new
apartments to be erected in the British Museum . That such a collection should be
...
Page 188
The dispersion of the magnificent collection of Charles I. , formed by that
accomplished monarch with the truest taste and ... The pictures sold by the
parliament after his death may yet be traced among the first collections on the
continent ; but ...
The dispersion of the magnificent collection of Charles I. , formed by that
accomplished monarch with the truest taste and ... The pictures sold by the
parliament after his death may yet be traced among the first collections on the
continent ; but ...
Page 189
Since the purchase of Mr. Angerstein's collection , indeed , only four pictures
have been bought for the National Gallery : they are the productions of Correggio
, .of Titian , of Annibal Carracci , and of Nicholas Poussin , and they are ( as all ...
Since the purchase of Mr. Angerstein's collection , indeed , only four pictures
have been bought for the National Gallery : they are the productions of Correggio
, .of Titian , of Annibal Carracci , and of Nicholas Poussin , and they are ( as all ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 34 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1826 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Jun 2005 |
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