Allan Ramsay - John Clerk - 1734-10-15

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Allan Ramsay Sr

Allan Ramsay - John Clerk - 1734-10-15
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  16806
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document. Allan Ramsay Sr
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. John Clerk
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . October 15, 1734
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature. Brown 1984, p. 2201, Burnett 2024, p. 272
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Coin Collection
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia 
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'...my casting of Medales ... a complete series of Grecian, Roman & British Coins done in this manner 30 or fourty on a Table would ornament a Closet extreamly well with Basrelief' (Brown 1984, p. 220; Burnett 2024, p. 27)

References

  1. ^  Brown, I.G. (1984), 'Allan Ramsay's rise and reputation', The Volume of the Walpole Society 50, pp. 209–247
  2. ^  Burnett, Andrew M. (2024), The Hidden Treasures of this Happy Land. A History of Numismatics in Britain from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment: Supplement 1, BNS Special Publ. No 14 = RNS Special Publ. No 58, London, Spink & Son.