Maurice Johnson - Roger Gale - 1742-07-30

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Maurice Johnson, Spalding

Maurice Johnson - Roger Gale - 1742-07-30
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  14809
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AuthorAuthor of the document. Maurice Johnson
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Roger Gale
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . July 30, 1742
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Spalding 52° 47' 15.50" N, 0° 9' 9.54" W
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Claude Génébrier, Patrick Kennedy, John Kemp
LiteratureReference to literature. Nichols 1781-1790, pp. 75-71, Burnett 2020b, pp. 397, 740 n. 319, 16612
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Carausius , Roman
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'[requests an account or sketch] of your Carausius Neptunus which I understood from Dr Kennedy you had, and which you are lately enriched with, or it escaped my observation when I had the indulgence of viewing your cabinet.
What think you of Genebrier’s performance? Dr. Kennedy lent it me for an hour; he disapproves great part of it; but I remember Mr Kemp was a designer and medallist, but not a master of languages, much less much versed in history, or the laws, usages, habits, characters, or even the lapidary language, or medallic style, of the Greeks and Romans, with which I am not intimate, but ever pleased with information.'

(Nichols 1781-1790, pp. 75-7; Burnett 2020b, pp. 1661)

References

  1. ^  Nichols, John (ed.), Reliquiae Galeanae, in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica II.1 (London, 1781), II.2 (London, 1781), III (London, 1790).
  2. ^  Burnett, Andrew M. (2020), The Hidden Treasures of this Happy Land. A History of Numismatics in Britain from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, BNS Special Publ. No 14 = RNS Special Publ. No 58, London, Spink & Son.