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Minutes of meeting, 6 June 1765

Reference code
SAL/02/010/006
Title
Minutes of meeting, 6 June 1765
Date
6/6/1765
Level of description
Item
Scope and content
William Hanbury commissioned by Charles Hedges to accept the certificate granted by the Father Guardian of Mount Sinai in 1666 to the late Sir Charles Hedges on his visit to the Holy Land.
William Hanbury exhibits a portrait in oils [copy?] of Henry V preserved with one of Henry VI in Eton College [here spelled “Eaton”].
William Hanbury introduced two monks of the Greek Church, one from Paros in the Cyclades, and the other from Laris in Caelosyria with an account of their travels.
Nathaniel Hillier exhibits an impression in white wax of the head of Sir Robert Walpole from a concave intaglio by the late Mr Natter [? Nattier] based on a bust by Roubiliac.
Creator
Society of Antiquaries of London
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