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Richard Rawlinson Esq. LLD, Fellow of the Society ...
Latin Text:
RICARDUS RAWLINSON, Arm: L.L.D. Soc: Antiq: Soc: Exemplaria duarum Venetorum Navicularum unum P
Translation:
Richard Rawlinson Esq. LLD, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, left the Museum models of two kinds of small Venetian boat, one known as a Paeota, the other a Gondola. He also gave a white Moscovy fox. To these he added an Indian litter called a palanquin.
Related Objects:Pitt Rivers Museum 1886.1.1672 .1-3 (gondola) (formerly AN1836 p.174.9), Pitt Rivers Museum 1886.1.399 (palanquin)
Location:Transferred to the Pitt Rivers Museum in 1886. The palanquin is on display at the Pitt Rivers Museum, Ground Floor. Case 46.A - Land and Air Transport Models.
Year:MDCCLVII (1757); Page Number:22 (recto)
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