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Jared Leigh the younger, of Doctors Commons in the ...

Latin Text:

JARED LEIGH Jun r . de (DOCTORS COMMONS) in Civitate LONDON. Effigiem Salvatoris nostri JESU CHRISTI defuncti, Hannibalis Carrache arte graphica feliciter Expressam, insigne celeberrimi Pictoris Ingenii, su

Translation:

Jared Leigh the younger, of Doctors Commons in the City of London, wanted to have a painting of the dead Jesus Christ, our Saviour, masterfully and beautifully depicted by Annibale Caracci, that outstanding painter of genius, placed among the treasures of rare note as a token of his goodwill towards us.

Related Objects:AN1836 p.177.60

Location:The present location of this object is unknown.

Year:MDCCLVII (1757);  Page Number:24 (recto)

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