Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.14669

    Ancient brass instrument

    Date
    21 November 1709
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p230
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (page): 321mm
    width (page): 190mm
    Subject
    Description
    Figure of an ancient brass instrument found 'by servants of Mr Kiddal' in Yorkshire. The text next to the image reads: 'this is exactly the bigness as layd upon the paper'. This was printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 26, no. 322 (July and August, 1709), pp. 393-94.

    This image is copied in LBC/14/257.
    Object history
    R. Thoresby, ‘Concerning Some Ancient Brass Instruments Found in Yorkshire’, Phil. Trans. vol. 26, no. 322 (July and August, 1709), pp. 393-94.

    The original letter and drawing are at Sloane MS 4025, the British Library, London. The drawing at 283r has the inscription: ‘This is exactly the bigness of laid upon the paper’; the reverse of the paper is clear.
    Related fellows
    Ralph Thoresby (1658 - 1725, British) , Antiquary and Topographer, Antiquary
    Hans Sloane (1660 - 1753, Irish) , Physician
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