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                                 Image number: RS.9827
                             
                         
                         
                     
                 
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            Date inscription on a gateway in Worcester
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                                1735
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                John Cope (British) 
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                height (drawing): 68mm
width (drawing): 140mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (drawing): 140mm
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                                Description
                            
                            
                                Inscription of 975 AD and stonework details found on a gateway in Worcester, England [Edgar’s Tower gateway?]. The text account notes that over the gate was the house occupied by Joseph Dougharty [surveyor]. From the manuscript copy of “Some considerations on the antiquity ad use of the Indian characters or figures”, by John Cope. Not signed.
Royal Society Register Book Original, vol.19 1734-1736, pp.155-160. The paper was read before the Royal Society on 8 May 1735. The image formed the illustrative plate to the printed paper of the same title in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.39, 1735-1736, pp.131-135.
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            Royal Society Register Book Original, vol.19 1734-1736, pp.155-160. The paper was read before the Royal Society on 8 May 1735. The image formed the illustrative plate to the printed paper of the same title in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.39, 1735-1736, pp.131-135.
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