ANTIQUARIES Document signed by eight antiquaries, 1 page folio, 22 February 1827 (small repair). Proposing John Rouse for membership of the Royal Society of Antiquaries. The signatories are: Thomas Crofton Croker (1798-1854, Irish antiquary) Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick (1783-1848, antiquary) Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830, President of the Royal Academy Sir William Beechey (1753-1839, painter, RA) Henry William Beechey (d. 1870?, painter & explorer) Sir George Nayler (1764?-1831, Garter King-of-arms Thomas Joseph Pettigrew (1791-1865, surgeon & antiquary) Robert Lemon (1799-1835, archivist). [No: 7356]
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