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Printed Transcription of Wording on the Tomb of John Tradescant, c.1853

Inventory Number 12647


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.12647

Item type
Object
Provenance
Probably acquired from the sale of the effects of Professor J. O. Westwood in 1930.
Other inscriptions
Inscribed [by R. T. Gunther] 'J. O. Westwood colln. Hope Coll.' (see note).
Object type
Print
Inventory No
12647

Description

The text gives the restored and new wording when the tomb, in St Mary's churchyard, Lambeth, was restored in 1853.