33^ Deaths. 



lections of what was beft and mod curious in literature and 

 certain branches of the arts. His library is unrivalled in its 

 kind ; and his cabinet of prints, drawings and medals, is 

 confidered as among the moft felect and valuable in a country 

 that pofTeffes fo many of them. — But to his extenfive know- 

 ledge and pre-eminent tafte muft be added the more folid 

 qualities of candour, of liberality, of benevolence ; and he 

 prefented them all to the world, in which he lived at large, 

 in the form of an accomplifhed Gentleman, heightened by 

 the unaffected piety of a fincere Chriftian. 



Mr. Cracherode has left a thoufand pounds to Chrift- 

 Church, Oxford, where he was a ftudent ; and his very rich 

 collection of medals, and immenfe library, to the Britifh. 

 Mufeum. 



Lately, at the age of 67, John Strange, Efq. of Portland- 

 place, LL. D. member of the Royal and Antiquarian So- 

 cieties, and of many of the learned and literary focieties of 

 Europe. Mr. Strange was many years Britifh Refident at 

 Venice, where, by his tafte and indefatigable diligence, he 

 formed one of -the beft collections of pictures, particularly of 

 the Venetian fchool, now in England : his library alfo is 

 moft extenfive and fplendid. As a naturalift, antiquary, 

 and general friend and promoter of the arts and fciencey, 

 his cabinet has always been confidered as one of the choiceft 

 in the kingdom. By his will he has directed the whole to 

 be fold; his pictures, under the direction of Mr. Wilfon of 

 the European Mufeum, by private contract, after being 

 publicly exhibited; his books, by Meffrs. Leigh and Sothebyj 

 his prints, drawings, bufts, coins, medals, bronzes and anti- 

 quities, by Mr. Chriftie ; his cabinets of natural hiftory, by 

 Mr. King. — Thomas Gould, Efq. his brother-in-law, th<* 

 Rev. Edward Nares, his nephew, and Mr. • Alexander, his 

 folicitor, are appointed truftees and executors. 



