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Acts and Votes, fyc. 



And whereas the Collection of Antient 

 Marbles bequeathed by the said Will and 

 Codicil of the said Charles Townley was made 

 by him with great Knowledge, Judgment 

 and Care, and at a very considerable Ex- 

 pence, and is generally considered to be one 

 of the most valuable Collections of ancient 

 Sculpture, and on many Accounts is such a 

 Property as is highly desirable to be possessed 

 by the Public : , 



And whereas a Proposal having been made 

 by the Trustees of the British Museum to the 

 said Edward Townley Standish, John Townley, 

 and Peregrine Edward Townley for the Pur- 

 chase of the said Collection of Ancient Mar- 

 bles and Terra Cottas at or for the Price or 

 Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds, and it hav- 

 ing been represented to them that it was 

 highly desirable the same should be possessed 

 by the Public in a proper Repository gene- 

 rally open at proper Times and under suitable 

 Restrictions to the Inspection of Artists, and 

 the Curious in the fine Arts, they the said 

 Edward Townley Standish, John Townley, and 

 Peregrine Edward Townley consented to the 

 said Proposal, and agreed to add to the said 

 Collection the Bronze Statues of Apollo and 



