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PORTRAITS. 
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23. King Edward VI. Presented, in 1TG8, by Mrs. Mary Mac- 
morran. 
24. Caroline, Queen of George II., by Jams. Presented by Lieut.- 
Gen. Thornton. 
Second Compartment. 
•25. Dr. Andrew Gifford, by Russel, 1774. Bequeathed by himself, 
1784. 
26. Rev. Dr. Thos. Birch, painted in 1735. Bequeathed by himself. 
27. James, 1st Duke of Chandos, wh. 1. Presented by James Far- 
quharson, Esq. 
28. Humphrey Wanley, Librarian to the Earl of Oxford. Presented 
by Herbert Westfaling, Esq. 
29. Claudius James Rich, Esq., born 1787, died at Sbiraz, 1821. 
Resident of the English East India Company at Bagdad from 
1808 to 1821, whose collection of MSS., Medals and Antiqui- 
ties, is placed in the British Museum. Presented by his Widow. 
30. Joseph Planta, Esq., F.R.S., Principal Librarian of the British 
Museum, from 1799 to 1827, by T. Phillips, R.A. Presented 
by the Right Hon. Joseph Planta, G.CH. 
31. Sir Hans Sloane, as " President of the Royal Society." Half 
length. "Step". Slaughter pinx. 1736." 
32. Sir Hans Sloane, wh. 1., seated. 
33. Dr. John Ward, of Gresham College. Presented by T. Hollis, 
Esq. 
34. Dr. Matthew Maty, 2nd Principal Librarian of the British 
Museum, by Dupan. Bequeathed by himself, 1776. 
35. Abraham Rees, D.D., F.R.S., by J. Lonsdale. Presented by 
Joseph. Parkes, Esq. 
36. Major-General Hardwicke. by W. Hawkins. Presented by Dr. 
J. E. Gray. 
37. Sir Hans Sloane, by Murray. 
38. Dr. Francis Turner, Bishop of Ely. 
39. Robert Earl of Oxford, by Sir G. Kneller. Presented, in 1768, 
by the Duchess Dowager of Portland 
40. Sir Robert Cotton. Presented, in 1792, by Paul Methuen, Esq., 
of Cor sham. 
41. Sir John Cotton. From the Old Cottonian Library. 
42. Rt. Hon. Arthur Onslow, Speaker of the House of Commons, 
wh. 1. Presented by Admiral Onslow. 
43. Sir Thomas Cotton. Presented by his descendant, Mrs. H. M. 
Bowdler, 1820. 
44. Sir Robert Cotton, A.D. 1629. From the Cottonian Library. 
45. Edward Earl of Oxford, by Dahl. Presented, in 1768, by his 
daughter, the Duchess Dowager of Portland 
46. Humphrey Wanley. Presented by the Earl of Leicester, in 1795, 
afterwards Marquess of Townshend and Earl of Leicester. 
"Humfredus Wanley Coventriensis, 1717." 
47. Rev. Dr. Thomas Birch. 
