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POH.TR AITS. 
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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 Plant a, Esq., F. R. S., Principal Librarian of the British 
Museum, from 1799 to 1827, by T. Phillips, R. A. Presented 
by tlie Right Hon. Joseph Planta, G. C.H. 
31. Sir Hans Sloane, as “President of the Royal Society.” Half 
length. “ Step n . 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. Major-General Hardwicke, by W. Hawkins. Presented by 
J. E. Gray , Esq. 
36. Sir Hans Sloane, by Murray. 
37. Dr. Francis Turner, Bishop of Ely. 
38. Robert Earl of Oxford, by Sir G. Kneller. Presented, in 
1768, by the Duchess Dowager of Portland. 
39. Sir Robert Cotton. Presented, in 1792, by Paul Methuen, 
Esq., of Cor sham. 
40. Sir John Cotton. From the Old Cottonian Library. 
41. Rt. Hon. Arthur Onslow, Speaker of the H. of Commons, 
wh. 1. Presented by Admiral Onslow. 
42. Sir Thomas Cotton. Presented by his descendant, Mrs. H. M. 
Dowdier, 1826. 
43. Sir Robert Cotton, A.D. 1629. From the Cottonian Library. 
44. Edward Earl of Oxford, by Dahl. Presented, in 1768, by 
his daughter, the Duchess Dowager of Portland. 
45. Humphrey Wanley. Presented by the Earl of Leicester, in 
1795, afterwards Marq. of Townshend and E. of Leic. “ Hum- 
fredus Wanley Coventriensis, 1717.” 
46. Rev. Dr. Thomas Birch. 
Third, or Central Compartment. 
47. Peter I., Emperor of Russia, “from an original, drawn by 
Klingstad, in the possession of the Earl of Hertford, 1725; then 
Ambassador at Petersburgh.” From the Old Cottonian Library. 
48. Pedigree of the Cornelia Family. 
49. Stanislaus Augustus I., K. of Poland. ) Presented by the 
50. Charles XII. of Sweden. ) Rev. A. Planta. 
51. A Hunting Piece, by Gio. Battista Weenix. 
52. Louis XIV. Presented by the Rev. A. Planta. 
Fourth Compartment. 
53. Lord Chancellor Bacon. Presented by Dr. A. Gifford. 
54. An Unknown Head, in ruff and beard ; on pannel; “ AEtatis suss 
59. 1608.” 
55. John Duke of Marlborough. 
56. William Courten, Esq., when young, inscribed “ Gul. Courten 
Arm.” 
57. Andrew Marvel. Presented by Robert Nettleion, Esq., Gov. 
of the Russia Company. 
58. Admiral Lord Anson. A copy from the Picture at Wimpole. 
Presented, in 1814, by the Earl of Hardwicke. 
