Sloane’s collection of artefacts from ancient worlds took many forms, from Greek vases to Egyptian statues. The British Museum’s Enlightenment Gallery, room 1, explores ‘art and civilisation’, ‘classifying the world’ (which exhibits a wealth of Greek pottery), and ‘ancient scripts’. Ian Jenkins’ chapter (2003) accompanies the Enlightenment Gallery at The British Museum and gives an overview of the eighteenth century classical tradition and the Greek revival in this period.   

Archibald, Marion M (1994) ‘Coins and Medals’ in Arthur MacGregor, Sir Hans Sloane. Collector, Scientist, Antiquary Founding Father of the British Museum. The British Museum Press, London, pp.150-166.

Burn, Lucilla (2003) ‘Words and pictures: Greek vases and their classification’, in Kim Sloan, Andrew Burnett, Enlightenment. Discovering the World in the Eighteenth Century. The British Museum Press, London, pp.140-149.

Cherry, John (1994) ‘Medieval and Later Antiquities’ in Arthur MacGregor, Sir Hans Sloane. Collector, Scientist, Antiquary Founding Father of the British Museum. The British Museum Press, London, pp.198-221.

Cook, Jill (2003) ‘The discovery of British antiquity’ in Kim Sloan, Andrew Burnett, Enlightenment. Discovering the World in the Eighteenth Century. The British Museum Press, London, pp.178-191.

Impey, Oliver (1994) ‘Oriental Antiquities’ in Arthur MacGregor, Sir Hans Sloane. Collector, Scientist, Antiquary Founding Father of the British Museum. The British Museum Press, London, pp.222-227.

Jenkins, Ian (1994) ‘Classical Antiquities’ in Arthur MacGregor,  Sir Hans Sloane. Collector, Scientist, Antiquary Founding Father of the British Museum. The British Museum Press, London, pp.167-173.

Jenkins, Ian (2003) ‘Ideas of antiquity: classical and other ancient civilizations in the age of Enlightenment’ in Kim Sloan, Andrew Burnett, Enlightenment. Discovering the World in the Eighteenth Century. The British Museum Press, London, pp.168-177.

MacGregor, Arthur (1994) ‘Egyptian Antiquities’ in Arthur MacGregor, Sir Hans Sloane. Collector, Scientist, Antiquary Founding Father of the British Museum. The British Museum Press, London, pp.174-189.

MacGregor, Arthur (1994) ‘Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities’ in Arthur MacGregor, Sir Hans Sloane. Collector, Scientist, Antiquary Founding Father of the British Museum. The British Museum Press, London, pp.180-197.

Warren, J., (2004) ‘Sir Hans Sloane as a collector of small sculpture’. Apollo 159, pp.31-38.