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Reconstructing Sloane

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Picture credits, header: Excerpt from Hans Sloane, “A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica”, Biodiversitylibrary.org.

Who was Sir Hans Sloane?

A physician by trade, Sir Hans Sloane was also a collector of objects from around the world. By his death in 1753 he had collected over 71,000 objects. Sloane bequeathed his collection to the nation in his will and it became the founding collection of the British Museum. Read more…

Thomas Murray: Sir Hans Sloane Oil on canvas, c.1725.
Royal College of Physicians, London
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