From:
Thomas Stewart Traill
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
25 Dec 1818
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/26/1, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Negotiations for fixing [William] Roscoe's pictures at the Liverpool Institution have failed and Roscoe is now pressing to auction the collection in London; suggests Smith approaching [Thomas William] Coke about purchasing it to prevent its dispersal. Collection valued at 1,500 guineas, but Roscoe offered it to the Institution for 1,200; lists some of the contents, contains 42-43 pictures.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London