White collection of historical medallions, 1868.
Collection Number: 8420
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
White collection of historical medallions, 1868.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
8420
Abstract:
"The White Collection of Historical Medallions, including, among other things, all
the casts of Eichler of Berlin, namely two thousand copies of antique gems in the
Royal Museum at Berlin, illustrative of ancient history and art; over five hundred
casts illustrating mediaeval and renaissance history and art; some four hundred medallion
portraits of eminent personages in modern history, derived from authentic portraits."
Cornell University Register, 1868-69.
Creator:
White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918
Quanitities:
8 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
"The White Collection of Historical Medallions, including, among other things, all
the casts of Eichler of Berlin, namely two thousand copies of antique gems in the
Royal Museum at Berlin, illustrative of ancient history and art; over five hundred
casts illustrating mediaeval and renaissance history and art; some four hundred medallion
portraits of eminent personages in modern history, derived from authentic portraits."
Cornell University Register, 1868-69.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
White Collection of Historical Medallions, #8420. Division of Rare and Manuscript
Collections, Cornell University Library.
Access restricted to the permission of the curator.
Subjects:
Sculpture, Classical.
Plaster casts.
Form and Genre Terms:
Glyptics.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Group 1: Unlabelled Medallions
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Unlabelled Medallions
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| Box 2 |
Unlabelled Medallions
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| Box 3 |
Unlabelled Medallions
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| Box 4 |
Unlabelled Medallions
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| Box 5 |
Unlabelled Medallions
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| Box 6 |
Unlabelled Medallions
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| Box 7 |
Unlabelled Medallions
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| Box 8 |
Unlabelled Medallions
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Group 2: Von Stosch Seal Collection
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Scope and Contents
Ordered according to Winkelmann's catalog
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| Box 9 | Volume 1 |
Egyptian and some old Persian cut stones
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| Box 9 | Volume 2 |
Second Category: Mythological gods of the Greeks, the Etruscans and the Romans, along
with their cults and ceremonies
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Scope and Contents
1-165: Saturn, Cybele, Provinces and Cities, Jupiter
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| Box 10 | Volume 3 |
Second Category: Mythological gods of the Greeks, the Etruscans and the Romans, along
with their cults and ceremonies
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Scope and Contents
166-365: Jupiter, Minerva, Ceres, Diana, Pluto, Mercury
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| Box 10 | Volume 4 |
Second Category: Mythological gods of the Greeks, the Etruscans and the Romans, along
with their cults and ceremonies
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Scope and Contents
366-557
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| Box 11 | Volume 5 |
Second Category: Mythological gods of the Greeks, the Etruscans and the Romans, along
with their cults and ceremonies
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| Box 11 | Volume 6 |
Second Category: Mythological gods of the Greeks, the Etruscans and the Romans, along
with their cults and ceremonies
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Scope and Contents
Mars
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| Box 12 | Volume 7 |
Second Category: Mythological gods of the Greeks, the Etruscans and the Romans, along
with their cults and ceremonies
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Scope and Contents
949-1153: Mars, Apollo
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| Box 12 | Volume 8 |
Second Category: Mythological gods of the Greeks, the Etruscans and the Romans, along
with their cults and ceremonies
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Scope and Contents
1154-1352: Apollo
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| Box 13 | Volume 9 |
Second Category: Mythological gods of the Greeks, the Etruscans and the Romans, along
with their cults and ceremonies
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Scope and Contents
1353-1557: Apollo, Bacchus
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| Box 13 | Volume 10 |
Second Category: Mythological gods of the Greeks, the Etruscans and the Romans, along
with their cults and ceremonies
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Scope and Contents
1558-1737
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| Box 14 | Volume 11 |
Second Category, Third Category: Hero myths and mystical history
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Scope and Contents
1738-1879, 1-21: Hercules, Lesser gods, religious dress and sacrifices, the fabulous
age
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| Box 14 | Volume 12 |
Third Category: Hero myths and mystical history
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Scope and Contents
22-194: The fabulous age, the 7 against Thebes, the Trojan War
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| Box 15 | Volume 13 |
Third Category: Hero myths and mystical history
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Scope and Contents
193-364: The Trojan War, the Return of Ulysses
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| Box 15 | Volume 14 |
Fourth Category
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Scope and Contents
1-161: History of the Romans
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| Box 16 | Volume 15 |
Fourth Category
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Scope and Contents
162-341: History of the Romans
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| Box 16 | Volume 16 |
Fourth Category, Fifth Category: Games, Festivals, Vases and Symbolic Rings
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Scope and Contents
342-351, 1-176: History of the Romans, Games, Festivals, Vases
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| Box 17 | Volume 17 |
Sixth Category, Seventh Category: Animals
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Scope and Contents
1-24
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| Box 17 | Volume 18 |
Seventh Category: Animals
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Scope and Contents
25-208
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| Box 18 | Volume 19 |
Seventh Category, Eighth Category: Abraxas, stones with oriental characters, and cut
stones from recent times
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Scope and Contents
209-253, 1-65: Animals, Abraxas, Stones with Oriental characters
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| Box 18 | Volume 20 |
Eighth Category: Abraxas, stones with oriental characters, and cut stones from recent
times
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Scope and Contents
66-121: Stones with Oriental characters, cut stones from recent times
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Group 3: Italian Gems
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Scope and Contents
These gems were made in Rome between 1829 and 1836, and were bought by A.D. White
in Berlin in 1881. The original handwritten catalogue of these gems is in collection
#1-2-2, box 206.
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| Box 19 | Volume A |
Classical gems 1-100
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| Box 19 | Volume B |
Classical gems 101-200
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| Box 20 | Volume C |
Classical gems 201-300
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| Box 20 | Volume D |
Classical gems 301-400
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Loose Medallions
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Scope and Contents
These medallions were previously stored in the A.D. White library in Uris Library.
A handwritten list of some of the medallions can be found in the George Lincoln Burr
papers, #14-17-22, Box 1 Folder 5.
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Glass Bound Medallions
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Scope and Contents
15 centimeters in diameter.
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| Box 21 |
Head of Christ, by Carlo Dolci
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Christ with Crown of Thorns, by Guido Reni
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Madonna del Lago, by Raphael
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Madonna della Sedia, by Raphael
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Christ blessing the children, by Thorvaldsen
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Mary with Christ and John, by Thorvaldsen
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Christmas Eve in Heaven, by Thorvaldsen
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Spring, by Thorvaldsen
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Summer, by Thorvaldsen
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Autumn, by Thorvaldsen
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Winter, by Thorvaldsen
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Genius of the Year, by Thorvaldsen
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Architecture, by Thorvaldsen
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Painting, by Thorvaldsen
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Sculpture, by Thorvaldsen
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Poetry, by Thorvaldsen
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Music and Poesy, by Thorvaldsen
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Morning, by Thorvaldsen
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Tragedy and Comedy, by Thorvaldsen
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Amor and Hymen, by Thorvaldsen
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Hercules and Hebe, by Thorvaldsen
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Hygeia and Aesculapius, by Thorvaldsen
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| Box 22 |
Schwebende Engel, by Thorvaldsen
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| Box 22 |
Musicirende Engel, by Thorvaldsen
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| Box 23 |
Ariosto, Chamisso, Dante, Goethe, Herder, Lessing, and Liszt
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| Box 23 |
Meyerbeer, Romano, Guilio, Schiller, Tasso, and Titian
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| Box 24 |
Wieland
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Large Medallions
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Scope and Contents
Circa 11-13 centimeters in diameter
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Untitled bust, with "Philis Coespa Reni" around the edge
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Pisani Pictoris Opvs, with bird images
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Opvs Constanti, labelled number 20 on back
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Labelled Wilbalden von Redwiz, 1536
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| Box 24 |
Anne of Bretagne
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Louis XII
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Albert of Bavaria, labelled number 11
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Venator Intrepidus, Alfonso V
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Giovanni Bentivoglio II
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Parcere subiectis et debellare superbos, with two lions
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Nvnc Deniqve Vives
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Bust of Christ
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Pope Paul II bust
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John the Baptist
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Nicolas de Neufville
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Victor Amadeus of Savoy
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Cristina de Lorena
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John VIII Palaeologus
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Guilio Romano
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Dr. Johann Klainmuller
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Sultan Mohammet, 1481
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Alfonso V of Aragon
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Maria de Medicis
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Philibert II of Savoy and Margaret of Austria
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Christ
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Lorenzo de Medici
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Pisani Opvs, with gryphon
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Sigimundus de Malatestis
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Man on a horse, with the back labelled Ludwig (Ludovicus) Gonzaga
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Alfonso V of Aragon
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Man on a horse outside a castle, with the back labelled Sigimundus de Malatestis
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Philipp Maria Sforza, 1479, with reverse
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Benedictvs Depastis, with back labelled Guarinus
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Nonina Stroza
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Marchio Leonellus Este, with reverse
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Ludovicus Gonzaga
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Sultan Mohameti
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Sultan Mohamed II
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Two men on horses
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Johannes Tornabonus
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Gvarinvs Vcronensis
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Johannes Franciscus de Gonzaga
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| Box 27 |
Alfonso of Aragon
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Medium Medallions
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Scope and Contents
3-7 centimeters in diameter
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132 portraits, European
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| Box 26 |
80 portraits, European
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26 portraits, European
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Scope and Contents
All marked with a blue 'x' on the back
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| Box 28 |
Ioannes Maria Pomedellvs
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23 portraits, European
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Scope and Contents
With blue writing on back
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83 portraits, some with writing on the back
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Portraits: Germany, Prussia, Saxony, France, England, Poland
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Portraits: Poland, Russia, Sweden, Popes, Denmark, Spain and Italy
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Portraits: Spain and Italy, smaller German states,
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| Box 33 |
Miscellaneous portraits
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Miscellaneous portraits
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| Box 35 |
Miscellaneous portraits
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| Box 36 |
Miscellaneous portraits
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| Box 37 |
Miscellaneous portraits
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| Box 38 |
Miscellaneous portraits
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| Box 39 |
Miscellaneous portraits
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| Box 40 |
Miscellaneous portraits
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| Box 41 |
Miscellaneous portraits
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Small Medallions
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Scope and Contents
1-3 centimeters in diameter
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| Box 28 |
9 portraits
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Scope and Contents
With blue writing on back
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| Box 28 |
14 portraits
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| Box 29 |
Two portraits
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Square, Oval, and Rectangular medallions
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| Box 28 |
Unlabelled portrait of a man, 11cm by 13cm
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| Box 28 |
Hieronimi Scotti
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Two profiles, no label
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Bordvx di Ferrara Di Modona
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30 oval portraits
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| Box 29 |
3 oval portraits
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