London and Its Environs Described, vol. 2 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round ItAnonymous
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London and Its Environs Described, vol. 2 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round It
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London (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; London (England) -- Gazetteers -- Early works to 1800
Altho’ it may be presumed, that persons who shall be admitted to see
the Museum, will in general conform themselves to the rules and orders
above mentioned; yet as it may happen, that these rules may not always
be duly observed: the Trustees think it necessary, for the safety and
preservation of the Museum, and do hereby order, That in case any
persons shall behave in any improper manner, and contrary to the said
rules, and shall continue such misbehaviour after having been
admonished by one of the officers; such persons shall be obliged
forthwith to withdraw from the Museum; and their names shall be
entered in a book to be kept by the porter: who is hereby ordered not
to deliver tickets to them for their admission for the future; without
a special direction from the Trustees in a general meeting.
We shall now give a plan of the whole Museum, with the contents of
each room, and the order in which they are shewn, &c.
Having giving in at the porter’s lodge mark’d g in the plan No. 1.
your name, addition, and place of abode, you have notice given what
day and hour to attend, and a ticket given you. By shewing this you
are admitted, and entering the hall (i) you ascend a magnificent
stair-case, nobly painted by La Fosse. The subject of the ceiling,
Phaeton requesting Apollo to permit him to drive his chariot for a
day. On the inside walls a landskip, by Rousseau: this brings you into
the vestibule(I No. 2) the ceiling represents the fall of Phaeton; in
this is a mummy and some other antiquities. The saloon D is a most
magnificent room, the ceiling and side walls painted by the
abovementioned painter La Fosse, the landskips by Rousseau, and the
flowers by the celebrated Baptist.
You are then admitted into the room E, which contains the Cottonian
and royal manuscripts, in about 750 volumes. F and G contain the
Harleian manuscripts, in about 7620 volumes; and M the Harleian
charters in number about 16000. O is the room of medals, which are
upwards of 22000 in number. L has Sir Hans Sloane’s manuscripts, and K
contains the antiquities.
This brings you again into the vestibule, and passing thro’ the
saloon, you enter the room C, which contains minerals and fossils, B
shells, A vegetables and insects, H animals in spirits, and N
artificial curiosities.
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