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Vertue, George, (1684-1756), Engraver and Antiquary

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Surname: Vertue
Forenames: George
Gender: Male
Date: 1684-1756
Biography: ODNB link for Vertue, George (1684-1756) Engraver and Antiquary
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P157666 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P29301 )
Online related resources Artists' Paper Register link for George Vertue Bibliography of British and Irish History link for George Vertue
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1727-40: papers rel to his tours with Lord Oxford
British Library, Manuscript Collections
loan 29
NRA 20953
2
1724-40: accounts of tours with 2nd Lord Oxford (4 vols)
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 70434, 70437-9
3
papers incl drawings
Lewis Walpole Library
NRA 22338 Walpole Library
4
notebooks, memoranda, travel journals etc
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 21111, 23068-98
5
1720-30: topographical and antiquarian drawings
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Gough Drawings a 1
6
c1750: drawings of seals
Society of Antiquaries of London
MS 421
See PJ Willetts, Manuscripts in the Society of Antiquaries of London (2000)
7
1721-28: letters to John Murray
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Rawl letters 112
8
1724-40: letters to 2nd Lord Oxford
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 70399