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- 1839-c.1900 (Creation)
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3 items, paper
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Letter dated 15 Sep 1839 from Clift. Written at the Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields, to R McCormick Esq. Relates to the procurement and preparation of spirits for preserving animals and the acquisition of dissecting instruments. The recipient, Robert McCormick (1800-1890) was naturalist on H.M.S. Erebus on a voyage of discovery to the Antarctic under the command of Captain James Clark Ross. The ship sailed in September 1939 and returned in 1843. Obituary for William Clift from 'The Illustrated London News', with copies of an illustration and a photograph of a bust of Clift. Article about the Hunterian collection at the Royal College of Surgeons, London, entitled 'How a Great Museum Grew' by A. K. Page, from The Windsor Magazine.