Elzar Albin to J. Petiver – monday night January the 5
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Date: monday night January the 5 Author: Elzar Albin Recipient: J. PetiverLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: MS 4066 Folio: f 254
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British Library, London
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Scholarship, Scientific, Social
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Lizards, Paintings
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monday night January the 5
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Sr: this Comes to desire you not to send to morrow for the Lizard I haveing bin disapointd: of woreking by the Death of a neare relation but as soon as I have don it I will lett you know by the post I beg you to Excuse hast from your humble Servt: Elzar Albin monday night January the 5
Elzar Albin (British Library spelling ‘Eleazar’) asks Petiver to postpone sending him the Lizard, which he intended to paint. There is an envelope attached to this letter but it does not include any visible text; however a PENY PAYD POST [.MO?] stamp is visible. Albin, Eleazar (d. 1742?) was a naturalist and watercolor painter. Between 1731-1738, Albin published “A Natural History of Birds” in 3 volumes, containing 306 plates. Although some of the plates did not include a signature, it is likely that Albin or his daughter Elizabeth completed all the works with exception to one plate, which was signed by his son Fortin. In addition, Albin published “A Natural History of Spiders” in 1736 and also illustrated (and possibly wrote) “A Natural History of English Song-Birds” in 1737. (Peter Osborne, ‘Albin, Eleazar (d. 1742?)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/279, accessed 30 July 2015]).
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