The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Jared Leigh, Esquire (1724 - 1769)

Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/16385 References in Documents:
MS Book of Benefactors (MacGregor, ed.)

Jared Leigh the younger, of Doctors Commons in the City of London, wanted to have a painting of the dead Jesus Christ, our Saviour, masterfully and beautifully depicted by Annibale Caracci, that outstanding painter of genius, placed among the treasures of rare note as a token of his goodwill towards us.