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Harry Wighorn ( - fl. 1693)

Moss evidently misread the entry in AMS2 (MacGregor, 8). "Mr Harries" is identified in AMS8 as Harry Wighorn, donor of the same object recorded in AMS2 (MacGregor, 57, n. 157). Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - Ashmolean Museum Oxford: Manuscript Catalogues of the Early Museum Collections, 1683-1886 (Part I).
 References in Documents:
MS Book of Benefactors (MacGregor, ed.)

The very distinguished Mr Harries, from Worcestershire, gave a small, very beautiful relief, skilfully executed, showing the story of the early childhood of Jove on the island of Crete. In the 8 AMS 2: THE BOOK OF BENEFACTORS wilderness his nurse, Amalthea, is shown under a tall tree holding a cornucopia, filled with milk, to the child's lips; there are goats around together with a satyr, and at the top of a cliff, an eagle disembowels a dog. Hiding in a nest on top of a tree are eaglets, threatened with death by a serpent which climbs it.

MS Book of the dean of Christ Church (MacGregor, ed.) Tabula plastica in qua exhibetur Jovis Historia in Creta Insula enutriti. Ex dono Cl Viri ... Harries Wigorn, Arm. v. Montfaucon Antiquité expliquée Tom. 1. p: 33 Moulded panel with the story of the childhood of Jupiter on the Island of Crete. Given by the celebrated Harry Wighorn, Esq. See Montfaucon, L'Antiquité expliquée, vol. 1, p. 33.