File QW/6/1/22 - Letter from Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum, 04 November 1938

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GB 891 QW-QW/6-QW/6/1-QW/6/1/22

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Letter from Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum, 04 November 1938

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  • 4th Nov 1938 - 16th Nov 1938 (Creation)

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Name of creator

(1900-1981)

Biographical history

Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales was born in 1900 and educated at Charterhouse and Queen's College Cambridge. In 1924 he entered the service of the Siamese government and from 1924-1928 acted as an adviser to King Rama VI and King Rama VII. This led to theread more

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Scope and content

Letter from John Allan, Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum London, to Quaritch Wales concerning the rarity of the Sanskrit inscription. He asks if Wales chalked the inscription to make it reproduce more easily and whether that might accountread more

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  • English

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