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Special Collection. Robert Whipple collection. Provenance. One of the objects was purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from W. ... Watson and Sons, 313 High Holborn, London, England on 14/03/1930. The other was purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from T.

Watson and Sons Ltd., English, 1925. Origin. England; London; 313 High Holborn, WC1. ... Maker. Jenkin W. Watson and Sons Ltd. [manufacturer]. Class. astronomy. Earliest Date.

Watson and Sons Ltd., German and English, 1905 and circa 1910 [mechanical stage]. ... Special Collection. Provenance. Donated on 29/10/1996. Inscription. ‘E. Leitz Wetzlar. No 77729’ (foot).

3 Jul 2024: The herbarium of Brother Cyprian (1724–1775) is a unique collection of 283 medicinal herbs and other plants that the Camaldolese lay brother, nicknamed 'The Flying Monk' for his legendary Daedalic ... Using examples from the Whipple Library's rare book

8 Aug 2021: An ongoing amateur research project is currently collecting material of this kind, but the example in the Watson Collection unfortunately has no such back-history. ... All that can be said is that Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers

8 Aug 2021: Once in the possession of Lester Watson, Rodriquez's Cross shared the fate of the rest of the collection; inherited by Mr L. ... The medal's appearance online, of course, made it available in a way that it had not been before, and as with many other

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Captain T. M. Monk. It is part of what the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Group 6, but as it is not physically attached to ... This medal was acquired with the rest of the group by Lester Watson at some point

8 Aug 2021: Although the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers this medal part of its Group 7, the medals of that group are not physically attached and so have been treated separately here. ... Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them,

8 Aug 2021: It was awarded to Michael McMahan of the 31st Regiment. It was given to Lester Watson in 1904 by his uncle Charles Pfaff, and was the first item in the Watson

8 Aug 2021: It is part of what the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Group 6, but as it is not physically attached to the group it has been considered separately here. ... This medal was acquired with the rest of the group by Lester Watson at some point