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Robert Ready & Sons, London, Electrotypists |
In 1859 Robert Cooper Ready (1811-1901) was charged with producing electrotypes for the British Museum. Together with him, and later as his sucessors, his sons Charles Joseph Ready (1849-1922) and August Papworth Ready (born c. 1857) continued this work. Augustus Ready was in 1897 installed as a restorer by the British Museum. The third son William Talbot Ready (1857-1914) served in a similiar position until 1884, when he contuined his occupation as a dealer. Lit.: H. E. Manville, Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Numismatists (2009) p. 236; A. von Sallet, Zeitschrift für Numismatik 1, 1874, p. 286. |
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Vendor (to Museum)  , Vendor (to prev. Owner) |
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/articles/13517 |
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