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Joseph Disney, Commoner of Christ Church ...

Latin Text:

JOSEPHUS DISNEY ex Æde Christi Commensalis, venerandæ Antiquitatis amantissimus, Typum Arcis, Pontefractensis Anno 1648, quo eam obsidione premebant Perduelles, delineatum, in hoc Museo conservandum D.

Translation:

Joseph Disney, Commoner of Christ Church and a devoted antiquary, gave the museum a drawing of Pontefract Castle from the time when it was under enemy siege in 1648.

Location:Not listed in the 1836 catalogue. The present location of this object is unknown.

Year:MDCCXVII (1717);  Page Number:21 (recto)