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John Disney (antiquarian)

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in the 19th century finding fault with the quality ("trash rather than treasure"), and Disney's expertise in the area. It is now known that it included modern artefacts. The issue was studied again in 2012 by Caroline Vout ("Treasure, not trash").
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in 1818. His wife inherited from her father in 1822. Disney left the post of Recorder at Bridport in 1823, and at some later point afterwards moved to Essex. He stood unsuccessfully as a political candidate in
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The collection at The Hyde was built up by Disney, in particular when he visited Rome in 1826–7. It was further enlarged by gifts from
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auction house in the years after Edgar Disney, the heir, died in 1881. The Fitzwilliam Museum acquired some of the pieces.
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On his father's death in 1816, Disney came into a substantial inheritance. It included a house, The Hyde, near
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Vout, C. (2012). "Treasure, not trash: The Disney sculpture and its place in the history of collecting".
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Building on a catalogue of the antiquarian collection made by his father, and supplemented by
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including significant classical sculptures, that came from Hollis, Brand Hollis and
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Disney married his paternal first cousin Sophia Disney-Ffytche, daughter of
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A collection of acts of parliament, relative to county and borough elections
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Disney was educated at home in London until the age of 16, when he went to
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The Hyde, Essex residence of John Disney, late 18th-century engraving
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Disney presented most of the sculptures in his collection to the
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The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Greek and Roman Gallery
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What remained of the collection at The Hyde was sold by
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John Disney (archaeologist)

Maull
barrister
antiquarian
Royal Society
Society of Antiquaries
Flintham Hall
Nottinghamshire
John Disney
Francis Blackburne
Anglican clergyman
Unitarian Church
English Dissenters
John Disney
Peterhouse, Cambridge
Inner Temple
called to the bar
Recorder
Bridport
Dorset
Corscombe
Ingatestone
Essex
Thomas Hollis
Thomas Brand Hollis
antiquities
Richard Mead

High Sheriff of Dorset

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