Roger Gale, English antiquary and historian, 1672-1744. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, VP of the Society of Antiquaries, Treasurer of the Royal Society. In powdered wig, cloak and linen shirt. Copperplate engraving by Ignatius Joseph van den Berghe from John Adolphus’ The British Cabinet, containing Portraits of Illustrious Personages, printed by T. Bensley for E. Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1800.

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