Month: February 2020

A Golden Jubilee: 50 Years of the Barber Coin Collection

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In 2020, the Barber celebrates the golden anniversary of its coin collection – one of the most significant in the world. Scholars and numismatists, Geoffrey Haines (1899 – 1981) and Philip Whitting (1903 – 1988), each left their vast collections of a combined 15,000 pieces to the Barber with the condition that the coins were … Read more

Philip Galle (1537-1612)

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Philip Galle The Story of the Prodigal Son – The Prodigal Son Leaving His Father’s House Netherlands, 1562 Engraving This is the first in a series of six engravings based on the story of the Prodigal Son from the New Testament (Luke 15). It tells a moral tale of adolescent rebellion in which the son … Read more