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The Countess of Westmoreland's Lodestone

The Countess of Westmorland's lodestone, encased in a display cabinet, now housed in the British Museum, depicted in an engraving of 1756.

[Engraving]

The caption reads: "MAGNES rarisime: Magnitudinis, quem Illustrissima Dom: Dom: Cometessa de WESTMORLAND: Academiae OXON. donavit et in MUSÆO ASHMOLEANO reponendum esse voluit. A.D. 1756."