Sarah Sophia Banks
Sarah Sophia Banks | |
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Portrait by Angelica Kauffman | |
| Born | October 28, 1744 |
| Died | September 27, 1818 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | English |
| Known for | Collections in the British Museum, British Library, and the Royal Mint Museum |
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Sarah Sophia Banks (28 October 1744 – 27 September 1818) was an English antiquarian collector and the sister and collaborator of botanist Joseph Banks. She collected coins and medals and ephemera which are now historically valuable like broadsheets, newspaper clippings, visiting cards, prints, advertisements and playbills.