In case someone on this list is interested! Karen >Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 11:30:09 +0000 >From: "Chaplin, Simon" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Brief for a Natural History Consultant (Botany and / or Marine > Biology), Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter > >[posted on behalf of Claire Gulliver - please >respond to Claire directly and not to the list] > >Dear Sir / Madam > >I'm attaching a brief for a short piece of work >for a Natural History Consultant (Botany and/or >Marine Biology). I hope that it might be of >interest to your list members, in particular >perhaps independent specialists or recently >retired research staff. > >As part of our Collections Review at the Royal >Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) in Exeter we are >seeking a consultant to review and assess the >Natural History significance of approximately >800 prints and drawings in the museum's Fine Art >Collection. The works feature botanical subjects >and marine biological specimens and were made in >the late 18th and 19th centuries. We believe >most of the specimens depicted are British, with >possibly a small number of Indian or other >exotic species. > >The indicative fee for this work is £1500 and >the closing date for Expressions of Interest is >Wednesday 19 December 2012. > >I wonder if you would be kind enough to pass >this brief on to contacts who might find it of >interest. > >Thank you in anticipation. > > >Claire Gulliver | Collections Review Co-ordinator >Royal Albert Memorial Museum | Bradninch Offices >| Bradninch Place | Gandy Street | Exeter | EX4 >3LS >(t) 01392 665327 (f) 01392 421252 >(e) <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] >(w) <http://www.exeter.gov.uk/ramm>http://www.exeter.gov.uk/ramm >RAMM - <http://artfundprize.org.uk/2012/winner.php>Museum of the Year 2012 > >Find out What's on: ><http://www.rammuseum.org.uk/Whats-on/>http://www.rammuseum.org.uk/Whats-on/ >Buy our art online: ><http://prints.rammuseum.org.uk/>http://prints.rammuseum.org.uk/ >Find us on Facebook: ><http://www.facebook.com/RAMMuseum>http://www.facebook.com/RAMMuseum >Follow us on Twitter: ><http://twitter.com/RAMMuseum>http://twitter.com/RAMMuseum > > > > >Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM): Museum of the Year 2012 >To find out more and plan a visit, go to ><http://www.exeter.gov.uk/ramm>www.exeter.gov.uk/ramm > > Disclaimer: ><http://www.exeter.gov.uk/disclaimer>http://www.exeter.gov.uk/disclaimer > > > >This message has been scanned for viruses by ><http://www.blackspider.com/>BlackSpider >MailControl > >Content-type: application/msword; name=Nat_Hist_Consultant_brief.doc >Content-disposition: attachment; >creation-date="Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:57:20 GMT"; > filename=Nat_Hist_Consultant_brief.doc; > modification-date="Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:25:34 GMT"; size=57856 >Content-description: Nat_Hist_Consultant_brief.doc > >Attachment converted: Macintosh >HD:Nat_Hist_Consultant_brief.doc (WDBN/«IC») >(00D8C153) -- Karen Reeds, PhD, FLS [log in to unmask] Princeton Research Forum, a community of independent scholars http://www.princetonresearchforum.org/ Guest Curator, Botanica Magnifica: Photographs by Jonathan Singer Exhibition: January - August 2012 New Jersey State Museum, 205 West State Street, Trenton, NJ http://www.state.nj.us/state/museum/dos_museum_exhibit-singer.html http://njstatemuseum.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-01-24T13:57:00-05:00&max-results=5 http://www.jonathan-singer-photography.com/ http://www.princetonmagazine.com/wordpress/?p=789 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/nyregion/botanica-magnifica-photographs-by-jonathan-singer-is-at-the-new-jersey-state-museum.html http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/new-jersey-more/item/43087-rare-flowers-exquisite-detail-figure-in-nj-photographers-work?Itemid=4 Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the instructions at http://citnews.unl.edu/presentmethods_lana/listserv/index.html