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381. Add MS 36718(507)

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Title:
Cnidus. View of colossal lion when first discovered. Photographer: McCartney, J.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Showing Charles Newton standing beside the recently excavated lion sculpture on the clifftop at Cnidus. A note accompanying photograph reads: 'No. 3. Gives a view of the lion after he had been turned over.' The photograph is reproduced as a tinted lithograph in...
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Western Manuscripts
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Date Range:
1858
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382. Add MS 36718(508)

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Cnidus. View of colossal lion after being raised. Photographer: McCartney, J.
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Genre: Archaeological Photography Showing Charles Thomas Newton and a sapper (Corporal Jenkins) posed beside the recently excavated colossal lion. The photograph is reproduced as a tinted lithograph in C.T. Newton, 'A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus, and Branchidae, being the Re...
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Western Manuscripts
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Date Range:
1858
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383. Add MS 36718(509)

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Title:
Cnidus. View of colossal lion after being raised. Photographer: McCartney, J.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Duplicate copy of folio 508, showing Charles Newton and Corporal Jenkins posed beside the excavated lion sculpture at Cnidus.
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Western Manuscripts
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Date Range:
1858
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384. Add MS 46890 A(20)

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No. 6. Great equestrian statue as first seen when discovered in the Mausoleum [Bodrum]. Photographer: Spackman, Benjamin L.
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Genre: Archaeological Photography Excavated sculpture, resting on block and tackle. This is part of a series of ten views enclosed in Newton's despatch no. 11 of 19 March 1857.
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Western Manuscripts
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Date Range:
1857
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385. Add MS 46890 A(20a)

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No. 7. Fragment of frieze, Mausoleum [Bodrum]. Photographer: Spackman, Benjamin L.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Sculpture fragment of upper half of male figure. This is part of a series of ten views enclosed in Newton's despatch no. 11 of 19 March 1857. For another copy, see Mss. Add.31980 (89a).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
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Date Range:
1857
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386. Add MS 46890 A(21)

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No. 8. Ionic architectural ornament in the castle [at Budrum], probably from Mausoleum. Photographer: Spackman, Benjamin L.
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Genre: Archaeological Photography Stone trough carved with decorative relief. This is part of a series of ten views enclosed in Newton's despatch no. 11 of 19 March 1857. The original paper negative from which this print was made can be found at Mss. Add. 31980 (357).
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Western Manuscripts
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Date Range:
1857
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1 item

387. Add MS 46890 A(22)

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No. 9. One of the lions in the castle wall [at Bodrum] since removed. Photographer: Spackman, Benjamin L.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Lion sculpture from the Mausoleum, embedded in the wall of Bodrum castle below a coat of arms. This is part of a series of ten views enclosed in Newton's despatch no. 11 of 19 March 1857. For a view of this piece on display in the British Museum in the 1870s, s...
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Western Manuscripts
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Date Range:
1857
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1 item

388. Add MS 46890 A(23)

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No. 10. One of the lions from the castle [at Bodrum] since its removal. Photographer: Spackman, Benjamin L.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of one of the lion sculptures from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, which Newton removed from the walls of Bodrum Castle. This is part of a series of ten views enclosed in Newton's despatch no. 11 of 19 March 1857. For a view of this piece on display ...
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Western Manuscripts
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Date Range:
1857
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1 item

389. Add MS 46890 A(33)

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Title:
Colossal female head found at Mausoleum [of Halicarnassus, Bodrum]. Photographer: Spackman, Benjamin L.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of sculptured head of a female figure (the nose damaged). One of two photographs enclosed in Newton's despatch no. 16 of 11 May 1857, where the piece is described: '5. A colossal female head of which I enclose a photograph. This is one of the finest ...
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Western Manuscripts
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Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

390. Add MS 46890 A(34)

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Title:
Section of frieze showing warriors fighting, found at Mausoleum [of Halicarnassus, Bodrum]. Photographer: Spackman, Benjamin L.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography The second of the two photographs enclosed in Newton's despatch no. 16 of 11 May 1857: 'On the eastern side of the Mausoleum I was so fortunate as to find a most beautiful piece of frieze with three figures of which I enclose a photograph.' (Mss. Add. 46889A f....
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Western Manuscripts
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Date Range:
1857
Extent:
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