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032-002102998 Subject Architectural Elements Material Type Photographs

1. Add MS 46890 A(20a)

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Add MS 46890 A(20a)
Title:
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
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 46890 A(33)

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Add MS 46890 A(33)
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 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 46890 A(34)

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Add MS 46890 A(34)
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....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 46890 A(53)

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Add MS 46890 A(53)
Title:
No. 1. Frieze, east side of Mausoleum [of Halicarnassus, Bodrum]. Photographer: Spackman, Benjamin L.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of section of frieze. Prints 53-57 form part of the enclosure with Newton's despatch no. 19 of 12 June 1857: 'I have been enabled to complete the digging of the northeastern angle and I had the satisfaction of finding here two more slabs of frieze, o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 46890 A(54)

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Add MS 46890 A(54)
Title:
No. 2. Frieze, east side of Mausoleum [of Halicarnassus, Bodrum]. Photographer: Spackman, Benjamin L.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of section of frieze showing an Amazon fighting a Greek warrior. Prints 53-57 form part of the enclosure with Newton's despatch no. 19 of 12 June 1857. See note at print 53. Reproduced as a tinted lithograph in Charles Thomas Newton, 'A History of Di...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 46890 A(55)

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Add MS 46890 A(55)
Title:
No. 3. Colossal face, north side of Mausoleum [of Halicarnassus, Bodrum]. Photographer: Spackman, Benjamin L.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of a sculptured head. Prints 53-57 form part of the enclosure with Newton's despatch no. 19 of 12 June 1857: 'Close to this portion of the head of the horse I found a face broken off from a male colossal head. I have little doubt that this belongs to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 46890 A(57)

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Add MS 46890 A(57)
Title:
No. 5. Head from north side, Mausoleum [of Halicarnassus, Bodrum]. Photographer: Spackman, Benjamin L.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of sculpture of male head. Prints 53-57 form part of the enclosure with Newton's despatch no. 19 of 12 June 1857: 'A little beyond this spot to the east I found a smaller bearded face broken off in like manner from the head so as to present three qua...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 46890 A(199)

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Add MS 46890 A(199)
Title:
Nos. 13 and 14. Arched gateway and monumental Corinthian column at Eski Hissar (Stratoniceia). Photographer: Spackman, Benjamin L.
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative: 'B. L. Spackman. No. 13.' An atmospheric, if very grainy view from a paper negative of the ruins at Stratoniceia, near the modern village of Eskihisar, showing standing and fallen columns and masonry among the vegetation. See note at print 187. Lieutenant...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1857
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 46890 A(171)

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Add MS 46890 A(171)
Title:
Frustum of Ionic column, on site of Temple of Mars? [Bodrum]. Photographer: Spackman, Benjamin L.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of a section of a fluted column, excavated at Bodrum. Duplicate of print 19. Enclosure no. 1 in Newton's despatch no. 25 of 15 July 1857: 'Several frusta of ionic columns of fine white marble and four feet in diameter were lying on the surface in thi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 46890 A(22)

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Add MS 46890 A(22)
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item