1. Add MS 40637
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 40637
- Title:
- EIGHTEEN letters from A[usten] H[enry] Layard (G.C.B. 1878) to Sir Stratford Canning (afterwards Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe), Ambassador at Constantinople, relative chiefly to his excavations at Nimroud, of which an account was published in Nineveh and Its Remains, 1849; Pera, 30 Sept. 1845-Mosul, 1 June 1846. Preceded (f. 1) by a letter from the Rev. J[osiah] Forshall, Secretary of the British Museum, to Sir Stratford Canning, returning Layard's letters after transcription, 23 Oct. 184...
- Scope & Content:
- Nimrud, Assyria: Letters from A. H. Layard to Sir S. Canning rel. to excavations at: 1845-1846. Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and archaeologist: Letters to Sir S. Canning: 1845-1846. Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe: Letters to, from A. H. Layard: 1845-1846. Anti...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1845-1846
- Extent:
- 1 item