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1. Add MS 35300

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Add MS 35300
Title:
BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. I. Drawings by William Alexander and Samuel Daniell
Scope & Content:
37 watercolour drawings, made for the most part in 1792-3 on Lord Macartney's embassy to China (see also Add MS 33931), the rest on a mission with Sir John Barrow in southern Africa in 1801-2. Many of them have been engraved, either for Sir John Barrow's Voyage to Cochinchina (1806, containing t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1792-1802
Extent:

1 volume (37 folios)

2. Add MS 35300-35309

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 35300-35309
Title:
Manuscripts bequeathed by Colonel John Barrow (1808-98), F.R.S., formerly Keeper of the Records of the Admiralty
Scope & Content:
The collection includes manuscripts of Sir John Barrow's (1764-1848) autobiography and other writings; drawings by William Alexander and Samuel Daniell of Lord Macartney's embassy to China (1792-93) and Sir John Barrow's mission to southern Africa (1802-03); and letters, drawings, maps and print...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1792-1892
Extent:
10 volumes