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Subject Archaeological excavations

1. 7703.f.19, 9(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
7703.f.19, 9(3)
Title:
View of the excavations [at Sultanganj]. Photographer: Harris, Edward Brickell
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Arched top. General view of the excavations made by Harris of the Buddhist site near the Sultanganj railway yard in 1862-63.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862-1863
Extent:
1 item

2. 10095.g.34(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
10095.g.34(26)
Title:
The temple of Medinet Habou — Thebes. New excavations. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking southwards across the recently excavated hypostyle hall of the Temple of Rameses III at Medinet Habu, showing the cluster of column bases: 'It will be seen that the view is taken from the back part of t...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859-1860
Extent:
1 item

3. 10470.i.3(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
10470.i.3(42)
Title:
The tumulus at Warramuri. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Facing p. 247. Small-format view of the partly excavated shell midden, with figures posed at the site: 'The excavation of the Shell Mound or Tumulus, Waramuri, an Indian Mission, upon the Rio Moruca, excited much interest during the early part of the present ye...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 31980(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 31980(6)
Title:
Mausoleum [Halicarnassus]. Western staircase. Photographer: Spackman, Benjamin L.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View of excavated flight of steps, with one of the diggers resting on a wooden framework in the foreground. Reproduced as a tinted lithograph in Charles Thomas Newton, 'A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus and Branchidae' (2 vols., London, 1861), v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 31980(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 31980(7)
Title:
Mausoleum [Halicarnassus]. Northern Peribolus wall. Photographer: Spackman, Benjamin L.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View of the excavated wall, with a sapper corporal standing on the left. Reproduced as a tinted lithograph in Charles Thomas Newton, 'A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus and Branchidae' (2 vols., London, 1861), vol. 1, plate 6 (bottom). Another co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 31980(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 31980(8)
Title:
Mausoleum [Halicarnassus]. Great stone. West side of quadrangle. Photographer: Spackman, Benjamin L.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking down into excavated area, with two sappers posed beside the exposed block. Reproduced as a tinted lithograph in Charles Thomas Newton, 'A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus and Branchidae' (2 vols., London, 1861), vol. 1, plate 8 (top)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 31980(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 31980(9)
Title:
[Mausoleum (Halicarnassus). Great stone. West side of quadrangle.] Photographer: Spackman, Benjamin L.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography A similar view to print 8, taken on the same occasion, but more closely cropped and lacking the figure in the left background.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 31980(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 31980(10)
Title:
Mausoleum [Halicarnassus]. Great Stone. Outer face. Photographer: Spackman, Benjamin L.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking down onto the massive masonry block in the excavated trench, with figures and a section of a column in the background. Reproduced as a tinted lithograph in Charles Thomas Newton, 'A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus and Branchidae' (2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 31980(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 31980(13)
Title:
Mausoleum [Halicarnassus]. View of excavation. North side of quadrangle. Photographer: Spackman, Benjamin L.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography General view looking across the excavated area, looking towards the modern houses beyond. Reproduced as a tinted lithograph in Charles Thomas Newton, 'A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus and Branchidae' (2 vols., London, 1861), vol. 1, plate 11 (b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 31980(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 31980(14)
Title:
[Mausoleum (Halicarnassus). View of excavation. North side of quadrangle.] Photographer: Spackman, Benjamin L.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography A closer view of the excavations seen in print 13, with sections of columns, masonry blocks and the barrows of the diggers scattered across the site.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

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