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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 31980 Subject Archaeological expeditions

91. Add MS 31980(180)

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Title:
[Labourers at Cnidus.] Photographer: McCartney, J.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of Turkish excavators. Photograph uncredited, but probably by Macartney. A faded print.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

92. Add MS 31980(181)

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Title:
[Hut in the expedition encampment at Cnidus.] Photographer: McCartney, J.
Scope & Content:
Original calotype negative pasted into volume (no print). Close view of one of the houses in the encampment at Cnidus (see print 179 for a general view). This view may show the photographers' premises, since the object resting against the wall of the hut appears to be a printing frame. Photograp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

93. Add MS 31980(185)

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Title:
Cnidus. Temenos of Demeter. Photographer: McCartney, J.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the partially excavated site of the Temenos (sanctuary or sacred precinct), with the sheer rock face beyond. Reproduced as a tinted lithograph in Charles Thomas Newton, 'A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus and Branchidae' (2 v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

94. Add MS 31980(186)

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Title:
Cnidus. Odeum. Photographer: McCartney, J.
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Genre: Archaeological Photography View of the partially excavated theatre. 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 54 (top).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

95. Add MS 31980(194)

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Title:
[Lion sculpture at Cnidus.] Photographer: McCartney, J.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Showing figures posed beside the massive lion statue excavated at Cnidus, with part of the sheerlegs used to transport it visible in the background. The lion now stands in the Great Court of the British Museum. Photograph uncredited, but probably by Macartney.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

96. Add MS 31980(195)

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Title:
Cnidus. View of colossal lion when first discovered. Photographer: McCartney, J.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View of the massive sculpture, lying on-site at the find spot, with Charles Newton standing behind. Reproduced as a tinted lithograph in Charles Thomas Newton, 'A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus and Branchidae' (2 vols., London, 1861), vol. 1, p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

97. Add MS 31980(196)

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Title:
Cnidus. View of colossal lion after being raised. Photographer: McCartney, J.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View of the massive lion sculpture, after being partially raised the sheerlegs visible in the background. Newton and Corporal Jenkins stand beside the piece, with the harbour of Cnidus in the background. Reproduced as a tinted lithograph in Charles Thomas Newto...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

98. Add MS 31980(197)

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Title:
[Sculpture from Cnidus.] Photographer: McCartney, J.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Unidentified sculpture of an animal lying in a courtyard. Another copy of this photograph can be found at print 227. Photograph uncredited, but probably by McCartney.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

99. Add MS 31980(200)

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Title:
[Transporting the lion sculpture at Cnidus.] Photographer: McCartney, J.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Showing the crated sculpture supported by two sheerlegs during its transportation down the hillside to the harbour. This view shows one sheerleg partly collapsed. See also print 201. The volume also contains a watercolour (199, f. 98) of the sculpture being mov...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

100. Add MS 31980(201)

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Title:
[Transporting the lion sculpture at Cnidus.] Photographer: McCartney, J.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography A similar view to print 200, showing the crated sculpture being moved with sheerlegs. Another copy of this photograph was sent by Newton to Panizzi in December 1858: see
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item