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Record Id:

032-001962393

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001962393

MDARK:

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LARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add MS 62088

Title:

ATHENIAN NOTEBOOK: notebook by James ('Athenian') Stuart, F.R.S. (1713-1788), relating to his visit to Athens with Nicholas Revett, while collecting material for their Antiquities of Athens Measured and Delineated (1762-1816); 1751-1752. Autograph. Containing notes and tables of the latitude of Athens and other places, and notes and pencil and ink sketches of Attic coins, weights, arrow heads, etc. For related material, see Add. 22153. Formerly Phillipps MS. 15433. Purchased at Sotheby's, 17 Dec. 1981, lot 158.

Paper; ff. 18 (ff. 10, 12, 16 have been largely cut away). With three sets of contemporary foliation, all disturbed; in the top left-hand corner, apparently by Stuart: 1, 2, 10, 9, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 5; reversing the volume: 183, 192, 189-191, 193, 194, 180-182, 188, 187, 195-197; pencilled pagination: 1-7, 13-19, 9, 11, 23-27, 21, 29. Original Middle Hill library boards. 323 x 228mm.

Scope & Content:

Architecture: Voyages and Travels: Athens: James Stuart, FRS: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Notebook with sketches, etc., by James Stuart rel. to his visit to Athens: 1751, 1752.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001962393

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Hierarchy:

032-001962393

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1751

End Date:

1752

Date Range:

1751-1752

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Custodial History:

Sir Thomas Phillipps, Baronet; of Middle Hill: Owned by.

Former External References:

Phillipps MS 15433

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Phillipps, Thomas, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts, 1792-1872,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083446892
Stuart, James, FRS

Places:

Athens, Greece