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032-002083374

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LETTERS TO SIR WILLIAM GELL, F.R.S., F.S.A.; 1806-[1835?]. Partly Latin, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Alphabetically arranged. Described, and partly printed and illustrated, by H. R. Hall, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, ii, 1915, pp. 76-87, 133-67, plates viii-xi, xvi-xxi. The letter of Sir J. G. Wilkinson printed, ibid., pp. 160-5, pl. xx, was missing when the letters were transferred to the Department of Manuscripts. Preceded (f. 1) by a letter of G. B. de la Roncière, of the Bibliothèque nationale, to Hall, 1915; printed, ibid., pp. 77-8. Includes

(f. 104b) Gell's membership diploma from the Thüringisch-Sächsische Verein für Erforschung des väterlandischer Alterthümer, 1828. See R. R. Madden, Life of the Countess of Blessington, 1855, ii, pp. 54-5. Transferred from the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities.

Paper; ff. 124. Folio.

Scope & Content:

Antiquities: Letters of archaeologists, etc., to Sir W. Gell: 1806-[1835?]: Partly Lat., Germ., Ital., and Span.

Sir William Gell, FRS; FSA: Letters to,: 1806-[1835?]: Partly Lat., Fr., Germ., Ital., and Span.

includes:

f. 1 Charles Germain Bourel de la Roncière, Conservateur des Imprimés, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris: Letter to H. R. Hall,: 1915: Fr.
f. 2 Admiral Sir George Back: Letter to Sir W. Gell,: 1832.
f. 3 Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander John Ball, 1st Baronet: Letter to Sir W. Gell,: 1806.
ff. 5, 7 Jean Denis Barbié du Bocage, geographer: Letters to Sir W. Gell,: 1816-1817: Fr.
f. 9 Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer, 1st Baron Lytton; afterwards Bulwer-Lytton: Letter to Sir W. Gell,: 1833.
ff. 11, 13, 15, 17 Baron Christian Carl Josias Bunsen,; diplomatist: Letters to Sir W. Gell,: 1829.
f. 19 James Burton, afterwards Haliburton; Egyptologist: Letter to Sir W. Gell,: 1829.
f. 21 Butera, Principessa di; d.1831: Letter to Sir W. Gell,: n.d: Ital.
f. 25 Giuseppe Capece Latro, Archbishop of Taranto: Letter to Sir W. Gell,: 1828: Lat.
ff. 26, 28 Jemima Stewart, wife of Robert, 2nd Earl Castle Stewart: Letters to Sir W. Gell,: 1828.
f. 30 Pedro Cevallos, Spanish Secretary of State: Passport to Sir W. Gell and K. R. Craven,: 1808: Span: Signed.
ff. 31, 33 Jean François Champollion, Orientalist: Letters to Sir W. Gell,: 1826-1827: Fr.
f. 36 Edward Daniel Clarke, traveller: Letter to Sir W. Gell,: 1822.
ff. 38, 40 Keppel Richard Craven, traveller: Letters to Sir W. Gell,: 1831: Partly imperf.
f. 42 Edward Dodwell, traveller: Letter to Sir W. Gell,: [1822?].
f. 46 Anthony Hardolph Eyre, of Grove Park, county Nottinghamshire: Letter to Sir W. Gell,: 1828.
f. 47 Henry Fauntleroy, banker and forger: Letter to Sir W. Gell,: 1816.
f. 47b Sir Josias Henry Stracey, 4th Baronet: Letter, etc., to Sir W. Gell,: 1816.
f. 49 Henry Stephen Fox, diplomatist: Letter to Sir W. Gell,: circa [1827?].
ff. 51, 53, 54 Domingos António de Sousa Coutinho, Conde de Funchal: Letters to Sir W. Gell,: 1826-1830: Partly Ital.
ff. 56-66b Jean Baptiste Gail, classical scholar: Letters to Sir W. Gell,: 1815-1817: Fr.
ff. 67b-69b Reverend Joseph Goodall, Provost of Eton: Letters to Sir W. Gell, with Latin verses,: 1827.
ff. 67b-69b Poetry LATIN: Rev J. Goodall: verses to Sir W. Gell,: 1827.
f. 70 Captain Basil Hall, RN; author: Letters to Sir W. Gell,: 1834.
f. 72 William Richard Hamilton, antiquary and diplomatist: Letter to Sir W. Gell,: 1829.
f. 74 John Hawkins, author: Letter to Sir W. Gell,: circa [1808].
ff. 76, 78 François André Isambert, jurist: Letters to Sir W. Gill,: 1816-1817: Fr.
f. 80 Charles Kinnaird, 8th Baron Kinnaird: Letter to Sir W. Gell: n.d.
f. 82 Richard Payne Knight, MP; numismatist: Letter to Sir W. Gell,: 1818.
ff. 84, 85, 87 Friedrich Karl Hermann Kruse, historian: Letters to Sir W. Gell,: 1828-1829: Germ and Lat.
ff. 89, 91 Thomas James Mathias, FSA; FRS; satirist: Letters to Sir W. Gell,: 1828, [1835?].
f. 92 François Mazois, architect and archaeologist: Letter to Sir W. Gell,: 1819: Fr.
f. 94 Reverend Samuel Parr, LL.D: Letter to Sir W. Gell,: 1821.
f. 94 Henry Salt, FRS; Consul-General in Egypt: Letter to Sir W. Gell,: 1822.
f. 100 Gustav Seyffarth, German orientalist: Letter to Sir W. Gell,: 1827.
f. 102 Mrs Jane Smith: Letter to her nephew, Sir W. Gell,: 1828.
f. 106 Ennius Quirinus Visconti, French archaeologist; d.1818: Letter to Sir W. Gell,: n.d: Fr.
ff. 122, 123, 124b William Windham, Secretary for War and the Colonies: Correspondence with Sir W. Gell: 1806-1807.
ff. 144, 118, 120 Sir John Gardner Wilkinson, explorer and Egyptologist: Letters to Sir W. Gell,: 1826-1828.

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English
French
German
Italian
Latin
Spanish

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Latin

Start Date:

1806

End Date:

1836

Date Range:

1806-[1835?]

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Names:

Back, George, Knight, naval officer and explorer of the Canadian arctic, 1796-1878
Ball, Alexander John, 1st Baronet, naval officer; Civil Commissioner of Malta, 1757-1809
Bocage, Jean Denis, cartographer, 1760-1825
Bourel de la Roncière, Charles Germain, Conservateur des Imprimés Bibliothèque Nationale Paris
Bunsen, Christian Carl Josias, Freiherr von Bunsen, Prussian diplomat, scholar and theologian, 1761-1860
Butera, Principessa di, d 1831
Cevallos, Pedro, Spanish Sec of State
Champollion, Jean François, Orientalist
Clarke, Edward Daniel, traveller, 1769-1822
Craven, Keppel Richard, traveller, 1779-1851
Dodwell, Edward, traveller and archaeologist, c 1771-1832
Eyre, Anthony Hardolph, army officer and politician, 1757-1836
Fauntleroy, Henry, banker and forger, 1784-1824
Fox, Henry Stephen, diplomatist
Gail, Jean-Baptiste, classical scholar, 1755-1829
Gell, William, FRS, FSA, 1777-1836
Goodall, Joseph, clergyman and Provost of Eton, 1760-1840
Haliburton, James, Egyptologist, 1788-1862
Hall, Basil, naval officer and author, 1788-1844
Hamilton, William Richard, antiquary and diplomatist
Hawkins, John, author
Isambert, François André, jurist
Kinnaird, Charles, 8th Baron Kinnaird
Knight, Richard Payne, MP, numismatist
Kruse, Friedrich Karl Hermann, historian
Latro, Giuseppe, Archbishop of Taranto, 1744-1836
Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, né Bulwer; writer and politician, 1803-1873
Mathias, Thomas James, FSA, FRS, satirist
Mazois, François, architect and archaeologist
Parr, Samuel, English schoolmaster; LLD, 1747-1825
Salt, Henry, FRS, Consul-General in Egypt, 1780-1827
Seyffarth, Gustav, German orientalist
Smith, Jane, Mrs
Sousa Coutinho, Domingos António de, Conde de Funchal
Stewart, Jemima, wife of Robert 2nd Earl Castle Stewart
Stracey, Josias Henry, 4th Baronet
Visconti, Ennius Quirinus, French archaeologist, d1818
Wilkinson, John Gardner, explorer and Egyptologist
Windham, William, Sec for War and the Colonies