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040-002058470

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002058307

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ark:/81055/vdc_100000001159.0x000337

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LAYARD PAPERS. Vol. CXLV (ff. 237).

1. Notes on art subjects, partly in Sir A. H. Layard's hand. f. 1.

2. Drafts of poems, etc., including a [italics]copy[/italics] (f. 81) of Walter Savage Landor's poem 'To Layard, Discoverer of Nineveh' ([italics]Works,[/italics] 1876, viii, p. 257), addresses in [italics]Arabic[/italics] presented to Layard while Ambassador at Constantinople, 1879-1880, etc. f. 75.

3. Miscellaneous papers, some [italics]printed[/italics], including an account of the fortifications of Cuba, etc. f. 157. Folio.

includes:

ff. 1-73 Art. Treatises: etc. Sir A. H. Layard, articles, lectures, etc., on artistic subjects: 1859-1892.
f. 28 Padua, Italy: Licence from the Podestà to Sir A. H. Layard to make drawings, etc., in the churches: 1856.: Ital.
ff. 30-33 b Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, Keeper of the National Gallery; PRA: Notes by of pictures purchased for the National Gallery in: 1859.
ff. 36,44 Sir George Scharf, KCB; Director, National Portrait Gallery: Notes on the National Portrait, Gallery: n.d.
ff. 51, 49 Pedro de Madrazo, Spanish politician: Notes on Spanish pictures: 1870.: Span., and Engl. abstract.
f. 72 Art. Engravings, etc: Mercato Veechio, Florence: 1881.
f. 73 London, England: Receipt for subscription to the French Protestant Charity School: 1888.: Fr.
f. 73 Reginald St. Aubyn Roumieu, Treasurer of the French Protestant Charity School, Wesminster: to Sir A. H. Layard: 1888.: Fr.
ff. 75-87 b Political and Satirical Poems: Verses to Sir A. H. Layard, etc.: 19th cent.: Partly printed.
f. 88 Guillaume Marchetti: Poem addressed to Lady Layard: circ. 1878-1880.: Fr.
f. 94 Shakira Hanum, wife of Ahmed Tewfik Effendi: Poem of thanks giving addressed to Sir A. H. Layard: 1880.: Arabic.
f. 95 Euripides: Prose transl. of Medea, by S. Edwards: 19th cent.
ff. 95, 125 b Samuel Edwards: Prose transl. of Medea and Prometheus Vinctus: 19th cent.
f. 125 b Aeschylus: Prose transl. of Prometheus Vinctus, by S Edwards: 19th cent.
ff. 147-155 b Euripides: Transl. of a portion of Hecuba into Latin verse: 19th cent.
f. 156 Music: Yezidi or Devil - worshippers' music: late 19th cent.
f. 157 Lady Augusta Murray, afterwards D'Ameland; wife of Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex: Note on her marriage: 19th cent.: Ital.
f. 189 William Spence, d 1860 entomologist: Autograph: 1850.
f. 189 William Kirby, entomologist: Obituary notice and bibliography of: 1850.: Printed.
f. 197 John Edward Gray, FRS; Keeper of the Zoological département, British Museum: Note on wild ass brought by Sir A. H. Layard: bef. 1863.
f. 198 City of Copenhagen: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Northen Antiquaries: 1860.
f. 202 José Osorio y Silva Zayas Tellez Giron, Duke of Sesto: Letter to, from-: n.d.: Span.: Copy.
ff. 206-209 Cuba: Notes on the fortifications of, with plan: 1870-1877 (?).
ff. 208 b, 209 Maps and Plans: Sketches showing the defences of Cuba: 1870-1877 (?).
f. 212 London, England: Original list of members of the Athenæum Club: 1824.: Reprinted, 1878.
f. 214 India: Report on text-books used in Indian schools: 1877.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002058307
040-002058470

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Add MS 38931-39164 : THE LAYARD PAPERS. CORRESPONDENCE and papers, private and official, of Sir Austen Henry Layard, P.C., G.C.B., D.C.L.,…

Add MS 39075 : LAYARD PAPERS. Vol. CXLV (ff. 237).1. Notes on art subjects, partly in Sir A. H. Layard's hand. f. 1.2. Drafts of poems, etc.,…

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032-002058307[0045]/040-002058470

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Languages:

Arabic
English
French
Italian
Spanish

Scripts:

Arabic
Latin

Start Date:

1879

End Date:

1880

Date Range:

1879-1880

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Names:

Aeschylus
Eastlake, Charles Lock, Knight, painter and art administrator, 1793-1865
Edwards, Samuel, of Add MS 39075
Euripides, playwright, 484 BC-406 BC,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121382034
Gray, John Edward, zoologist, botanist and curator, 1800-1875
Hanum, Shakira, wife of Ahmed Tewfik Effendi
Kirby, William, entomologist; of Add MS 39075
Madrazo, Pedro, Spanish politician
Marchetti, Guillaume
Murray, Augusta, afterwards D'Ameland, wife of Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, 1768-1830
Osorio y Silva Zayas Tellez Giron, José, Duke of Sesto
Roumieu, Reginald St. Aubyn, Treasurer of the French Protestant Charity School, Wesminster
Scharf, George, KCB, Director National Portrait Gallery
Spence, William, entomologist, d 1860

Places:

Copenhagen, Denmark
Cuba, Central America
India, Asia
London, United Kingdom
Padua, Italy
Westminster, England