The Xanthian Marbles: Their Acquisition, and Transmission to England

The traveller and archaeologist Sir Charles Fellows (1799–1860) made several trips through Asia Minor. His careful observations of ancient cities that were at that time unknown to Europeans captured the attention of readers of his published journals and fuelled the British Museum's desire to ac...

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1. Verfasser: Fellows, Charles 1799-1860 (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1843
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge library collection. Archaeology
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Zusammenfassung:The traveller and archaeologist Sir Charles Fellows (1799–1860) made several trips through Asia Minor. His careful observations of ancient cities that were at that time unknown to Europeans captured the attention of readers of his published journals and fuelled the British Museum's desire to acquire antiquities from the region. This brief work, first published in 1843, seeks to explain and justify how Fellows shipped dozens of cases of sculptures and architectural remains to Malta from Xanthos, an important city in ancient Lycia. It includes correspondence relating to the practicalities of carrying out the expedition and securing permission to do so from the Ottoman authorities. Fellows was later knighted for his role in these acquisitions, though controversy surrounds their removal. His well-illustrated accounts of his two previous trips to Asia Minor are also reissued in this series
Beschreibung:Originally published in 1843
Beschreibung:1 online resource (vi, 44 pages)
ISBN:9781316136669
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781316136669

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