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15 items (enclosure to report by C T Newton, Vice-Consul at Mytilene, 20 February...
Catalogue reference: MPK 1/186
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15 items (enclosure to report by C T Newton, Vice-Consul at Mytilene, 20 February 1858) extracted from FO 78/1343. Turkey. (1) 'Plan of the City of Cnidus enlarged from Graves' Map': showing the excavations carried out in 1858. (2) 'Terracotta found near Sarcophagus' and 'Dagger found near Sarcophagus (111/2 inches long)': 2 sketches on 1 sheet. (3) 'Plan of Lower Theatre Cnidus'. (4) Sketch of an archway forming the vomitory of the theatre. (5) Plan of the walls and galleries. (6) 'View of Eastern Wall & Scarcophagus looking North'. (7) 'View of Sarcophagus looking south'. (8) 'Sketches of Lamps from Tombs at Cnidus'. (9) 'View of Wall on East Side looking North'. (10) 'Wall on East side looking South'. (11) Drawing of a small figure in Persian marble. (12) View of the excavations in progress. (13) Plan and section of the 'Odeum Cnidus'. Scale: 5 inches to 20 feet [1:48]. (14) Envelope containing a photograph of the amphitheatre at Cnidus. (15) 'Plan [and section] of Alcove'. Scale: 4.5 inches to 30 feet [1:80]. Dimensions: (1) 31 cm x 48 cm; (2) 31 cm x 20 cm; (3) 26 cm x 36 cm; (4) 21 cm x 17 cm; (5) 35 cm x 51cm; (6) 21 cm x 31 cm; (7) 26 cm x 32 cm; (8) 23 cm x 20 cm; (9) 21 cm x 30 cm; (10) 20 cm x 31 cm; (11) 49 cm x 15 cm; (12) 31 cm x 51 cm; (13) 32 cm x 49 cm; (14) 23 cm x 30 cm; (15) 31 cm x 34 cm.
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 4596.
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