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Papers of F G Hilton Price, mostly relating to Egypt
Catalogue reference: PRI
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRI
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Title (The name of the record)
- Papers of F G Hilton Price, mostly relating to Egypt
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1877-1909
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Description (What the record is about)
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Lectures and other papers of Frederick George Hilton Price (1842-1909), Director SA 1894-1909; 1877-1909. See Proc., 2nd ser., 22 (1907-9), 471-2 (obituary). Archaeologia, 62 (1911), 79-80.
Previously in 'Box 1' with the reference number SAL/MS/895/1:
(a) Texts of lectures, articles and exhibits at meetings, 1881-1907, mostly relating to antiquities in London, but including Roman and Egyptian antiquities, with two lectures on the Roman villa at Brading, Isle of Wight, 1881, 1882;-
(b) Letters (15) to Price including one from J. P. Emslie, 1899, with a cartoon; 1881-1908;-
(c) Notebook containing lists of hieroglyphs, notes on Egyptian mythology, etc.; and addresses. Octavo. Half leather, black, with marbled boards.
Previously in 'Box 2' with the reference number SAL/MS/895/2:
(a) Sotheby sale-catalogues relating to antiquities, annotated; 1881-1909;-
(b) Photographs of clocks and Egyptian antiquities in Price's collection;-
(c) Press-cuttings relating to books, Roman finds, Egyptian antiquities, with a few formal letters to Price; 1877-1908;-
(d) Section of chalk cliff at Lydden Spout, Kent. Draft for a table published in Price's article in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, 33 (1877), 431 seq.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Society of Antiquaries of London
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- SAL/MS/895/1, 2; SAL/MS/895; MS 895
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Price, Frederick George Hilton (1842-1909), antiquary
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- One box.
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Presented by Michael Llewellyn, Carnoustie, Angus, through Central Archives, British Museum, April 1989. SA correspondence file; Giftbook entry, 7 Apr.1989.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Society of Antiquaries online catalogue: https://collections.sal.org.uk/pri
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/a2d1457b-8df9-4eec-a570-66661c3580ea/
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Papers of F G Hilton Price, mostly relating to Egypt