346: Maps and Plans
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | 1936 Exhibition Collection |
| Reference No. | 1936/2/2/39 |
| Level | Item |
| Dimensions | 30.8 x 33.2 cm |
| Scope and Content | Card base with four black and white ink maps/plans attached, labelled with the pasted letters d,b,c,a. The number 346 is pasted in the lower left corner, "F.W.Hasluck" is written in ink in the lower right corner. Beside each image is a later annotation in pencil giving a bibliographic reference. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Maps and plans: a. Plan of the citadel of Chios. b. Mytilene, Castle of the Gattelusi. c. Aenos, superseded as a port by Alexandropolis (Dede-agatch) owing to change in the course of the river Maritza (Hebros). d. Smyrna, Castle of St. Peter: owned by the Knights of Rhodes till its destruction by Timur in 1399. The port has long since silted up." |
| Notes | In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "The Genoese in the Levant" |
| Related records |
[1936/2/2/39/1], Sub-item, 346d: Smyrna, Castle of St. Peter
[1936/2/2/39/2], Sub-item, 346b: Mytilene, Castle of the Gattelusi [1936/2/2/39/3], Sub-item, 346c: Aenos [1936/2/2/39/4], Sub-item, 346a: Citadel of Chios [BSA SPHS/1/6841.C6850], View of the work of W.S. George as shown at the 1936 exhibition at Burlington House, London: 339 and 340. The Acropolis of Athens, 341. Fresco of a Young Armed Warrior (Acropolis Museum), 342. Head of Seti I, in soft limestone, once coloured. XIXth dynast, 1936 |