About the 1936 Exhibition Collection
The British School at Athens celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1936 with a large public exhibition at Burlington House at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. The exhibition, British Archaeological Discoveries in Greece and Crete 1886-1936, consisted of a special display of Minoan culture related to the discoveries at Knossos by Sir Arthur Evans as well as the excavations of the School including: Phylakopi, Kamares Cave, Palaikastro, Mycenae, Sparta, Perachora, Thessaly, Macedonia, Lesbos, Cyprus, Ithaca, and Megalopolis (Arcadia). It also included displays of Travels and Studies in Greece and Asia Minor, the Genose in the Levant, Monasteries in Athos, Byzantine Music, Byzantine Architecture and Decorative Arts, Greek Island Embroideries, Special Studies of Greek Pottery and Sculpture, Restoration of Ancient Monuments, Studies of Modern Greek Life and the School buildings and officers.
Since original ancient artifacts could not be transported to the exhibition in London, the displays consisted of replicas of ancient artifacts, modern ethnographic artifacts and illustrative panels with original watercolour drawings, many of which were done by Émile Gilliéron and Piet de Jong, and photographs.
The 1936 Exhibition Collection contains the surviving panels with original artwork from this exhibition.
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Protocorinthian Pottery: in the lowest row, fragments of cups."
The items in this section of the exhibition were numbered 301-399. 331, 339-344, 356, 363, 365-369, 383, 385-389 are missing (339-343 can be seen BSA SPHS 01/6841.C6850, 383-389 can be seen BSA SPHS 01/6830.C6839). There are no numbers 357-359, 370, 393.
This is not described in the catalogue, although it is referenced in the description for 302: "Painted Pottery from Marmariani, black on red, with high handles; compare 301c."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Map of North-Eastern Thessaly from Larisa to the Gorge of Tempe. Marmariani lies on the foothills of Olympus, north-west of the gorge.
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Marmariani, plan of the Magoúla (prehistoric mound), unto which have been intruded tombs I-V of later date."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Painted Pottery from Marmariani, black on red, with high handles; compare 301c."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Vardaroftsa: plan and view of the Magoúla, which is tabular, surmounted by a conical tumulus (toumba) of later date."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Vardaroftsa: plan and view of the Magoúla, which is tabular, surmounted by a conical tumulus (toumba) of later date."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Map of part of the Chalcidic Peninsula, east of Salonica, showing Hagios Mámas, Molyvopyrgos, and other prehistoric sites."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Hagios Mámas, view of the Magoúla, showing trial trenches on the slopes of the mound."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Implements of hard stone, from the Neolithic layer at Hagios Mámas."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Trough-spouted jug (d), from Marmariani: compare the decoration of 301c, 302."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Iron Age bowl with painted geometrical decoration."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Bronze Age pottery showing Anatolian influence."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Iron Age jugs showing survival of Bronze Age forms."
The original description in the catalogue reads: " Bead, gold mouthplate, and bronze amulet, from an Iron Age grave."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Cist grave built of slabs, in the Early Iron Age cemetery."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "A Bronze Age house floor with store-jars (pithoi) in place."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "The Iron Age cemetery, with the settlement mound behind."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "A Bronze Age house floor with store-jars (pithoi) in place."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Painted bowls with geometrical decoration."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Typical Bronze Age jug, with globular body and trough-spout."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Painted bowls with geometrical decoration."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "l. Bronze Age axe and (m) sickle of bronze."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Map of North-eastern Greece, to illustrate early cultures in Thessaly."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "The stratified settlement mound at Zerélia, and its lake."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Cist grave built of slabs, at Zerélia: of the Bronze Age."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Bronze Age vessel from Zerélia."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Painted pottery, red on white, of the First Neolithic Age, from Zerélia."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Painted pottery, red on white, of the First Neolithic Age, from Zerélia."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Painted pottery, red on white, of the First Neolithic Age, from Zerélia."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Painted pottery, red on white, of the First Neolithic Age, from Zerélia."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Painted vase, (a) black on red, of the Second Neolithic age, from Rakhmáni near Tempe."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Red on white, of the First Neolithic Age, from Thessalian Sites."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Red on white, of the First Neolithic Age, from Thessalian Sites."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Red on white, of the First Neolithic Age, from Thessalian Sites."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Red on white, of the First Neolithic Age, from Thessalian Sites."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "A stone pestle and mortar": catalogue incorrectly states that this is b when it is a.
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Terracotta statuettes of the Bronze Age from various sites in Thessaly."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Terracotta statuettes of the Bronze Age from various sites in Thessaly."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Terracotta statuettes of the Bronze Age from various sites in Thessaly. Statuettes of local type, with terracotta bodies and heads of painted stone."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Terracotta statuettes of the Bronze Age from various sites in Thessaly. Statuettes of local type, with terracotta bodies and heads of painted stone."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Terracotta statuettes of the Bronze Age from various sites in Thessaly. Statuettes of local type, with terracotta bodies and heads of painted stone."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Terracotta statuettes of the Bronze Age from various sites in Thessaly."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Map of the fifth settlement: of Early Bronze Age, about 2400-2300 B.C., showing fortifications and house-foundations: the red disc shows the point from which the panorama 314d was taken."
The original description in the catalogue reads: " A House-Hearth (Thermi V); with stone foundation covered with potsherds: beyond is an ash-dump."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Fortifications of the Fifth Settlement: the wide inner masonry is supplemented with outer walls."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Watch-tower by the north-western gate of the Fifth Settlement."
Made up of three photographs but printed on a single piece of paper. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Panorama of the Fifth Settlement, showing the southern streets and houses: the circular erections are house-hearths."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Bronze birds; from the First Settlement: about 3700-2800 B.C."