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: "Threshing floor and Greek children."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Threshing floor and Greek children."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "The Kufa boats at Bagdad are circular, are made of skins, and are broken up at their journey's end; exactly as noted by Herodotus (I, 194) in the fifth century B.C."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "A Shahtor boat on the Euphrates. The figure in the boat is K. T. Frost."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Armorial bearing in the Museum of Chios: the central shield is that of Genoa."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Relief on lintel of church at Chalkios: the Entry into Jerusalem, flanked by the Giustiniani arms.
The original description in the catalogue reads: "S. George killing the dragon."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Lower part of the same doorway." that is, that of the Church at Chalkios as described in 345a.
This is not described in the catalogue.
The original description in the catalogue reads: "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."
The original description in the catalogue reads: " Mytilene, Castle of the Gattelusi."
The original description in the catalogue reads: " Aenos, superseded as a port by Alexandropolis (Dede-agatch) owing to change in the course of the river Maritza (Hebros)."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Plan of the citadel of Chios."
The original description in the catalogue reads: " Chios: armorial bearings: Giustiniani, City of Genoa [erased], de Marchi."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Amastra: Genoese arms."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Smyrna: Arms: de Heridia, the Order of St. John (the cross defaced by Turks), the Papacy, D'Allemagna."
The original description in the catalogue reads: " Chios: Inscription, in Genoese dialect (as it applied to sailors and harbour-loafers), prohibiting the throwing of filth or ballast into the harbour."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Smyrna: Arms; Papacy, d'Allemagna."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Chios. Inscription respecting the ownership of a chapel by Genoese residents."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Aenos; arms of the Gattelusi."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Aenos; arms of the Gattelusi."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Chios: arms of Maruffo."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Chios: part of a lintel relief: demi-angel (Giustiniani crest)."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Aenos: Acropolis (W. tower): Gattelusi arms."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Chios: sarcophagus: Giustiniani arms."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Galata: relief: arms of Doria, the City of Genoa, and de Merude."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Chios: marble capital."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Chiliandari Monastery: well-house and church."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Laura Monastery: well-house."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Hagios Dionysios Monastery: from the seashore."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Hagios Pavlos Monastery: from below."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Vatopedi Monastery: court with bell-tower."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Mosaic pavements from a Byzantine church at Theotokou in Thessaly."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Mosaic pavements from a Byzantine church at Theotokou in Thessaly."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Mosaic pavements from a Byzantine church at Theotokou in Thessaly."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Mosaic pavements from a Byzantine church at Theotokou in Thessaly."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Mosaic pavements from a Byzantine church at Theotokou in Thessaly."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Mosaic pavements from a Byzantine church at Theotokou in Thessaly."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Mosaic pavements from a Byzantine church at Theotokou in Thessaly."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Mosaic pavements from a Byzantine church at Theotokou in Thessaly."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Mosaic pavements from a Byzantine church at Theotokou in Thessaly."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "A Byzantine musical manuscript at the Monastery of Grottaferrata, near Rome: Codex Cyptensis, E.L. II, f. 38b."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Transcription of the same page [item 351] (drawn by Miss G.R. Levy)."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Geometric pitcher from Episkopi."
The original description in the catalogue reads: " Other geometric jars."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "Early orientalizing jug from Fortezza near Knossos."
The original description in the catalogue reads: " Other geometric jars."
The original description in the catalogue reads: " Other geometric jars."
The original description in the catalogue reads: " Other geometric jars."
The original description in the catalogue reads: "External decoration with fine pale glaze and polychrome."