333: Travels in the Near East
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | 1936 Exhibition Collection |
| Reference No. | 1936/2/2/32 |
| Level | Item |
| Donor/Creator |
Hogarth, Mr David George Munro, Mr John Arthur Ruskin |
| Scope and Content | Card base with six black and white photographs attached, labelled with pasted letters a-f. The number 333 is pasted in the lower left corner. "D.G. Hogarth" and "J. A. R. Munro"are written in the lower right corner. Framed. The original description in the catalogue reads: "a. Roman bridge over the Euphrates, near Kiakhta. b. Geuksun, the ancient Cocussus, in Cappadocia, the place of St John Chrysostom's exile, A.D. 404-407. c. Palanga: lower half of draped statue with incised inscription: now in Constantinople Museum. d. Tokat, the ancient Dazimon, in Pontus, with Byzantine castle. e, f. Sivas, the ancient Sebasteia, formerly Pompey's colony Megalopolis, in Pontus. The 'Blue College' (e) and another college (f) were built under the later Seljuk rulers, about 1272 A.D. The beautiful decoration of the gates is in white marble and glazed brick, mostly blue." |
| Notes | In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Travels and Studies of Sites and Monuments" |
| Related records |
[1936/2/2/32/1], Sub-item, 333a: Roman Bridge of the Euphrates
[1936/2/2/32/2], Sub-item, 333b: Geuksun [1936/2/2/32/3], Sub-item, 333c: Palanga [1936/2/2/32/4], Sub-item, 333d: Tokat [1936/2/2/32/5], Sub-item, 333e: Sivas [1936/2/2/32/6], Sub-item, 333f: Sivas [BSA SPHS/1/2199.5782], Chabinas Bridge: Roman bridge near Kiakhta (modern Kâhta), 1894 [BSA SPHS/1/2218.5812], Göksun: ancient Cosusus, 1891 [BSA SPHS/1/2194.5767], Hittite statue at Palanka Chiflik near Arslantaş, 1891 [BSA SPHS/1/2206.5799], Tokat (ancient Dazimon) on the Iris river with Byzantine kastro on hill, 1891 [BSA SPHS/1/2204.5794], Seljuk monument of the Gök Medresesi (Blue College) in Sivas., 1891 [BSA SPHS/1/2203.5793], Seljuk monument of Çifte Minareli Medrese (Double Minaret College), in Sivas, 1891 [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 |