British School at Athens: Interior of the Penrose Memorial Library

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/3794.6340
Level Item
Description Glass negative, quarter plate size, a copy negative created for the production of a lantern slide.
Dimensions 10.5 x 8 cm
Place British School at Athens
Athens
Dates 1904-1906
Donor/Creator The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies
Scope and Content One of a group of images relating to the British School at Athens: buildings and setting, scholars and students. The original description in the SPHS register reads: "B.S.A. Penrose mem. library interior".
Notes Earliest date based on the construction of the Penrose Library attached to the BSA hostel - BSA 17 (1910/11) p. xix. Latest date based on inclusion of image in the 1906 slide catalogue. An original note on the negative sleeve indicates that the original negative is 6448.
Reference 1906 JHS 26: 2nd accession to 1904 slide catalogue. lxxv.SPHS 6340. Link to article
1913 JHS 33: Catalogue of Slides. 38.SPHS 6340. Link to article