Letter to “Daddy” [Herbert Pendlebury] from John [Pendlebury]

Department Archive
Collection John Pendlebury Family Papers
Reference No. PEN 1/3/1/8/4
Level Item
Dates Undated [c.1-7 Dec 1928]
Donor/Creator Pendlebury, Dr John Devitt Stringfellow
Scope and Content Sent from Luxor [during the Armant excavation, Egypt]. Wishing Herbert a happy birthday; telling him about a huge sandstorm at the excavation, progress with the dig and that John was the official photographer; asking Herbert to put Greek stamps he was sending into an album, and to send a new book on Amarna paintings which the [Egyptian Exploration Society] were publishing and [‘Egyptian Decorative Art’] by [W. M. Flinders] Petrie.