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

Department Archive
Collection John Pendlebury Family Papers
Reference No. PEN 1/3/1/9/5
Level Item
Dates [c. 27 Apr – 3 May 1929]
Donor/Creator Pendlebury, Dr John Devitt Stringfellow
Scope and Content Sent from the Villa Ariadne, Knossos, where John and Hilda had a room, enclosing photographs (not present) of John and Hilda’s cruise around Greek islands. Telling Herbert of his plans to take photographs in the museum [at Knossos] to finish the illustrations for [‘Aegyptiaca’] and that he and Hilda would go to Eleutherna with [Humfry] Payne for a preliminary look at the excavation site. Annotated on reverse, in a later hand, as “1928-1929”.