About the BSA SPHS Image Collection
The SPHS photographic collection was amassed by The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies between 1891 and 1967 through the donation of images. It contained negatives, both glass and film in a variety of sizes, photographic prints and glass lantern slides. It contains both original and copy negatives. Index cards with small contact prints served as finding aids for the collection. It was designed as an image reference collection where images could be duplicated as either prints or slides and sold or lent to members.
The BSA SPHS Collection is part of the original SPHS photographic collection, selected by donors who were associated with the BSA or images of topographic interest, particularly in areas the BSA was known to have worked. The remainder of the extant SPHS collection went to the Hellenic Literary and Historical Archives (MIET-ELIA) in Athens. Documentation for this collection consists of 5 Negative registers (held in the SPHS offices in London), the published catalogues or accession lists of lantern slides in The Journal of Hellenic Studies, the Minute Book December 1949-January 1983 for the Photographic and Filmstrip Committee of the SPHS (held in the SPHS Library in London) and information contained on extant index cards.
Part of the collection of images, 1906-10, of the British School at Athens excavations at Sparta, Laconia. Uncatalogued print with no number and not listed in the SPHS negative register.
Part of the collection of images, 1906-10, of the British School at Athens excavations at Sparta, Laconia. Uncatalogued print with no number and not listed in the SPHS negative register.
Part of the collection of images, 1906-10, of the British School at Athens excavations at Sparta, Laconia. Uncatalogued print with no number and not listed in the SPHS negative register.
Part of the collection of images, 1906-10, of the British School at Athens excavations at Sparta, Laconia. Uncatalogued print with no number and not listed in the SPHS negative register.
Part of the collection of images, 1906-10, of the British School at Athens excavations at Sparta, Laconia. Uncatalogued print with no number and not listed in the SPHS negative register.
Part of the collection of images, 1906-10, of the British School at Athens excavations at Sparta, Laconia. Uncatalogued print with no number and not listed in the SPHS negative register.
Part of the collection of images, 1924-1927, of the British School at Athens excavations at Sparta, Laconia. The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Sparta, 1926. Theatre. rooms at back of stage, looking E and showing early wall".
Part of the collection of images, 1924-1927, of the British School at Athens excavations at Sparta, Laconia. The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Sparta 1927, Theatre. General view of stage from Acropolis looking W. (Langada behind)".
Part of the collection of images, 1906-10, of the British School at Athens excavations at Sparta, Laconia. Uncatalogued print with no number and not listed in the SPHS negative register.
Part of the collection of images, 1906-10, of the British School at Athens excavations at Sparta, Laconia. Uncatalogued print with no number and not listed in the SPHS negative register.
Part of the collection of images, 1906-10, of the British School at Athens excavations at Sparta, Laconia. Uncatalogued print with no number and not listed in the SPHS negative register.
Part of the collection of images, 1906-10, of the British School at Athens excavations at Sparta, Laconia. Uncatalogued print with no number and not listed in the SPHS negative register.
Part of a group of images from the British School at Athens excavations at Palaikastro, Crete in the 1902-1905. Uncatalogued print with no number and not listed in the SPHS negative register.
Part of the collection of images, 1906-10, of the British School at Athens excavations at Sparta, Laconia. Uncatalogued print with no number and not listed in the SPHS negative register.
Uncatalogued print with no number and not listed in the SPHS negative register.
Uncatalogued print with no number and not listed in the SPHS negative register.
The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Athens: Acropolis from SW".
The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Athens, sometime mosque".
The original description in the SPHS Register reads: "Nauplia: town and fortress".
The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Delphi: tholos at Marmaria".
Part of a group of images from the 1891 travels of Hogarth and Munro in Anatolia as described in Hogarth's 1896 book, A Wandering Scholar in the Levant. The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Asia Minor: Hittite monuments. Lion at Arslan Tash".
Part of a group of images from the 1891 travels of Hogarth and Munro in Anatolia as described in Hogarth's 1896 book, A Wandering Scholar in the Levant. The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Asia Minor: Hittite monuments. Lion at Palanka Chiflik".
The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Peloponnese: Sparta, Taygelus. N. view".
The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Greek peasants near Delphi".
The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Athens from Lykabbetos".
The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Thebes: with the cave of the Dragon".
The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Cyprus: Aschelia. Baldachino. Devia Cypria".
The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Mycenae: Lintel of roofless treasury".
The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Theseion: Frieze in situ".
The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Trojan Plain: stork's nest on".
Part of a group of images from the British School at Athens excavations at Palaikastro, Crete in the 1902-1905. The original description in the SPHS negative register reads: "Palaikastro plan".
Part of a group of images from the British School at Athens excavations at Palaikastro, Crete in the 1902-1905. The original description in the SPHS negative register reads: "Palaikastro: excavations, main street from N. W.".
Part of a group of images from the British School at Athens excavations at Palaikastro, Crete in the 1902-1905. The original description in the SPHS negative register reads: "Palaikastro: excavations, main street, crossroad".
Part of a group of images from the British School at Athens excavations at Palaikastro, Crete in the 1902-1905. The original description in the SPHS negative register reads: "Palaikastro: excavations, side street".
Part of a group of images from the British School at Athens excavations at Palaikastro, Crete in the 1902-1905. The original description in the SPHS negative register reads: "Palaikastro: steatite lamp stand".
Part of a group of images from the British School at Athens excavations at Palaikastro, Crete in the 1902-1905. The original description in the SPHS negative register reads: "Palaikastro: pottery fillers".
Part of a group of images from the British School at Athens excavations at Palaikastro, Crete in the 1902-1905. The original description in the SPHS negative register reads: "Palaikastro: pottery fillers".
Part of a group of images from the British School at Athens excavations at Palaikastro, Crete in the 1902-1905. The original description in the SPHS negative register reads: "Palaikastro: pottery fillers".
Part of a group of images from the British School at Athens excavations at Palaikastro, Crete in the 1902-1905. The original description in the SPHS negative register reads: "Palaikastro: Kamares".
Part of a group of images from the British School at Athens excavations at Palaikastro, Crete in the 1902-1905. The original description in the SPHS negative register reads: "Palaikastro: jug with floral design".
Part of a group of images from the British School at Athens excavations at Palaikastro, Crete in the 1902-1905. The original description in the SPHS negative register reads: "Palaikastro: gourd vase".
Part of a group of images donated by the Argonaut Camera Club, taken on excursions and cruises in Greece and Asia Minor. The original description in the SPHS negative register reads: "Sphakteria: view looking N., cliffs scaled by Messenians".
Part of a group of images donated by the Argonaut Camera Club, taken on excursions and cruises in Greece and Asia Minor. The original description in the SPHS negative register reads: "Messene: Arcadian gate".
The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Eleusis: Precinct of Pluto from S. (W.L. Enlargement No.8)".
The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Eleusis: Precinct of Pluto from N".
The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Eleusis: Substructure of Sekos".
The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Sunium: from S.E. (W.L. Enlargement No. 3)".
The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Sunium: from N".
The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Mistra: ruins of Princesses' Palace".
The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Athens: The Asklepeion".