Ikaria

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/6110.C3523
Level Item
Description Film negative, approximately half plate size, an original negative.
Dimensions 12x9 cm
Place Ikaría Island
Dates 1906
Donor/Creator Dawkins, Mr Richard McGillivray
Project Dodecanese & Cyclades 1906-1907
Scope and Content Part of a collection of images from Wace and Dawkins' travels to the Dodecanese and the Cyclades between 1906 and 1907, primarily to collect textiles.The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Icaria". The entry in the SPHS register has been struck out.
Notes Date based on Wace's travels to the Cyclades and Dodecanese in 1906 with Wace for the primary purpose of collecting textiles. Mentioned in A. French, 'The Greek Embroidery Collecting of Dawkins and Wace' pp. 77-90 in M. Llewellyn Smith et al. 2009 Scholars. Travels, Archives: Greek History and Culture Through the British School at Athens, page 79 note 12 which references Dawkins' unpublished autobiography written in 1950.