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Book by Baron Richard Monckton Milnes (Memorials of a Tour…in Greece) (same as FIN/GF/B/9/30). Contains two letters (originals), dated 28 February 1859 (attached to p. 14) (FIN/GF/B/9/30/1) and 10 November 1865 (stuck to p. 124 of book) (see FIN/GF/B/9/43/1). Also contains extensive handwritten notes near the beginning of the book (not by Finlay), several illustrations ('pencil sketch of the author by a lady' (1848); 'Tempi di Pesto,' painting (5 x 10 cm); 'Psorarus of Corfu' painting (18 x 26 cm); 'Costume of Sinardes,' painting (18 x 26 cm); double-sided drawing of 'Turkish tombs,' pencil sketch 'by William Gell, and overleaf 'Rhodes' in pen and pencil by Gell (13 x 24 cm); double-sided drawing of pencil sketch of 'Church, now mosque' by Gell, and overleaf pencil sketch by Gell of Palace of the Grand Master (13 x 24 cm); 'Souliots,' coloured drawing by Gell of (7 x 13 cm), 'Via Mala,' hand-painted engraving (18 x 21 cm); 'Pnyx,' pencil drawing by Gell (13 x 18 cm); 'Athens,' watercolour by Gell (22 x 34 cm)), and three newspaper clippings (one pasted on p. 123, one pasted on p. 133, and one previously loose in the book, now loose and stored in archive {FIN/GF/B/9/30/2}). Also contains a handwritten poem on the front flyleaf, a handwritten description of the death of a Henry Hallam on another front flyleaf, and a description of Hallam's funeral on the page facing the previous one. Not originally George Finlay's book; it was presented to the BSA Library by A.M.W. Hodgson on April 10 1924. |
