William Gell Notebook

Department Archive
Collection William Gell Personal Papers
Reference No. GELL 4534.b
Level Item
Dimensions 18.4 x 12 cm
Dates 1805-1810
Donor/Creator Gell, Sir William
Scope and Content This notebook, stamped with an inverted ship's anchor on the cover, contains itineraries along with sketches, texts of inscriptions and compass-bearings for numerous sites in Greece. According to Woodward and Austin (1925), most of the information was recast in Gell's 1819 publication, Itinerary of Greece.
Notes This corresponds to Woodward & Austin (1925) notebook (1).
Reference Woodward, Arthur M. & Austin, Reginald P. 1925. Some Note-books of Sir William Gell-I. BSA 27: 67-80. Direct link