Frontal view of free-standing bronze statue of Danaid [with right arm raised] (Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, inv. 5604, 3rd quarter of 1st century BC) [head, right arm and feet not depicted]:

• pencil sketch on paper
• mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 36.8
• 13.3 x 21.1 cm

Back view of free-standing bronze statue of Danaid [with right arm raised] (Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, inv. 5604, 3rd quarter of 1st century BC) [head and right arm not depicted]:

• pencil sketch on paper
• mounted
• 27.2 x 39.0 cm

Frontal view of free-standing bronze statue of Danaid (Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, inv. 5621, 3rd quarter of 1st century B.C.):

• pencil sketch on paper
• mounted
• 26.0 x 38.4 cm
• [on sketch] 'From C to D. 1.4 3/4 / from D to F. 1.6 / from A to B. 1.1 3/4 / from B to F 2.7' (pencil note)
• [key to measurements annotated in sketch] 'A / B / C / D / E / F' (pencil note)

Profile view of free-standing bronze statue of Danaid (Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, inv. 5621, 3rd quarter of 1st century BC) [head, feet and left arm not depicted]:

• pencil sketch on paper
• mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 36.19, on loose page at end
• 13.3 x 21.0 cm

Three-quarter view of statue or frontal view of relief of Archaic-style female figure wearing Ionic chiton (Naples, not identified) [lower arms and feet not depicted]

• pencil sketch on paper
• mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 36.18, on loose page at end
• 13.9 x 21.1 cm

Three-quarter view of free-standing bronze statue of Danaid fastening dress at shoulder (Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, inv. 5619, 3rd quarter of 1st century BC), with diagrams of peplos and measurements:

• pencil sketch on paper
• mounted
• 26.1 x 37.9 cm
• [on sketch] 'The measurements taken with the Passetto / all round the edge A measured with a string maxed is 7.2 1/2 / From B to the edge A is 1 „ 6 measured down the middle of the statue / From the corner A+ to the hem C measures 2 „ 4 / From the bottom of the hem D to the top C measures 3 „ 3 1/2 / Round the bottom edge D measures 5 „ 2 / From the edge A to the bottom D measures 3 „ 1 (pencil note)
• [on sketch] This represents the half of the dress or rather folded in two' (pencil note)
• [on sketch] 'as the figure has a belt that supports the dress becaus it throws over at C which is the inside surface of the dress therefore the measure 6.1 is uncertain but it cannot be less therefore the measurement 33 1/2 must be too little or the dress must form half a circle, there where is the angle A+' (pencil note)
• [key to measurements annotated in sketch and one diagram] 'A / B / C / D / A+' (pencil note)

Small sketch (not identified) and notes:

• pencil sketch on paper
• loose
• 8.3 x 5.1 cm
• [below sketch] 'Astragalx T13 nothing but the under bull[x]d(?) thence(?) 4 best to our vx x 2 to the left / Thalia bulld(?) thence(?) T33 / The outer covers the limbs(?) excessively artificial / T32 Tx small figure same details as T33 5 buttons' (pencil note)

Portfolio titled 'Antiques Various JB.' (ink)
Pencil note: '2'
Ink table of contents (not complete) on piece of paper partially glued to cover:

• '1 Halicarnassus frieze part of / CL'
• '2 Tracing from Halicarnassus frieze part of / CL'
• '3 Tracing from Halicarnassus frieze / CL'
• '4 Halicarnassus frieze part of / CL'
• '7 Camera lucida drawing of an antique figure at Malta'
• '8 Camera lucida sketch Elgin frieze / two figures'
• '9 Camera lucida sketch Elgin frieze'
• '10 Camera lucida Townley cariatedes canefora'
• '11 Camera lucida. Profile of the the Townley basket bearer'

Pencil / inked pencil notes partially covered by piece of paper glued to cover: 'Antique Dress / Not Complete / Vol.'.

Head of reclining woman asleep:

• pencil sketch on paper
• loose, together with Bonomi MSS 38.6
• 16.5 x 17.8 cm

Back view of torso of marble sculpture, probably from the Parthenon (438-432 BC) :

• pencil drawing on card
  -l oose, together with Bonomi MSS 38.7-8 and 38.10
• 7.3 x 9.2 cm

Marble relief of standing female figure from Block V from the East frieze of the Parthenon (London, British Museum, reg. 1816,0610.19 - BM Sculpture 324 fig. no. 32, 438-432 BC):

• camera lucida pencil tracing/drawing on paper
• mounted
• 18.2 x 26.5 cm
• [on mount] '9' (ink note)

Sketches of details of centaurs from the pediment of the temple of Jupiter at Elis, Arabic text and incomplete English text:

• ink sketches on paper
• loose
• 21.6 x 7.3 cm

Half of lid of sarcophagus and front of sarcophagus:

• pencil drawings on paper
• loose
• 12.9 x 19.6 cm
• [on drawing] 'No 726. C, half of the lid.' (pencil note)
• [on drawing] 'h' / 'x' / 'N' (pencil labels)
• [on drawing] 'No 708 A; - the front' (pencil note, with remains of erased previous note)
• [on drawing] 'D M DOCTANI ACMARI' (pencil note)

Relief depicting men pulling ropes, c. 700-692 BC; tracing mounted on sketch in grid from gypsum slab from Court VI in the South-West Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh in Iraq, now in London, British Museum, BM 124822 = 1851,0902.4:
from Court VI of the Southwest Palace in Nineveh in Iraq:

• Pencil tracing on tracing paper, mounted on pencil sketch in grid on paper
• loose
• 13.8 x 15.8 cm (18.2 x 22.6 cm with mount)
• [on tracing] 'JB/ JBonomi' (pencil note)

Handwritten text:

• pencil text on paper
• loose
• 18.2 x 22.6 cm
• [text]:

'If any man wants [?] {[?]} [?] of the truth of {the} [?]

here it is if he cannot find in history if he cannot

find it in his own heart or if refuses to seek for it then

became he wants an [?] not to look for it then

here is abundance say there books are only words which

[?] him another thing him [?] [?] being

subject to errors of various kinds the [?] of

[?] the [?] of [?] the [?]

of ad(d)itions for [?] of years and offer all

on oldest copy are not another is any

years old which years [?] [?] [?]

except it [?], and year [?] [?] first

year seeing the middle [?]

but is like a middle [?]

The [?] [?] on certainly managed to carry

The expression of age and fatigue of [?] and [?]

are the conclusion[?] the strenuous efforts'

Relief depicting a male servant carrying dried locusts, c. 704-681 BC; sketch from gypsum slab from Room LI (North) in the South-West Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh in Iraq, now in London, British Museum, BM 124798 = 1851,0902.11:

• pencil sketch on paper
• loose
• 7.7 x 17.5 cm
• [on sketch] '[?] / 23 Harley[?] (underlined) Holles / 29 B[?]'

Relief depicting an eunuch attendant (head and shoulders) with fly-flapper facing left, c. 865-860 BC; sketch/tracing from gypsum slab fragment from Room G in the North-West Palace at Nimrud (Kahlu) in Iraq, currently in an unknown location:

• pencil sketch/tracing on paper
• mounted
• 12.2 x 9.1 cm

Text (22 lines) in cuneiform script with annotations, now in the British Museum (not identified):

• print with pencil and brown pencil annotations on paper
• loose
• 10.7 x 18.9 cm

Names of kings, gods and places in cuneiform with their English equivalents:

• ink text on paper
• loose
• 25 x 20.2 cm
• [text]:

'at (underlined) AT country / Assyrian Ninevite /

Lane / n.133. / 126. / Niebuhr A. / Niebuhr G. /

1 / Darius in Persepolitan /

2. / Heroes in Persepolitan from / the Alabaster Vase in the three / writings and with hieroglyphs / at Paris /

King Persian khsayathiya (underlined) /

King Achemenian /

King Ninevite ~malca?~ (underlined) MALCA /

King Median ~ku~ (underlined) KU (underlined) / (Westergard) /

Khsayathiya. King. Persian'

View of the west wall of Medinet Nimrood (Nimrud) in Iraq:

• pencil sketch on paper
• loose
• 24.2 x 9.8 cm
• [on sketch] 'MEDINET NIMROOD' (pencil note)
• [on sketch] 'The west wall of Timei[?]' (pencil note)

Iraq. Nineveh. South-West Palace of Sennacherib. Room XXXIII. Panels 4-6. Relief depicting an Assyrian eunuch general with three Elamite captives, c. 660-650 BC; unfinished sketch in grid from gypsum slab now in London, British Museum, BM 124802.a = 1851,0902.7.a:

• pencil sketch in grid on paper, with pricked marks for pouncing technique
• loose
• 21.6 x 17.8 cm

Relief depicting archers shooting from tower, Neo-Assyrian; three sketches from gypsum slab (not identified). Similar to relief depicting Ashurnasirpal II besieging a strongly-walled town which is being defended by archers, c. 865-860 BC; gypsum slab (panel 18 <top>) from Room B in the North-West Palace at Nimrud (Kahlu) in Iraq, now in London, British Museum, BM 124536 = 1847,0623.6:

• pencil sketches on tracing paper
• loose
• 5.8 x 13.3 cm

Relief depicting two men holding sacks, c. 710-705 BC; incomplete sketch/tracing from gypsum slab from the North-West Wall of Court VIII in the Palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad in Iraq, current location not known:

• pencil sketch/tracing on tracing paper
• loose
• 7.2 x 11.5 cm

Relief depicting two Assyrian archers shooting three enemies in the water, c. 875-860 BC; sketch from gypsum slab (panel 17 <top>) from Room B in the North-West Palace at Nimrud (Kahlu) in Iraq, now in London, British Museum BM 124538 = 1849,1222.10:

• pencil sketch on paper (with strip of different paper fixed with glue to left side)
• loose
• 28 x 18.2 cm

Relief depicting two ships rowing away from palace surrounded by sea creatures, c. 730 BC; tracing after Henry Layard's drawing of gypsum wall panel from the Central Palace of Tiglath-Pileser III at Nimrud (Kahlu) in Iraq, now partially in London, British Museum, BM 102981 = 1908,1010.1:

• pencil tracing on tracing paper
• loose
• 25.1 x 19 cm

Sculpture depicting winged bull with human head (lamassu), c. 710-705 BC; tracing from gypsum sculpture in one of the gates of the Palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad in Iraq:

• pencil tracing on paper
• loose
• 15.7 x 14.8 cm

Relief depicting Ashurnasirpal II or his son and heir, Shalmaneser III, in his chariot on a lion hunt, c. 875-860 BC; drawing/tracing from gypsum slab from possibly Room WM on the West Wing in the North-West Palace at Nimrud (Kahlu) in Iraq, now in London, British Museum, BM 124579 = 1849,1222.8 (reversed):

• pencil drawing/tracing on tracing paper
• mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 32.35
• 25.5 x 21.3 cm

Two albums containing plans and drawings of Egyptian monuments.