Identity area
Reference code
Arundale MSS
Nadpis
Date(s)
- 1839 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1 envelope
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
British architect and painter; he was born in London, 9 Aug. 1807, son of George A.; he was a pupil of Augustus Pugin and accompanied him to Normandy where he assisted in the Arch. Antiquities of Normandy; he spent several years in Rome and afterwards ... »
Archival history
Found by Professor Hellmut Brunner of a copy of Arundale, Francis and J. Bonomi [1842], Gallery of antiquities selected from the British Museum (OEB 133597). Professor Brunner bought the book containing the letters from an antiquarian bookseller in Tübingen in 1967.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented by Professor Hellmut Brunner in 1967.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Three letters dated June, September and December 1839, addressed to Charles Bowyer Adderley (later Lord Norton) of Hams Hall, Warwickshire. Non-Egyptological.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
No problems.
Allied materials area
Publication note
- Accession note, see 'Report of the Committee of Management of the Griffith Institute for the year 1967' in Ashmolean Museum Report 1967, p. 80.