Identity area
Reference code
Nadpis
Date(s)
- 1850-1852 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
3 albums
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born, Ripley, Surrey 1817. Died, 1892. Eldest son of Rear-Admiral Edward Hawker (1782-1860), of Ashford Lodge, near Petersfield, Hampshire. Adm. Pens. (aged 18) at Trinity College, Cambridge, 15th March 1836. BA, 1840. MA, 1845. Called to the Bar, 21st Nov. 1845. Married Marguerita, daughter of John Rennie. Travelled to Egypt and Nubia for health, 1850-2. Left graffiti with R. H. Borrowes at Semna and Kumma temples in January 1851.
Archival history
All three albums initially in the possession of Miss Florence Hawker, the daughter of E. J. Hawker. The small and medium albums were given by her sister Mrs Margaret Evans.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The small and medium albums were presented by Mrs Margaret Evans in 1939, in response to Mr E. T. Leeds letter in <i>The Times</i>. The large album was presented by Miss Florence Hawker later in 1939.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Three albums containing drawings and watercolours.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Kept as received.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford.
Language of material
angličtina
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
No problems.
Finding aids
Catalogue.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
These are originals.
Existence and location of copies
None.
Related units of description
Not known.
Publication note
Not published.
Publication note
- Accession note, see 'Report of the Committee of Management of the Griffith Institute for the year 1939' in Ashmolean Museum Report 1939, p. 41 ("Hawker MSS. Three volumes of drawings of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria (including views of Armant temple now completely destroyed), by Edward James Hawker (1850-2). Presented by his daughters, Mrs G. M. Evans and Miss Hawker").