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NEWB2/453
Title
Lansing, Ambrose - correspondence
Date(s)
- 1921 - 1948 (Creation)
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0.5 cm, 5 letters
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(23 April 1869 - 7 August 1949)
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Correspondence from Ambrose Lansing (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) including inviting Newberry to visit, reference to Georg Steindorff, dating scarabs, and in response to an enquiry from Newberry on standards on predynastic pots.
Also includes draft reply from Newberry relating to his research on standards as featured on predynastic red-on-buff pottery (1948).
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Former reference code
MSS 28/38-42