Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- Between 1830-1840 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
4 albums
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
British antiquarian and astronomer. Born, London 1797. Died, London 1874. Interested in Egyptology from a young age. Pioneered techniques using rubbings and impressions for recording monuments. Associate of Dr John Lee, whose collection was recorded by Williams. FSA. FRAS. Assistant Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, 1848-74. Member of the Chronological Institute. Also studied and published in Chinese studies.
Archival history
In the possession of Williams family.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented by his grandson Rev. J. F. Williams in 1940, in response to Mr E. T. Leeds's letter in The Times.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
4 albums containing rubbings mainly of objects in the British Museum, and also other museums and private collections including those in the J. Lee collection.
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
English
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.
- See R. L. B. Moss in Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 27 (1941), 7-11 pls. ii-iii [3 ills].