Zone d'identification
Cote
Wiliams MSS
Titre
Date(s)
- Between 1830-1840 (Production)
Niveau de description
Collection
Étendue matérielle et support
4 albums
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
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.
Histoire archivistique
In the possession of Williams family.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Presented by his grandson Rev. J. F. Williams in 1940, in response to Mr E. T. Leeds's letter in The Times.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
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.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
Kept as received.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d’accès
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions de reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford.
Langue des documents
- anglais
Écriture des documents
Notes sur la langue et l'écriture
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
No problems.
Instruments de recherche
Catalogue.
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
These are originals.
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
None.