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Book C [Classical sculpture in museum collections], 1902 - 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/3437/AJBW/3/4

Scope and Contents

Photographs of classical sculpture, arranged and labelled by AJBW by museum collection and thereafter by the name of the sculpture or by object accession number. Includes images from the Louvre, Dresden, Berlin, the Cast Gallery of the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge, UK (MOCA); Cairo and Alexandria museums, Egypt, and possibly the library of the British School at Rome.
The siginificance of AJBW's initials 'C. D.' after some descriptions is unknown.
95 photographic prints placed in the album, 1 empty aperture with print missing upon accession, 2 loose prints associated with the album upon accession to the archives but not definitively proved as belonging to this set.

Dates

  • Creation: 1902 - 1903

Creator

Biographical / Historical

The geographical itinerary set out photographically in this album is described in the 'Annual Meeting of Subscribers'. (1903), The Annual of the British School at Athens, 9, 391-397, 392: "Mr. A. J. B. Wace, Pembroke College, Cambridge, Prendergast Student 1902-3, Craven Student 1903-4, justified his choice of a large and complex subject, Hellenistic Art. In the course of the year he studied the subject in Germany, Austria, Italy, Egypt, and Constantinople, and under Dr. Svoronos at Athens made special investigation of the dated coinage bearing on the period. He has already published a coin bearing a hitherto unknown Pergamene portrait, and has papers in preparation for the Journal of Hellenic Studies. Mr. Wace also undertook the duties of Secretary on Professor E. A. Gardner's island cruise. During the coming session he will pursue his Hellenistic studies in Rome under the auspices of the British School at Rome".

Extent

1 album(s) : photographs

Physical Location

Bay C, Shelf 3, Box 7

Custodial History

Former reference 'Wace Archive 008', Cambridge transfer, Box 12

Related Materials

The negative album Wace 25 (AJBW/3/55) has a summary index written in pencil by AJBW of museum numbers and object identification. The sequential negative numbers presumably give the order in which Wace took the photographs, which does not always tally with the arrangement that he chose for the album of printed photographs.

Bibliography

Botti, Giuseppe. 1900. Catalogue des monuments exposés au Musée gréco-romain d'Alexandrie. Alexandrie: Imprimerie générale A. Mourès & cie.


Wace, A. J. B. (1902). Apollo Seated on the Omphalos: A Statue at Alexandria. The Annual of the British School at Athens, 9, 211–242


Edgar, C. C. 1903. Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire. Nos 27425-27630: Greek sculpture. Le Caire: Impr. de l'IFAO.


G. Maspero (1902), Guide du visiteur au Musée du Caire

Physical Description

Hard back photograph album, black cover, front cover embossed in gold 'Kodak Souvenirs'. H. 21.5 x W. 30 cm
This album was purchased in Athens, on the inside of the front cover, a label, 'MAISON LABARBERA D. DOULIS and CieSUCCs Athènes.
Inscribed in black ink on the inside of the front cover 'A. J. B. Wace. Book C.'
Each leaf is composed of a cardboard backboard overlaid with a thinner card mount on recto and verso, tacked down on 3 edges, allowing photographs to be eased out from the long bottom edge. Displays 4 photographs to a page, each mount aperture sized W. 4 ¼ x H. 2 ½ inch).
Good condition, minimal foxing to the leaves thorughout.
2 loose prints, of a bust of Hermes situated in a library, placed in a polyester sleeve in a A4 card folder at the bottom of the archive box.

The photographic prints are all monochrome, gelatin silver, quarter plate contact prints, with some fading to the images but otherwise in good condition.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Cambridge: Faculty of Classics Archives Repository

Contact:
Faculty of Classics
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Cambridge CB3 9DA United Kingdom
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