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Call Number:
MSS 38
Creator:
Porcher, Edwin Augustus, 1824-1878
Title(s):
33. Coffee from Pinang. May 28th 1850.
Date:
1850 May 28
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Drawings
Part of Collection:
Oversize 1
Provenance:
E.A. Porcher donated 16 drawings related to his Cyrene expedition to the British Museum in 1865. He left his remaining papers and watercolor works to Lieut. Col. Cecil Du Pre Penton Powney (b. 1862), his sister’s surviving son, who donated views, plans and elevations from the Cyrene expedition to the British Museum in 1894. The remaining manuscripts and drawings were inherited by Powney’s daughter, Beryl Wyndham Powney (c. 1896 -1976). Several components of the Porcher collection were sold by private dealers beginning in the 1970s (see 'Related Archival Materials Note' for Porcher holdings in other institutional collections).
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Scope and Content:
Mounted together with “32. Pepper Grown at Sinapore. November 4th 1851.,” “34. Cloves from Pinang. Dec. 22nd 1851.,” “35. Nutmegs from Pinang. June 1st 1850.”
Additional Notes:
B1977.14.22235
Physical Description:
1 drawing : watercolor on medium-thick beige paper, affixed to card mount ; sheet 9.5 x 16 cm, mount 36.5 x 52 cm >
Genre:
Watercolors (paintings), Pictorial works, Diaries, Letters, and Ships' logs
Subject Terms:
Anglo-Burmese War, 2nd, 1852
Antiquities
Antiquities, Roman
Chron
Coffee
Colonies
Description and travel
Excavations (Archaeology)
Fortification
Harbors
History, Naval
Junks
Navigation
Pagodas
Piracy
Pirates
Punic antiquities
Ships
Temples
Voyages and travels
Subject Period:
1849-1861
1850-1900
Associated Places:
Asia
Burma
Carthage (Extinct city)
China
China Sea
Cyrene (Extinct city)
East Asia
Gozo Island (Malta)
Grand Harbour (Malta)
Great Britain
Guangzhou (China)
Hong Kong (China)
Malta
Mellieh̳a (Malta)
Pulau Pinang (Malaysia : State)
Qrendi (Malta)
Singapore
Trincomalee (Sri Lanka)
Tunis (Tunisia)
Tunisia
Utica (Extinct city)
Valletta (Malta)
Associated People/Groups:
Boxer (Ship : 1855-1865)
Cleopatra (Ship : 1843)
Davis, N. (Nathan), 1812-1882
Great Britain. Royal Navy
Harpy (Ship : 1845-1909)
Hibernia (Ship : 1804-1902)
Kertch (Ship)
Melville, Harden Sidney, active 1837-1882
Porcher, Edwin A., 1824-1878
Porcher, Madelina
Finding Aid Title:
Edwin Augustus Porcher Collection
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2829
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2829?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1