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Call Number:
MSS 38
Creator:
Porcher, Edwin Augustus, 1824-1878
Title(s):
59. Fort St. Angelo from the rocks round Fort Ricasoli. Dec. 17, 1857.
Date:
1857 December 17
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Drawings
Part of Collection:
Oversize 2
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:
“In fine, it may be said that Malta is as defensible as nature and art combined can render it” (Martin 159). Fort St. Angelo, also known as Castrum Marus, was first constructed in 878 AD as an Arab fortification and was built up by successive waves of invaders, and became the headquarters of the Grand Master. The structure withstood attack during the Ottoman siege of 1565, acting as the center of resistance and was later occupied by the British Army (Jackson 72-6).
Additional Notes:
B1977.14.22156
Physical Description:
1 drawing : watercolor, body color, on medium-thick beige paper, affixed to card mount ; sheet 26 x 36 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
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:
Knights of Malta. Fort St. Angelo (Birgu, Malta)
Finding Aid Title:
Edwin Augustus Porcher Collection
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2837
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2837?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1