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Call Number:
MSS 38
Creator:
Porcher, Edwin Augustus, 1824-1878
Title(s):
Navigational Logbook
Date:
1857 February – 1861 October
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series II: Diary and logbooks
Part of Collection:
Vol. 2, no. 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:
Navigational logbook recording daily positions during his tour of duty in Malta and the Middle East on the HMS Hibernia, H.M. Paddle wheel Harpy, HMS Schooner Kertch, and HMS Boxer. Porcher departed England for Malta on the Screw Steam Ship Colombo (February 20, 1857). Joining the Harpy in May 1858, he sailed with the Rev. Nathan Davis to Goletta, Tunisia, to assist with the archaeological expedition. On October 29, 1859, he departed for Livorno (“Leghorn”) and Naples, returning November 22 the same year. He sailed twice to Tunis on the Schooner Kertch, once in February 1860, and in June, 1860. He departed for Benghazi in the HMS Boxer in November 1860. The dates of Porcher and Smith’s expedition to Cyrene are omitted, likely because it was not under the auspices of Her Majesty’s Service, but the logbook picks up again on their return to Malta via the HMS Melpomene (under command of Captain Ewart) in October 1861.
Physical Description:
12 pages ; 19.5 x 13
Genre:
Ships' logs, Pictorial works, Diaries, Letters, and Watercolors (paintings)
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
Mediterranean Sea
Mellieh̳a (Malta)
Navigation
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)
Harpy (Ship : 1845-1909)
Hibernia (Ship : 1804-1902)
Kertch (Ship)
Finding Aid Title:
Edwin Augustus Porcher Collection
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2886
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2886?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1