Porcher, Edwin Augustus, 1824-1878, Letter to Madelina Porcher, 1852 May 24
- Call Number:
- MSS 38
- Creator:
- Porcher, Edwin Augustus, 1824-1878
- Title(s):
- Letter to Madelina Porcher
- Date:
- 1852 May 24
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series III: Miscellaneous
- Part of Collection:
- Vol. 2, no. 7
- 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:
- Headed: "HMS Cleopatra, Hong Kong" A letter from Porcher to his sister, Madelina, in England. He relates his disappointment that it will be next Spring before he can return home, complaining of the hot weather. Relating news about the Second Anglo-Burmese War, he regrets not being able to join the naval forces dispatched to the region. Reporting another trip to Canton, Porcher writes of a public execution: “53 losing their heads, in about 2 minutes.” Sketches of the event were sent to the <title render="italic">Illustrated London News</title>: “I will not repeat it as you will probably see it, a short time after you receive this.”
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (4 pages) : autograph letter signed, written in pen and black ink ; 18 x 11.5 cm
- Genre:
- Correspondence , Pictorial works, Diaries, Letters, Ships' logs, and Watercolors (paintings)
- Subject Terms:
- Anglo-Burmese War, 2nd, 1852AntiquitiesAntiquities, RomanChronColoniesDescription and travelExcavations (Archaeology)FortificationHarborsHistory, NavalJunksNavigationPagodasPiracyPiratesPunic antiquitiesShipsTemplesVoyages and travels
- Subject Period:
- 1849-18611850-1900
- Associated Places:
- AsiaBurmaCarthage (Extinct city)ChinaChina SeaCyrene (Extinct city)East AsiaGozo Island (Malta)Grand Harbour (Malta)Great BritainGuangzhou (China)Hong Kong (China)MaltaMellieh̳a (Malta)Pulau Pinang (Malaysia : State)Qrendi (Malta)SingaporeTrincomalee (Sri Lanka)Tunis (Tunisia)TunisiaUtica (Extinct city)Valletta (Malta)
- Associated People/Groups:
- Porcher, Edwin Augustus, 1824-1878Porcher, Madelina
- Finding Aid Title:
- Edwin Augustus Porcher Collection
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/19.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2894
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2894?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1