Porcher, Edwin Augustus, 1824-1878, Letter to Madelina Porcher, 1853 April 19
- Call Number:
- MSS 38
- Creator:
- Porcher, Edwin Augustus, 1824-1878
- Title(s):
- Letter to Madelina Porcher
- Date:
- 1853 April 19
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series III: Miscellaneous
- Part of Collection:
- Vol. 2, no. 8
- 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, Moulmein" A letter from Porcher to his sister, Madelina. Addressed from Moulmein (Mawlamyine) in Burma (Myanmar), which became the capital of the British colonial holdings following the First Anglo-Burmese war. Porcher laments that he will not be able to return yet from his tour of duty, as he is posted to assist with annexation of territories following the Second Anglo-Burmese War: “A steamer left Rangoon for Calcutta for more Troops, as we have not sufficient garrisoned all the places properly.”
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (4 pages) : autograph letter signed, written in pen and black ink ; 18 x 11 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)Moulmein (Burma)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
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2895
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2895?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1