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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, 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)
Moulmein (Burma)
Pulau Pinang (Malaysia : State)
Qrendi (Malta)
Singapore
Trincomalee (Sri Lanka)
Tunis (Tunisia)
Tunisia
Utica (Extinct city)
Valletta (Malta)
Associated People/Groups:
Porcher, Edwin Augustus, 1824-1878
Porcher, 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