Notebooks and Sketch-books of Sir William Gell

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Eng. misc. d. 186, e. 152-4, f. 53; Drawings gen. d. 12
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1804-33
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 6 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Notebooks and sketch-books of Sir William Gell, including:

  • Notes on his journey to Greece and travels in Greece, 1804-April 1805
  • Notes and sketches made during travels in the Peloponnese, January-March 1806
  • Sketches made in Elis and Arcadia, February 1806
  • Archaeological notes on the Etruscans, including copies of inscriptions, ca. 1829-31
  • Accounts of Gell's dreams, 1823

Administrative / Biographical History

Sir William Gell (1777-1836) was an archaeologist and traveller. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

The collection was bought from Myers & Co. in 1927 and 1928.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 45187-92.

Subjects

Etruscans