Collection Level Description: Notebooks and Sketch-books of Sir William Gell
Reference: MSS. Eng. misc. d. 186, e. 152-4, f. 53; Drawings gen. d. 12
Title: Notebooks and Sketch-books of Sir William Gell
Dates of Creation: 1804-33
Extent: 6 shelfmarks
Language of Material: English
Administrative/Biographical History
Sir William Gell (1777-1836) was an archaeologist and traveller. Details are given in the Dictionary
of National Biography.
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, c. 1829-31
- Accounts of Gell's dreams, 1823
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was bought from Myers & Co. in 1927 and 1928.
Access Conditions
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a
valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see
http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).
Further Information
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.
Access Points
Etruscans
Gell | William | 1778-1836 | Sir | Knight, Archaeologist, and Traveller
Greece | Description and travel
Enquiries
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09 June 2011