Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Society

Halifax Literary and Philosophical Society

Halifax, United Kingdom

Society in Halifax. 1 person in the register connected with it.

History

  1. 1875–1880
    After the 1875 Yorkshire Exhibition, John Holmes arranged loans of Sandwith's collection to museums in York, Sheffield and Halifax (Reeve says Halifax, not specifying this society).

    John HolmesThomas Backhouse SandwithReeve 2021

  2. 1884
    At the society's conversazione J. W. Davis exhibited household vessels, lamps and terracotta female heads 'discovered by Consul Sandwith in graves in the Island of Cyprus'.

    James William DavisThomas Backhouse SandwithReeve 2021

People

1 person

Donors and lenders · 1

Sources

  1. 1.Anna Holly Reeve (2021). “Ancient Cyprus in Leeds: Objects, Networks and Museums from 1870 to 1947”. PhD thesis, University of Leeds.