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Allison Vincent Armour

1863–1941 · United States

Businessman. Bought from K. Karemphylaki; gave to American Academy in Rome.

Life and work

  1. 1904
    Spring cruise of his yacht in the eastern Mediterranean with Richard Norton and D. G. Hogarth, during which inscriptions were copied in Cyprus (Larnaca and elsewhere). The yacht is called Utowana in one source and Thetis in another.

    LarnacaSociety for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies (1908). The Journal of Hellenic Studies 28 (Inscriptions from Asia Minor, Cyprus and the Cyrenaica). JHS 28; American Academy in Rome (1917). Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 10. Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 10

  2. 1904
    Bought stelae (Perdrizet nos. 11, 13, 14) from K. Karemphylaki at Larnaca and presented them, with a marble slab in seven fragments (School inventory no. 123), to the American School in Rome.

    LarnacaSociety for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies (1908). The Journal of Hellenic Studies 28 (Inscriptions from Asia Minor, Cyprus and the Cyrenaica). JHS 28

  3. 1935
    Gave 3 objects ('Ceramic. Bull-shaped vase', 'Amphora or jar', 'Jug'; inv. 1935.23 and others) to the Yale University Art Gallery.

    Yale University Art Gallery collection online, inv. 1935.23; 1935.29; 1935.28

Connections

3 people
K. KaremphylakiDavid George HogarthRichard NortonAllison Vincent Armour
Sales & giftsColleagues

Mentioned in

5 mentions

Institutions · 1

Sources

  1. 1.Wikidata (2026). Allison V. Armour (Q64762732). Online
  2. 2.Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies (1908). “The Journal of Hellenic Studies 28 (Inscriptions from Asia Minor, Cyprus and the Cyrenaica)”. JHS 28.
  3. 3.American Academy in Rome (1917). “Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 10”. Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 10.
  4. 4.Yale University Art Gallery collection online.
  5. 5.Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, 1908, The Journal of Hellenic Studies 28 (Inscriptions from Asia Minor, Cyprus and the Cyrenaica), leaf 353.
  6. 6.American Academy in Rome, 1917, Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 10, leaf 150.
  7. 7.Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, 1908, The Journal of Hellenic Studies 28 (Inscriptions from Asia Minor, Cyprus and the Cyrenaica).
  8. 8.Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome (1917).
  9. 9.Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies (London, England), The journal of Hellenic studies.
  10. 10.lxxxix, 357 p., The journal of Hellenic studies.
  11. 11.Inscriptions from Asia Minor, Cyprus, and the Cyrenaica (1908).
  12. 12.Macmillan, Journal Of Hellenic Studies Vol.28 (1908).
  13. 13.(author of the introductory note not shown in our copy), 1908, Inscriptions from Asia Minor, Cyprus, and the Cyrenaica.
  14. 14.A. W. Van Buren, 1908, Inscriptions from Asia Minor, Cyprus, and the Cyrenaica.

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