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Earl of Aberdeen
fl. 1708–1846 · United Kingdom
British collector and donor, active 1708–1846. Gave to British Museum.
Life and work
- 1846Transmitted Niven Kerr's report on Cypriot antiquities to the British Museum on 7 April 1846; he also presented a black stone with emblems of Esarhaddon to the British Museum.
- 1846Transmitted Niven Kerr's report on Cypriot antiquities to the British Museum on 7 April 1846.
Veronica Tatton-Brown, The British Museum Discovers Cyprus (1998), p. 2
- UndatedPresented the black stone bearing Esarhaddon's emblems to the British Museum, per the passage.
Connections
2 peopleSales, gifts & bequests
- Received from Sir William HamiltonCasque archaïque (lot 647) Hôtel Drouot, Catalogue des bronzes antiques et des objets d'art du Moyen-Age et de la Renaissance (1885-06-01)1708
- Received from Niven Kerrreport on Cyprus Veronica Tatton-Brown, The British Museum Discovers Cyprus (1998), p. 21846
Mentioned in
3 mentionsDocuments · 1
- The British Museum Discovers Cyprus
Tatton-Brown 1998
- People · 2listed under Connections
Sources
- 1.Hôtel Drouot, Catalogue des bronzes antiques et des objets d'art du Moyen-Age et de la Renaissance (1885-06-01).
- 2.Veronica Tatton-Brown, The British Museum Discovers Cyprus (1998).
- 3.theophilus g. pinches, the old testament.
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