Consul / diplomat · Traveller / antiquarian · Collector
George Dennis
1814–1898 · United Kingdom
Explorer. Excavated at Sardis. Consigned to Sotheby & Co..
Life and work
- 1863Excavated an object ('jar', reg. 1863,0728.168); now in the British Museum.
- 10 June 1947Lots 147-148 of Sotheby's sale were offered as 'The Property of the late Mr. George Dennis': a white-ground alabastron, and a group including a one-handled white-slip bowl and a flask with pierced lugs, both described as Cypriote of the Bronze Age. The catalogue does not say that this Dennis is the explorer.
LondonSotheby & Co. (1947). Antiquities, ethnographical objects. 1947 June 10, lots 147-148
- UndatedVice-consul at Benghazi who obtained terracottas from Teucheira and Euesperitae for the Museum
Objects
One-handled bowl in white slip ware with lines of brown paint; flask with lines of red paint and pierced lugs, both Cypriote, Bronze Age (lot 148, with three non-Cypriot vessels)
10 June 1947
Sotheby & Co. (1947). Antiquities, ethnographical objects. 1947 June 10, lot 148
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3 mentionsSources
- 1.Sotheby & Co. (1947). Antiquities, ethnographical objects. 1947 June 10.
- 2.Wikipedia (2026). “George Dennis (explorer)”. Online
- 3.George Dennis (1883). The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria (3rd edition). John Murray.
- 4.British Museum collection online, 'jar'.
- 5.H. B. Walters, Catalogue of the Terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum (1903).
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