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Henry Honeychurch Gorringe

1841–1885 · United States

US Navy Lieutenant-Commander; engineer who moved the Egyptian obelisk to Central Park.

Life and work

  1. 1882
    Asked by President John Taylor Johnston of the Metropolitan Museum to examine the two contested statues in the Cesnola Cypriot collection during the Feuardent controversy. According to Marangou he reported that their destruction would be a small price for vindicating the collection and destroying its accusers, as they had little artistic and no archaeological value.

    New YorkMarangou 2000, p. 324

  2. 1885
    Death noted in The Critic, 11 July 1885; the notice says he had left the service in 1883 after a conflict of opinion.

    New YorkNotice of the death… 1885

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Sources

  1. 1.A. G. Marangou (ed.) (2000). The Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola 1832-1904: Life and Deeds.
  2. 2. (1885). “Notice of the death of Lieut.-Commander Henry H. Gorringe”. The Critic.
  3. 3.Christie's (2015). Sale 3798, lot 20 (Cypriot limestone head). lot 20.