Consul / diplomat · Agent

John Henry Charnaud

1809–1874 · United Kingdom

Merchant. Consul at Smyrna.

Life and work

25 March 1839
On the Duke of Devonshire's arrival in Smyrna, the vice-consul 'Mr Charnaud' took him to the antiquarian Borrell, where the Duke saw 'things I should like very much'. The Chatsworth Head, a Cypriot bronze, was bought from Borrell.
SmyrnaMerrillees 2017

Connections

2 people

Fieldwork & employment

Guided William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire1839

Colleagues & contacts

Met Henry Perigal Borrell1839
Met William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire1839

Sources

1.Robert S. Merrillees (2017). “Cypriote antiquities in Late Ottoman Istanbul and Smyrna - II: Cypriote antiquities in the Greek Evangelical School Museum and their Trading in Late Ottoman Smyrna (Modern Izmir)”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 47, 121-164. Online