Collector

Mr. Cripps

fl. 1800–1801 · United Kingdom

British collector, active 1800–1801. Received gifts from Signor Peristiani.

Life and work

1801
Presented by the British ambassador at Constantinople with the thirty-odd 'idols' (terracotta, coarse limestone, soft marble) dug at Larnaca by consul Peristiani; Clarke printed this as an account of events 'not long before our arrival'.
LarnacaCobham 1908, p. 381 Marangou 2000, p. 30

Connections

2 people

Sales, gifts & bequests

Received from Signor Peristiani1800–1801

Colleagues & contacts

Met Edward Daniel Clarke1801
Connected with Edward Daniel Clarke1801
Connected with Signor Peristiani1801

Sources

1.C. D. Cobham (1908). Excerpta Cypria: Materials for a History of Cyprus. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Online
2.A. G. Marangou (ed.) (2000). The Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola 1832-1904: Life and Deeds.