Scholar · Collector
Talfourd Ely
fl. 1892–1896
Scholar and collector, active 1892–1896. Bought from Edwin Henry Lawrence.
Life and work
- 1892Bought a Cypriot terracotta statuette at the Lawrence sale at Sotheby's in 1892 and read a paper showing that the figure, published by Cesnola as a bearded Hercules, represented Seilenos.
Archaeological Institute of America, American journal of archaeology (1885)
- 1892Bought a Cypriot terra-cotta statuette at Sotheby's in 1892 from the Lawrence sale, and read a paper identifying the figure as Silenus rather than Hercules.
- UndatedExhibited and read a paper on a Cypriot terra-cotta figure, identifying it as Seilenos rather than Hercules, at the Society of Antiquaries meeting.
The academy. A weekly review of literature, science, and art (1896)
- UndatedExhibited and read a paper at the Society showing that the Cypriot terra-cotta figure published by Cesnola represented Silenus, not Hercules.
- UndatedExhibited and read a paper at the English Archaeological Institute on a terracotta from Cyprus, identifying it as a figure of Seilenos rather than a bearded Hercules.
Connections
2 peopleSales, gifts & bequests
- Bought from Edwin Henry LawrenceCypriot terra-cotta statuette British Archaeological Association. Central Committee; Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Central Committee; Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Central Committee, The Archaeological journal (1844)1892
Colleagues & contacts
- Connected with Alessandro (Alexander) Palma di CesnolaTerracotta figure published in Salaminia; terra-cotta figure found in Cyprus Archaeological Institute of America, American journal of archaeology (1885); The academy. A weekly review of literature, science, and art (1896); The Athenaeum 1896-02-29: Iss 3566 (1896)1896
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Sources
- 1.Archaeological Institute of America, American journal of archaeology (1885).
- 2.British Archaeological Association. Central Committee; Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Central Committee; Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Central Committee, The Archaeological journal (1844).
- 3.The academy. A weekly review of literature, science, and art (1896).
- 4.The Athenaeum 1896-02-29: Iss 3566 (1896).
- 5.Marquand, Allan, Archæological News (1896).
- 6.1896?, The Archaeological Journal, vol. 53; Allan Marquand (ed.), 1896, Archaeological News.
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