Collector

William Ewart Gladstone

fl. 1872–1884 · United Kingdom

Statesman, active 1872–1884. Received gifts from Alessandro (Alexander) Palma di Cesnola.

Life and work

by 1884
Alessandro Palma di Cesnola gave him the Salamis funerary epigram for Phileas (Corpus no. 192), figured in Salaminia p. 104; before the Cesnola sales; it stayed in Gladstone's old collection at Hawarden Castle (Wales)
HawardenMasson 1996

Connections

4 people

Sales & giftsScholarshipColleagues

Sales, gifts & bequests

Received from Alessandro (Alexander) Palma di Cesnola1884

Scholarship

Corresponded with Luigi Palma di Cesnola1872–1877
Corresponded with Max Ohnefalsch-Richterdisputed

Colleagues & contacts

Connected with W. Peekpossibly

Objects

Salamis funerary epigram for Phileas (Corpus no. 192; Peek GV 842)
From Salamisby 1884Masson 1996

On Ancient Cyprus

1 page

Max Ohnefalsch-Richter: The Excavator Who Recorded Cyprus and Scattered ItArticle

Sources

1.Olivier Masson (1996). “La dispersion des antiquités chypriotes: les deux collections Cesnola”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 25, 3-32. Online
2.Robert Stuart Merrillees (2005). “Towards a fuller history of the Cyprus Museum”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 35, 191-214. Online