Portraits
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of and concerning Austen Henry Layard., 1836-1968.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42336-42414
Scope and Contents
Austen Henry Layard was a British archaeologist and politician. He is perhaps best remembered for his excavations at Nimrud and Nineveh. Layard was keen to publicise his discoveries and worked with John Murray to produce lavish publications about his discoveries. These were popular books and went through many editions.The papers here concerning Austen Henry Layard offer a detailed insight into the publishing process surrounding his works about his excavations.The...
Dates:
1836-1968.
Two portraits of Austen Henry Layard, with a portrait of his wife, Enid., 1852-1963.
File
Identifier: MS.42408
Scope and Contents
Folio 1. Photographic reproduction, ?1963 or a little before, of a portrait of Austen Henry Layard from an original black chalk sketch, circa 1852, by G.F. Watts. The image has been reduced significantly in comparison to the original, which is held in the National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG 1006). The reproduction would appear to have been created to be used in a publication as the recto has been marked at the margins by way of...
Dates:
1852-1963.