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Extract of letters on Persepolis

Reference code
SAL/01/02/02/05
Title
Extract of letters on Persepolis
Date
c March 1802
Level of description
item
Extent and format
4 pp
Scope and content
Extracts from letters of Richard Strachey, forwarded to the Society by his father, Henry Strachey, FSA, presenting an engraving of a profile taken by Richard Strachey from a site at Persepolis.

Mentioned in the minutes for 25th March 1802: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.029.017

An engraving of this, along with a transcription of part of the letter, is included in the appendix for Archaeologia XIV:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/1E5764F97F884B2D825E076607C1AAA4/S0261340900027466a.pdf/appendix.pdf
Creator
Strachey, Henry