Exhibition by E. Auriol Drummond-Hay
Reference code
SAL/01/02/21/07
Title
Exhibition by E. Auriol Drummond-Hay
Level of description
item
Scope and content
Exhibition of four drawings of a sphinx discovered in the grounds of Colchester general hospital.
Mentioned in the minutes for 3 May 1821: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.034.120
The sphinx is now on display at the Colchester Castle Museum: https://cim-web.adlibhosting.com/ais6/Details/collect/170451
E. W. Auriol Drummond-Hay published an account of the excavations on the site of the Colchester hospital, which was built over a Roman cemetery, and this includes drawings of the sphinx, possibly those exhibited at the meeting: https://www.rookebooks.com/1821-a-letter-to-the-committee-of-the-essex-and-colchester-general-hospital-upon-the-recent
Mentioned in the minutes for 3 May 1821: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.034.120
The sphinx is now on display at the Colchester Castle Museum: https://cim-web.adlibhosting.com/ais6/Details/collect/170451
E. W. Auriol Drummond-Hay published an account of the excavations on the site of the Colchester hospital, which was built over a Roman cemetery, and this includes drawings of the sphinx, possibly those exhibited at the meeting: https://www.rookebooks.com/1821-a-letter-to-the-committee-of-the-essex-and-colchester-general-hospital-upon-the-recent
Creator
Drummond-Hay, Edward William Auriol (1785-1845), soldier, antiquarian and diplomat