Album of drawings
Reference code
WYL/02
Title
Album of drawings
Date
mid 19th century
Level of description
Item
Extent and format
Paper; pp. 285.
Large folio.
Half leather binding, brown, with purple cloth.
Large folio.
Half leather binding, brown, with purple cloth.
Scope and content
Album of 311 drawings, including many w/cols, of objects ranging in date from the prehistoric to the migration periods, and derived from the British Isles, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. Many are by Bradford Wilmer and W M Wylie, but there are also drawings and w/cols by G Eberlein, pp57-73 passim, Louis Braun, pp.67, 71, 75, J G Joyce, pp.89, 97, T Petter, pp.154, 158, Dr F Keller, pp.235, 236, and others. Autograph note by the Abbé Cochet, Hon. FSA, p. 111.
The archaeological sites represented are the Hallstatt cemetery, the Swiss lake villages, Etruscan tombs at Praeneste, the Wettingen hoard of Roman silver, Roman sites at Lillebonne, Hébérville, Fécamp and Silchester, the graves at Oberflacht, the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Fairford and the Merovingian cemeteries at Rambouillet, Charnay, Beauvais and Envermieu. Some of the drawings relate to articles in Archaeologia, as bound in WYL/01, others are published in SA Proc. and elsewhere.
There are some printed illustrations, lithographs (Golden Psalter of St Gall, pp.29,118,122), engravings and early sepia photographs, including the Buddhist temple excavated at Sultanganj, p.246. Pencil drawing of the Yately Cup, p.280. (Inf. Elizabeth Lewis.)
For a detailed list of the drawings in this album, including publication references, please see the pdf at the bottom of this page under 'Related documents'.
The archaeological sites represented are the Hallstatt cemetery, the Swiss lake villages, Etruscan tombs at Praeneste, the Wettingen hoard of Roman silver, Roman sites at Lillebonne, Hébérville, Fécamp and Silchester, the graves at Oberflacht, the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Fairford and the Merovingian cemeteries at Rambouillet, Charnay, Beauvais and Envermieu. Some of the drawings relate to articles in Archaeologia, as bound in WYL/01, others are published in SA Proc. and elsewhere.
There are some printed illustrations, lithographs (Golden Psalter of St Gall, pp.29,118,122), engravings and early sepia photographs, including the Buddhist temple excavated at Sultanganj, p.246. Pencil drawing of the Yately Cup, p.280. (Inf. Elizabeth Lewis.)
For a detailed list of the drawings in this album, including publication references, please see the pdf at the bottom of this page under 'Related documents'.
Creator
Wylie, William Michael (c 1811-1887), archaeologist and antiquary
Wilmer, Bradford (c 1807-1886), antiquary
Braun, Louis (1836-1916), German painter
Cochet, Jean Benoît Désiré (1812-1875), priest and archaeologist
Eberlein, Gustav Heinrich (1847-1926), German sculptor, painter and writer
Joyce, James Gerald (1819-1878), Anglican clergyman and artist
Keller, Ferdinand (1800-1881), Swiss archaeologist
Petter, Theodor (1822-1872), Austrian painter
Wilmer, Bradford (c 1807-1886), antiquary
Braun, Louis (1836-1916), German painter
Cochet, Jean Benoît Désiré (1812-1875), priest and archaeologist
Eberlein, Gustav Heinrich (1847-1926), German sculptor, painter and writer
Joyce, James Gerald (1819-1878), Anglican clergyman and artist
Keller, Ferdinand (1800-1881), Swiss archaeologist
Petter, Theodor (1822-1872), Austrian painter
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/871/2