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Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain Fascicule 20 the British Museum Fascicule 10: Fragments from Sir William Hamiltons Second Collection of
Contributor(s): Smallwood, Valerie (Author), Woodford, Susan (Author), Quinton, Janet (Editor)

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 ISBN: 071412236X     ISBN-13: 9780714122366
Publisher: British Museum Press
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Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: May 2003
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Annotation: The fragments of Greek painted pottery making up the 115 catalogue entries in this volume come from vases that were once part of Sir William Hamiltons prized second collection. About one third of that collection was lost when the ship transporting it back to England, HMS Colossus, struck a reef and sank off the Isles of Scilly in December 1798. The recovery of what remained of those vases, after almost 200 years on the seabed, took place between 1975 and 1979. The surviving fragments were formally acquired by the British Museum in 1981.
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Ancient - Greece
- Art | History - Ancient & Classical
- Architecture | History - General
Dewey: 738.382
Physical Information: 0.95" H x 9.64" W x 13.3" L (3.78 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region - Greece
 
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Publisher Description:
Catalogue of 115 fragments from Sir William Hamiltons collection that sank on the HMS Colossus in 1798, and was recovered 200 years later.
 
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