Shipping record of Charles Lang Freer's purchases of Egyptian artifacts and Greek manuscripts in Egypt
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- FSA A.01 06.5.2.1907.01.04
- Creator
- Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919
- Names
- Smithsonian Institution
- Collection Creator
- Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919
- Place
- Egypt
- Cairo (Egypt)
- Topic
- Antiquities
- Art, Ancient
- Art, Egyptian
- Christian art and symbolism
- Biblical studies
- Creator
- Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919
- See more items in
- Charles Lang Freer Papers
- Charles Lang Freer Papers / Series 6: Financial Materials / 6.5: Vouchers / 6.5.2: Financial materials - Vouchers - Art vouchers / 1906-1907
- Extent
- 11 Sheets
- Date
- January, 1907
- Archival Repository
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
- Identifier
- FSA.A.01, Item FSA A.01 06.5.2.1907.01.04
- Type
- Archival materials
- Sheets
- Vouchers
- Collection Citation
- Charles Lang Freer Papers. FSA A.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer.
- Arrangement
- Freer's purchase vouchers are generally organized by date of purchase.
- Collection Rights
- Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
- Genre/Form
- Vouchers
- Scope and Contents
- Customs declarations and inventories of purchases made by Charles Freer while in Egypt between December 6th, 1906 and January 22nd, 1907. Also includes letters of instruction sent to Freer's secretary in Detroit, John M. Kennedy. Purchases include ancient Egyptian artifacts, as well as early Christian manuscripts purchased from Ali Arabi in Cairo.
- Freer collection numbers: F1907.1; F1906.272; F1906.273; F1906.274; F1906.275; F1906.297; F1906.298; F1907.3; F1907.11; F1907.19; F1907.21; F1907.4a-g; F1907.30; F1907.475; F1907.385; F1907.386; F1907.389
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1585218689097-1585218689739-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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