INVENTORY OF THE CHARLES FELLOWS CORRESPONDENCE, 1820-1879
(bulk 1839-1852)
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INVENTORY OF THE CHARLES FELLOWS CORRESPONDENCE, 1820-1879
(bulk 1839-1852)
Accession no. 970014
Finding aid written by J. Gibbs
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Charles Fellows correspondence
Date (inclusive): 1820-1879
Date (bulk): 1839-1852
Collection number: 970014
Creator:
Fellows, Charles, Sir, 1799-1860
Extent:
ca. 370 items
(.5
linear ft.)
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Dr., Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California 90049-1688
Abstract: Collection comprises drafts and handwritten
copies of letters, as well as notes and inventories written and received by the
British archaeologist Sir Charles Fellows (1820-1879). The letters and
inventories describe Fellows's expeditions to Lycia, in present day Turkey, and
most particularly, his excavation of Xanthus. Correspondence also concerns the
display of Lycian artifacts at the British Museum.
Language: Collection material in
English
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Charles Fellows correspondence, 1820-1879, bulk 1839-1852, Getty
Reseach Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 970014
Acquisition Information
The collection was acquired in 1997 at Christie's auction, London,
Nov 27, 1996. One letter, from Fellows to Desire Raoul-Rochette dated
1843, was acquired in 1985 (Special Collections accn. no. 850423) and moved to this collection.
Processing History
Jocelyn Gibbs processed, arranged and cataloged the collection. She
wrote this finding aid. The collection was microfilmed by the repository and a
copy of the microfilm given to the British Museum.
Alternate Form
Also available in the repository on microfilm.
Biographical/Historical Note
Sir Charles Fellows (1799-1860) was an English explorer and
archaeologist, best known for his expeditions in Asia Minor, especially in the
district of ancient Lycia (in present-day Turkey). During his first journey to
this area in 1838, he discovered the ruins of the ancient town of Xanthus. The
publication in 1839 of his journal of this expedition aroused great interest,
particularly at the British Museum, which requested that he bring artifacts
back to England on subsequent voyages. The museum helped arrange a royal decree
(firman) from the Sultan to enable Fellows to take away Lycian architectural
remnants and sculpture. The firman was obtained in 1842 while Fellows was on
his third expedition to the area. At the end of that year he shipped 78 cases
from Xanthus to the British Museum. In 1844 he extracted an additional 27 cases
of artifacts.
Eventually, Fellows's relationship with the British Museum Trustees
changed from one of mutual support to a battle over the design of the display
of Xanthian marbles. Fellows argued that the artifacts should be arranged
according to archaeological principles, and bitterly criticized the display the
sculptor Sir Richard Westmacott produced for the museum.
Fellows published several accounts of his travels and discoveries in
Lycia. In his publication,
The Xanthian marbles (London: John
Murray, 1843) Fellows describes his view of the incidents connected with the
acquisition of the marbles, in order to correct mistaken accounts and rumors.
His other publications include
The Inscribed monument at Xanthus (
1842),
An Account of discoveries in Lycia (
1841), and his first,
A Journal written during an excursion in Asia
Minor 1838
, (
1839).
Scope and Content of Collection
The Charles Fellows correspondence consists of letters, notes,
inventories, and cash accounts, dating from 1820-1879, and including undated
items. All are handwritten in ink or pencil. A few items are handwritten copies
of letters and accounts. Correspondents include people associated with the
British Museum, as well as experts and scholars, some of whom accompanied
Fellows on his expeditions. Fellows's letters are primarily drafts, many to
unidentified correspondents. The bulk of the material dates from 1839-1852. The
few items that date after 1859 (1869-1879) appear to be addressed to Lady
Fellows. One folder contains signatures torn from letters.
Fellows's letters and notes, several written from Asia Minor, detail
his expeditions, the attempt to get permission to ship architectural remnants
and sculpture from Xanthus to London, travel arrangements, discussions with
other scholars, and arrangements with his creditors. Some letters provide an
exchange of information about language and wildlife, especially birds and
insects, in Asia Minor. Inventories itemize the sculpture, building fragments
and other objects excavated from a site (probably Xanthus), list the workers,
tools and equipment.
Letters to and from Fellows, dated after 1842, reflect his dispute
with the Trustees of the British Museum over the display of the Xanthus marbles
at the museum. He argued for an arrangement based on archaeological principles
and against the exhibition design by the sculptor Sir Richard Westmacott. Lists
of accounts and letters reflect cash spent on salaries and equipment during his
expeditions, as well as London book sales and bookbinding costs of Fellows's
several publications, most published by J. Murray. Many letters are from people
associated with the British Museum, including Edward Hawkins, Keeper of
Antiquities; J. Forshall, Secretary of the Trustees; and William Hamilton.
Other correspondents include the photographer William Henry Fox Talbot, the
architect Robert Hesketh, who accompanied Fellows to Xanthus, the Austrian
orientalist Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, the topographer William Martin Leake,
and the English naturalist Edward Forbes.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in one series, organized by date, with
undated items at the end.
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Fellows, Charles, Sir,
1799-1860
Talbot, William Henry
Fox, 1800-1877
Westmacott, Richard,
Sir
British Museum
Art—Exhibition
techniques
Sculpture,
Ancient—Turkey
Places
Excavations
(Archaeology)—Turkey—Lycia
Excavations
(Archaeology)—Turkey—Xanthos (Extinct city)
Turkey—Antiquities
Xanthos (Extinct
city)
Form/Genre
Correspondence
Contributors
Fellows, Charles, Sir,
1799-1860
Forshall, Josiah,
1795-1863
Hamilton, William John,
1805-1867
Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph,
Freiherr von, 1774-1856
Hawkins, Edward,
1780-1867
Hesketh, Robert,
architect
Leake, William Martin,
1777-1860
Talbot, William Henry
Fox, 1800-1877
Series I.
Correspondence,
1820-1879,
undated
Physical Description:
.5 lin. ft.
1 box
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, arranged chronologically.
Box 1, Folder 1
From W. S. (?)
1820
Sep 13
Box 1, Folder 1
Envelope only, addressed to Fellows,
1827
Nov 4
Box 1, Folder 1
Envelope only, addressed to Fellows,
1827 Dec 6
Box 1, Folder 2
Signed affidavit regarding Rev. Chauncy,
1830
Apr 10
Box 1, Folder 2
Henry D. Gilphins (?) from Philadelphia,
1831 (?) Jul 21
Box 1, Folder 2
Envelope only, addressed to Fellows,
1831
Dec 21
Box 1, Folder 2
Written to Sig. Giuliano Cataldi, Genova, on behalf
of Fellows,
1833 Jul 24
Box 1, Folder 2
Thomas Donaldson (Royal Institute of British
Architects)
1838
Dec 7
Box 1, Folder 3
Arthur Barron,
1839
Feb 12
Box 1, Folder 3
Edward Hawkins (Keeper of Antiquities, British Museum)
1839
Apr
Box 1, Folder 3
Arrowsmith (?)
1839
Apr 12
Box 1, Folder 3
From John Washington,
1839
Apr 13,
undated
Physical Description:
2 letters
Box 1, Folder 3
Edward Hawkins,
1839
Nov 20
Box 1, Folder 3
Letter from Fellows to Robert Hesketh (architect) and
Hesketh letter to Fellows,
1839
Dec
Physical Description:
2 letters
Box 1, Folder 3
List of places in Asia Minor,
1839
Physical Description:
6 pages
Box 1, Folder 3
Letter and list of subscribers supporting Fellows's
voyage,
1839-1841
Box 1, Folder 4
“True copy” of letter from Lord Ponsonby,
1840
Mar 7
Scope and Content Note
Letter published in
The Xanthian marbles,
1843, p. 2-3.
Box 1, Folder 4
Two letters from Fellows to ?,
1840 Sep 3-4
Box 1, Folder 4
Letters from Fellows to J. Murray (publisher) and
unidentified,
1840
Oct 4,
1840
Oct 12
Physical Description:
2 letters
Box 1, Folder 4
Samuel Birch,
1840
Oct 10
Box 1, Folder 4
H. F. Talbot,
1840
Nov 17
Box 1, Folder 4
Fellows to Robert Hesketh,
1840
Nov
Physical Description:
4 letters
Box 1, Folder 4
Daniel Sharpe,
1840
Nov 24
Box 1, Folder 4
Robert Hesketh,
1840
Dec 2
Box 1, Folder 4
Baron von Hammer, (Joseph Hammer-Purgstall)
1840
Dec 21
Box 1, Folder 5
David Don (Linnaean Society)
1841
Feb
Physical Description:
3 letters
Box 1, Folder 5
Daniel Sharpe,
1841
Physical Description:
3 letters
Scope and Content Note
Letters dated April, May, and unidentified month.
Box 1, Folder 5
Draft letters from Fellows,
1841
May 29,
undated
Physical Description:
2 letters
Box 1, Folder 5
William Hamilton,
1841 Jun
Physical Description:
2 letters
Box 1, Folder 5
Letters from Wiener, and (draft replies?) from
Fellows,
1841 Jun
Physical Description:
5 letters, and 2 pp. of
drafts
Box 1, Folder 5
J. Forshall (Secretary, Trustees of the British
Museum)
1841
Jun 9
Box 1, Folder 5
J. Forshall,
1841
Jul 13
Scope and Content Note
Letter marked “Private.”
Box 1, Folder 5
William Hamilton,
1841
Sep 9
Box 1, Folder 5
Fellows letter fragment or draft,
1841
Oct
Box 1, Folder 5
Draft of Fellows letter to Trustees, British Museum,
1841
Oct 12
Scope and Content Note
Letter published in
The Xanthian marbles,
1843, p. 4.
Box 1, Folder 5
Fellows letter to Ch. Bankhead (?) of the British
Embassy, Pera, and letter from Bankhead to Fellows,
1841
Nov
Physical Description:
2 letters
Scope and Content Note
Letter from Fellows is a handwritten copy.
Box 1, Folder 5
Robert Hesketh,
1841
Nov 23
Box 1, Folder 5
Fellows to Frank Pearson,
1841
Dec 16
Box 1, Folder 5
Handwritten copy of letter from Donat & Co.
(Fellows's creditor?) to Jacob van Lennep Co., Smyrna,
1841
Dec 27
Box 1, Folder 5
C. Fellows expenses, handwritten account,
1841
Physical Description:
2 sheets
Box 1, Folder 6
Fellows draft letter to Thomas Graves (Captain of
H.M.S. Beacon?)
1842
Jan 17
Box 1, Folder 6
Thomas Graves (on board the H.M.S Beacon) to Fellows
at Xanthus,
1842
Jan 21
Box 1, Folder 6
Letters from Jacob van Lennep Co., Smyrna, to Fellows
on board the Beacon,
1842
Jan 28,
Feb
16
Physical Description:
2 letters
Box 1, Folder 6
Letters from Thomas Graves to Fellows,
1842 Feb
Physical Description:
4 letters
Box 1, Folder 6
Handwritten copy of Fellows letter,
1842
Feb 28
Box 1, Folder 6
Fellows (?) letter,
1842
Mar 11
Box 1, Folder 6
Sir Thomas Mason (Admiralty House, Malta) to Fellows,
1842
Mar 11
Box 1, Folder 6
Fellows draft letter,
1842
Mar 14
Box 1, Folder 6
Fellows draft letter or notes,
1842
Apr 1
Box 1, Folder 6
Edward Hawkins,
1842
Apr 6
Box 1, Folder 6
Fellows draft letter to Editor of
The Times regarding Xanthian
expedition,
1842
May 6
Box 1, Folder 6
Samuel Sharpe,
1842
Sep 19
Box 1, Folder 6
Letter from M. R. Hawkins (son of Edward Hawkins) to
Fellows,
[1842]
Scope and Content Note
Hawkins informs Fellows that “the firman is got.” Letter
undated.
Box 1, Folder 7
Handwritten copy of letter from J. Forshall to the
Hon. Sidney Herbert,
1843
Mar 15
Box 1, Folder 7
John W. Powes (?)
1843
Mar 14
Box 1, Folder 7
J. Buckingham (?)
1843
Mar 24
Box 1, Folder 7
Edward Hawkins,
1843
Apr 29
Box 1, Folder 7
John Dickinson,
1843
Jul 18
Box 1, Folder 7
Fellows to Desiree Raoul-Rachette, Bibliothèque
nationale,
1843
Aug 8
Box 1, Folder 7
Edward Hawkins,
1843
Sep 1
Box 1, Folder 7
Admiral Edward Owen,
1843
Oct 11
Box 1, Folder 7
Accounts from Fellows to G. Dansford,
1843
Oct 18
Box 1, Folder 7
Jacob van Lennep Co. letter with financial accounting,
1843
Dec 28
Box 1, Folder 7
Cash account of the expedition,
1843-1845
Physical Description:
4 sheets
Box 1, Folder 8
Wardell (?) on the H.M.S. Medea, Malta, to Fellows,
1844
May 5
Box 1, Folder 8
Alexandre Chodzna (?)
1844
May 19
Scope and Content Note
Letter in French.
Box 1, Folder 8
Fellows draft letter,
1844
Jul (?) 10
Box 1, Folder 8
John Barlow (?), Royal Institution,
1844
Jul 16
Box 1, Folder 8
Fellows letter or note about money, no addressee,
1844
Sep 24
Box 1, Folder 8
E. Renals (Secy., Committee of the Northern Mechanics
Institution)
1844
Oct 2
Box 1, Folder 8
J. Buckingham,
1844
Oct 9
Box 1, Folder 8
Fellows draft letter to the Royal Institution,
1844
Oct 10
Box 1, Folder 8
Fellows draft letter,
1844
Nov 8
Scope and Content Note
Letter includes insert on which is written 2 words, in English
and Persian script.
Box 1, Folder 8
G.R. Lockwell (?)
1844
Dec 26
Box 1, Folder 8
William Hamilton,
1844
Dec 26
Box 1, Folder 8
Letters from H. Braubeck (?), Athens, to Fellows at
Xanthus,
1844
Mar 8,
Mar
12
Physical Description:
2 letters
Box 1, Folder 8
Financial accounts (to and from Fellows?)
1844
Physical Description:
5 sheets
Box 1, Folder 8
Cash accounts,
1844
Physical Description:
3 sheets
Box 1, Folder 9
Gerhard (Berlin)
1845
Jan 21
Box 1, Folder 9
From an architect with the R.I.B.A., (Poynter?)
1845
Feb 9
Box 1, Folder 9
Fellows draft letter,
1845
Feb 9
Box 1, Folder 9
Letter about Fellows's bookbinding account,
1845
Feb 10
Box 1, Folder 9
R.J.E. Taylor regarding book sales accounts,
1845
Feb 10
Box 1, Folder 9
Fellows draft letter to Sir Robert Peel,
1845
May 2
Box 1, Folder 9
Fellows draft letter to the British Museum,
1845
May 20
Box 1, Folder 9
Fellows draft letter,
1845
Aug 1
Box 1, Folder 9
Fellows draft letter to the Trustees of the British
Museum,
1845
Box 1, Folder 10
Fellows letter (to Forshall?)
1846
Sep 11
Box 1, Folder 10
Fellows letter (to Forshall?)
1846 Sep 22
Box 1, Folder 10
Fellows (to J. Forshall),
1846
Aug (?) 22
Box 1, Folder 11
Fellows drafts, notes,
1847
Feb 2
Physical Description:
5 pp.
Box 1, Folder 11
Fellows draft letter,
1847
Feb 3
Box 1, Folder 11
Fellows draft letter to Sir Robert Peel,
1847
Feb 4
Physical Description:
2 sheets
Box 1, Folder 11
Fellows draft letter,
1847
Feb 8
Box 1, Folder 11
Fellows draft letter,
1847
Apr(?) 1
Box 1, Folder 11
Fellows draft letter,
1847
Jun 5
Box 1, Folder 11
Fellows draft letter,
1847
Jul 10
Box 1, Folder 11
Fellows draft letter to Sir Robert Peel,
1847
Jun 11
Box 1, Folder 11
Fellows draft letter to J. Forshall,
1847
Jun 22
Box 1, Folder 11
Fellows draft letter to Edward Forbes,
1847
Jun(?) 23
Box 1, Folder 11
Letter from Principal Librarian at the British Museum,
1847
(?) Oct
Scope and Content Note
Signature illegible.
Box 1, Folder 11
Fellows letter to J. Forshall and the Trustees of the
British Museum,
1847
Nov 13
Box 1, Folder 12
J. Payne Collier (British Museum)
1848
Feb 18
Box 1, Folder 12
J. Payne Collier “private” letter to Fellows,
1848
Feb 18
Box 1, Folder 12
J. Payne Collier,
1848
Mar 7
Box 1, Folder 12
J. Payne Collier,
1848
Mar 14
Box 1, Folder 12
John Edw. Gray (?)
1848
Aug 28
Box 1, Folder 12
Daniel Sharpe,
1848
Aug 29
Box 1, Folder 12
Fellows letter to Lord [illegible]
1848
Aug 29
Box 1, Folder 13
Edward Falkener (?)
1850
Apr 6
Box 1, Folder 13
Fellows draft letter,
1850
Jul 17
Box 1, Folder 13
Fellows draft letter,
1850
Nov 18
Box 1, Folder 13
[illegible]; letter regarding Wm. Lorichs,
1851
Dec 10
Box 1, Folder 13
Robert Inglis,
1852
May 3
Box 1, Folder 13
Fellows draft letter to Robert Inglis,
1852
May 8
Box 1, Folder 13
Robert Inglis,
1852
May 24
Box 1, Folder 13
Fellows to Robert Inglis,
1852
May 29
Box 1, Folder 13
Robert Inglis,
1852
May 31
Box 1, Folder 13
Notes from a committee meeting (British Museum?), by
Henry Ellis, Principal Librarian, British Museum,
1852
Jun 5
Box 1, Folder 13
Fellows to Robert Inglis,
1852
Nov 1
Box 1, Folder 13
Fellows draft letter to Robert Inglis,
1852
Nov (?) 4
Box 1, Folder 13
Letter from Henry Ellis,
1852
Nov 10
Scope and Content Note
Includes handwritten copy of letter by Fellows on the reverse,
[1852]
Nov 11.
Box 1, Folder 13
Cochs (?), (J. Murray)
1852
Dec 8
Scope and Content Note
Regarding book sales accounts.
Box 1, Folder 14
William Ramsay,
1855
Aug 4
Box 1, Folder 14
Augustin W. Langdon,
1855
Sep 14
Box 1, Folder 14
Principal Librarian, British Museum [signature
illegible]
1856
Jun 4
Box 1, Folder 14
Principal Librarian, British Museum [signature
illegible]
1856
Jul 15
Box 1, Folder 14
Christian Laslen (?)
1856
Jul 26
Box 1, Folder 14
Count Brandenburg,
1856
Aug 5
Box 1, Folder 14
Christian Laslen (?)
1856
Sep 24
Box 1, Folder 14
J.S. Smallfield,
1859
Jun 27
Scope and Content Note
Regarding sales of Fellows's books and stock on hand.
Box 1, Folder 14
R. Cochs (?) (J. Murray letterhead) regarding book
sales accounts,
1859
Jul 21
Box 1, Folder 14
J.S. Smallfield, regarding book sales accounts,
1859
Aug 9
Box 1, Folder 14
Letter from the Fine Arts Club (signature illegible)
to Lady Fellows,
1869
(?) Jul 4
Box 1, Folder 15
Letter from Wm. P. Phillimore of the Subscription
Library,
1876
May 1
Box 1, Folder 15
C. Nottingham,
1879
Mar 4
Box 1, Folder 16
Fellows's undated letters, notes,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Most are drafts, some fragments.
Box 1, Folder 16
Letter to W.H. Parker
Physical Description:
2 items
Scope and Content Note
With a needle and red thread on cardboard.
Box 1, Folder 16
Letter from Fellows (at Xanthus) to F.G.
Wilkinson
Box 1, Folder 16
Letters, notes by Fellows, unidentified addresses
Physical Description:
29 items
Box 1, Folder 17
Undated letters to Fellows, alphabetically by
sender
Box 1, Folder 17
Athenaeum, acknowledging receipt of
drawings
Box 1, Folder 17
Samuel Birch (British Museum)
Box 1, Folder 17
Coby (?), 2 letters, one in French
Box 1, Folder 17
J. Forshall
Physical Description:
2 letters
Box 1, Folder 17
Benjamin Gibson
Physical Description:
2 sheets
Scope and Content Note
1 letter from Benjamin Gibson, with extract of B. Gibson
letter in Fellow's handwriting
Box 1, Folder 17
William Martin Leake
Physical Description:
2 letters
Box 1, Folder 17
Prince of Leiningens (?) to Lady Fellows
Box 1, Folder 17
J. Milligen (?) to Fellows in Florence
Physical Description:
2 letters
Box 1, Folder 17
Invitation from the Pasha, via Francesco
Oculli
Box 1, Folder 17
Richard Taylor
Scope and Content Note
Regarding introduction to W. Landseer.
Box 1, Folder 17
Richard Taylor
Scope and Content Note
Regarding accounts.
Box 1, Folder 18
Undated, unidentified letters and notes
Box 1, Folder 18
Letters to Fellows
Scope and Content Note
Two letters, 1 on Her Majesty's Post Master General
stationery.
Box 1, Folder 18
Fragment
Scope and Content Note
With two words written on it: “Lycian” and [illegible].
Box 1, Folder 18
Envelope addressed to Fellows
Scope and Content Note
With wax seal, and small pencil drawing.
Box 1, Folder 19
Undated inventories and financial accounts
Scope and Content Note
Regarding expeditions.
Box 1, Folder 19
Inventory of sculpture, objects, building fragments
Physical Description:
1 p.
Box 1, Folder 19
“A list of the working men employed at Xanthus”
Physical Description:
1 p.
Box 1, Folder 19
“List of men's names working on shore”
Physical Description:
1 p.
Box 1, Folder 19
Inventory of tools
Physical Description:
1 p.
Scope and Content Note
Such as, nails, brushes, spades, etc.
Box 1, Folder 19
List of measurements
Physical Description:
2 pp.
Scope and Content Note
Appears to be measurements for shipping crates.
Box 1, Folder 19
List of place names
Physical Description:
1 p.
Scope and Content Note
With Turkish pronunciation and meanings.
Box 1, Folder 19
“Contents of large portfolio” list of drawings (of
Xanthus?)
Physical Description:
3 sheets
Box 1, Folder 19
List of expenses
Physical Description:
1 p.
Scope and Content Note
For wages and equipment, in Fellows's handwriting.
Box 1, Folder 19
Receipt between Fellows and Admiral Martin (?)
Physical Description:
1 p.
Box 1, Folder 19
List in Turkish
Physical Description:
1 p.
Scope and Content Note
With numbers, handwritten in pencil.
Box 1, Folder 20
3 letter fragments, with signatures
Box 1, Folder 20
5 letter fragments, with signatures
Scope and Content Note
Pasted on 1 sheet.
