Creator:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Names:

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Collection Creator:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Extent:

56 Sheets

Type:

Archival materials

Sheets

Vouchers

Place:

Egypt

Cairo (Egypt)

Syria

Palmyra (Syria)

Damascus (Syria)

Aleppo (Syria)

Jerusalem

Date:

May-August,1908

Scope and Contents:

Purchase vouchers, notes and price relating to purchases made by Charles Freer while in Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Turkey and Paris between May and August, 1908. Purchases were primarily Syrian and Persian pottery and tiles, but also included ancient Egyptian artifacts, manuscripts, and a mortuary bust from Palmyra. Dealers included Maurice Nahman, Cairo; Marcopoli & Co., Aleppo; Murad Barody, Beirut; N. Ohan, Jerusalem; Tabbagh Freres & Co., Paris, and Dikran Kelekian, Paris. Documents also include travel itinerary notes and a reciept for a donation for relief of the poor of Aleppo.

Freer collection numbers: F1908.53; F1908.54; F1908.110; F1908.111; F1908.112; F1908.113; F1908.117; F1908.118; F1908.119; ; F1908.120; F1908.121; F1908.122a-b; F1908.123; F1908.124; F1908.125; F1908.126; F1908.127; F1908.128; F1908.129; F1908.133; F1908.130; F1908.131; F1908.132; F1908.134; F1908.135; F1908.136; F1908.137; F1908.138; F1908.139; F1908.140; F1908.141; F1908.142; F1908.143; F1908.144; F1908.145; F1908.146; F1908.147; F1908.148; F1908.149; F1908.150; F1908.151; F1908.152; F1908.153; F1908.154; F1908.155; F1908.156; F1908.157; F1908.158; F1908.159; F1908.160; F1908.161; F1908.162; F1908.163; F1908.164; F1908.165; F1908.166; F1908.167; F1908.168; F1908.184; F1908.185; F1908.186; F1908.187; F1908.179; F1908.180; F1908.190; F1908.191; F1908.192; F1908.193; F1908.202; F1908.223; F1908.224; F1908.236; F1908.250;

Arrangement:

Freer's purchase vouchers are generally organized by date of purchase.

Local Numbers:

FSA A.01 06.5.2.1908.12.13

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Topic:

Antiquities  Search this

Art, Ancient  Search this

Art, Egyptian  Search this

Art, Islamic  Search this

Christian art and symbolism  Search this

Genre/Form:

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.

Identifier:

FSA.A.01, Item FSA A.01 06.5.2.1908.12.13

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 / 1908

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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