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sculpture queuing to get in the British Museum

sculpture queuing to get in the British Museum

Sculpted Lions: The Mausoleum of Halikarnassos in View

Debbie Challis

Feb 246 min read

Holiday Sketches: Two Female Artists and an Archaeologist Husband go on Holiday, 1863

Holiday Sketches: Two Female Artists and an Archaeologist Husband go on Holiday, 1863

Holiday Sketches: Two Female Artists and an Archaeologist Husband go on Holiday, 1863

Debbie Challis

Jan 282 min read

Ann Mary (Severn) Newton Found – In Part

Ann Mary (Severn) Newton Found – In Part

Ann Mary (Severn) Newton Found – In Part

Debbie Challis

Jan 182 min read

On Knowing Greek A Bit

On Knowing Greek A Bit

On Knowing Greek A Bit

Debbie Challis

Sep 10, 20246 min read

Party Like a Victorian: Pianos, Pipes and People

Party Like a Victorian: Pianos, Pipes and People

Party Like a Victorian: Pianos, Pipes and People

Debbie Challis

May 26, 20245 min read

Gertrude Jekyll and Mary Severn Newton Abroad: The 1863 Trip – Part 3 Constantinople

Gertrude Jekyll and Mary Severn Newton Abroad: The 1863 Trip – Part 3 Constantinople

Gertrude Jekyll and Mary Severn Newton Abroad: The 1863 Trip – Part 3 Constantinople

Debbie Challis

Mar 23, 20244 min read

Artists Abroad: Gertrude Jekyll and Mary Severn Newton's 1863 Trip – Part 2 Rhodes

Artists Abroad: Gertrude Jekyll and Mary Severn Newton's 1863 Trip – Part 2 Rhodes

Artists Abroad: Gertrude Jekyll and Mary Severn Newton's 1863 Trip – Part 2 Rhodes

Debbie Challis

Mar 18, 20244 min read

Artists Abroad: Gertrude Jekyll and Mary Severn Newton's 1863 Trip – Part 1

Artists Abroad: Gertrude Jekyll and Mary Severn Newton's 1863 Trip – Part 1

Artists Abroad: Gertrude Jekyll and Mary Severn Newton's 1863 Trip – Part 1

Debbie Challis

Mar 10, 20244 min read

Athens in Venice: Conquest and Casts

Athens in Venice: Conquest and Casts

Athens in Venice: Conquest and Casts

Debbie Challis

Jan 28, 20244 min read

Finding Ann Mary Severn Newton

Finding Ann Mary Severn Newton

Finding Ann Mary Severn Newton

Debbie Challis

Dec 19, 20234 min read

Biography to Autobiography and Back: More on Mary Severn Newton

Biography to Autobiography and Back: More on Mary Severn Newton

Biography to Autobiography and Back: More on Mary Severn Newton

Debbie Challis

Jun 4, 202311 min read

The Legacy of the Earl of Elgin's Memorandum

The Legacy of the Earl of Elgin's Memorandum

The Legacy of the Earl of Elgin's Memorandum

Debbie Challis

Apr 10, 20234 min read

Melina Mercouri Day in Athens

Melina Mercouri Day in Athens

Melina Mercouri Day in Athens

Debbie Challis

Mar 7, 20234 min read

Planned Plunder? The British Museum and the 1868 Maqdala Expedition

Planned Plunder? The British Museum and the 1868 Maqdala Expedition

Planned Plunder? The British Museum and the 1868 Maqdala Expedition

Debbie Challis

Jan 21, 20233 min read

The Legacies of Charles Thomas Newton: Classical Sculpture, Collecting, Museums & Diplomacy

The Legacies of Charles Thomas Newton: Classical Sculpture, Collecting, Museums & Diplomacy

The Legacies of Charles Thomas Newton: Classical Sculpture, Collecting, Museums & Diplomacy

Debbie Challis

Dec 20, 20223 min read

An architect, a diplomat (or 'thief'), his secretary and his memorandum

An architect, a diplomat (or 'thief'), his secretary and his memorandum

An architect, a diplomat (or 'thief'), his secretary and his memorandum

Debbie Challis

Dec 16, 20222 min read

Finding Thessaloniki’s Lost Monument in Manchester: Portico to Portico

Finding Thessaloniki’s Lost Monument in Manchester: Portico to Portico

Finding Thessaloniki’s Lost Monument in Manchester: Portico to Portico

Debbie Challis

Jul 31, 20225 min read

Walking the Walls of Thessaloniki

Walking the Walls of Thessaloniki

Walking the Walls of Thessaloniki

Debbie Challis

May 8, 20225 min read

Seeing White: Brexit Britain, Nationalism and the Parthenon Sculptures

Seeing White: Brexit Britain, Nationalism and the Parthenon Sculptures

Seeing White: Brexit Britain, Nationalism and the Parthenon Sculptures

Debbie Challis

Jan 24, 20228 min read

Seeing White: What was Said and Not Said at the British Museum

Seeing White: What was Said and Not Said at the British Museum

Seeing White: What was Said and Not Said at the British Museum

Debbie Challis

Jan 23, 20226 min read

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