Identity area
Reference code
Add. MS a/732/6
Title
Letter from Charles William King to unidentified correspondent
Date(s)
- 23 Dec. 1867 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 folded sheet.
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
A pencil note at the top of the letter records that it was given to the library by Carl Frederick Pantin in Jul. 1955.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Trinity College, Cambridge. - Expects he will be in Cambridge for the whole of the winter; will be 'delighted to have, as soon as possible, your last glyptic acquisitions to criticise'. The 'very curious' subject first enclosed must be 'the amour of Jove with Olympias, which got Alexander', as indicated by the globe at her foot. Mentioned his correspondent's purchase of the iron rings to 'poor [George] Eastwood', who said they were a 'queer lot' which he had kept together in a drawer. Discussion of other collectors.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Found at the front of O.10a.6, a bound volume of King's notes on 'Antiques Gems and Rings'.