Francis Henry Bacon Papers

COLLECTION OVERVIEW

Collection Number: GR 黑料吃瓜网 FHB 017
Name(s) of Creator(s): Francis Henry Bacon (1856-1940)
Title: Francis H. Bacon Papers
Date [bulk]:
Date [inclusive]: 1881-1938
Language(s): English
Summary: This collection contains several albums (scrapbooks) compiled by Francis H. Bacon (F.H.B.); four are proper journals illustrated with B/W photographs: “A Journey to the Mediterranean in 1897,” “The Journal of Francis H. Bacon for 1895 from Boston to Dardanelles and return by way of Gibraltar, Algiers, Naples, Palermo, Messina, Taormina, Catania, Piraeus, Aegina, Smyrna, Dardanelles, Constantinople, Vienna, Paris, London,” “A Journey to the Mediterranean in 1914,” and “Journey to the Dardanelles by Francis H. Bacon 1919”.
In addition to these four journals, the collection includes: the publication Investigations at Assos (1902) with additional notes and photographs added by F.H. B.; an album with about sixty late 19^th century (what seem to be random) newspaper clippings; an album titled The International Manuscripts, which is a collection of facsimiles from original manuscripts in the British Museum; an album containing newspaper clippings and humorously described by F.H.B. as : “This is My scrapbook not Yours! If you don’t like the selections, it is nullum tui negotii! -- About 1886 –”; an untitled collection of B/W reprints of drawings and photographs of exteriors and interiors of various buildings and paintings from magazines; an untitled collection of F.H.B. journals, letters and magazine reprints dating 1878–1938 plus miscellaneous photographs and drawings; and pencil drawings, rubbings and ground plans from the Agora, Delphi, Epidauros and Acropolis Museum, Athens Epigraphical Museum, Athens National Museum, National Museum Naples, Patissia Museum, Pireaus Museum and “Stamboul” Museum.
A typescript copy of the so-called "Assos Days" ("An Archaeological Expedition to Asia Minor. Letters and Journals of Francis H. Bacon, 1881-1882-1883"), a typescript account titled "How Francis H. Bacon Got Away from the Dardanelles for the Long Dreamed of Visit to Athens" (May 6, 1938), a typescript of the "Log of the Dorian," a collection of several portrait photos taken by Francis H. Bacon in 1929, 1931, and 1938 (portraits include: Carl W. Blegen, Bert H. Hill, Konstantinos Kourouniotis and Panagiotis Aristophron, Vasileios Leonardos, David M. Robinson, and Adolf Wilhelm), and photocopies of news published by Bacon in various newsletters. There is also a second copy (photocopy) of his travelling journal “Assos Days 1881-1883,” as well as a geological map by J. S. Diller (1881) and a map representing Mr. J. H. Haynes’s route (kept separately in Flat Storage, drawer #15). Finally, the collection includes Bacon's portfolio of F.S.D. (Full-Scale-Detail) moldings and rubbings of relief decoration of funerary monuments, capitals, and friezes in Asia Minor, and Greece.
Quantity: 0.30 linear meters
Immediate Source of Acquisition: Francis H. Bacon, 1938; Helen Bacon Landry 1995; Tessa Dinsmoor, 1998; Robert S. Bacon and descendants, 2022.
Information about Access: The collection is available for research
Cite as: 黑料吃瓜网, Archives, Francis H. Bacon Papers (Αμερικανική Σχολή Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Αθήνα, Αρχείο Francis H. Bacon)

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Francis H. Bacon (1856-1940) studied architecture and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1876. He and Joseph T. Clarke excavated at Assos, near the Dardanelles, the first classical excavation of the newly founded Archaeological Institute of America. Bacon is one of the three co-authors of the excavations's final publication, Investigations at Assos (1921). After Assos, Bacon became an interior designer working for A.H. Davenport.

Bacon was one of the few architects who continued to produce F.S.D. (Full-Scale Detail) architectural drawings in the early 20th century. He and his wife Alice Calvert are buried in the Dardanelles.

See also: N. Vogeikoff-Brogan, "," in From the Archivist's Notebook, June 9, 2019.

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BOX 1
Note: This box contains five albums: I, II, IV, V, XII

(ALBUM I): “A Journey to the Mediterranean in 1897 by Francis H. Bacon”.

29 x 24 cm, blue-gray hard paper cover, 101 pages. Condition is good. Printed label inside front cover “The Property of Francis H. Bacon”.

Fifty-six pages of typed, double-spaced text interspersed with forty-four pages (obverse and reverse) of seventy-six photographs. F.H.B. transcribed this travelogue from his hand-written letters (there is occasional penciled editing). Almost all of the photographs have hand-written captions which are copied here without quotation marks. Occasionally comments in italics in parenthesis. Unless otherwise described as postcards or professional photographs, these appear to be photographs taken by F.H.B.

Each page of text has a typed page number at bottom of page and a different penciled page number upper right corner which took into account the addition of photographs. Numbers in parenthesis are the penciled album page number (24r means reverse of page 24).

Text and Photographs

25 September 1897. S.S. Fulda. (Steamship from New York to Italy). (1)
The Deck of the Fulda. (2)
Germaine Ceresole. (2)
Entering Gibraltar, The Waterport Gate, F.H.B., G.C. (2r)
Gibraltar (?).
The Ticket they give on entering Gibraltar. (A small ticket stub). (2r)
[Two untitled photographs, probably Gibraltar] (3)
Gibraltar. (3r)
In the Garden, F.H.B., Miss Wilder. (3r)
26 September–2 October 1897. On board S.S. Fulda. (4)
3 October 1897. Pass Cape St. Vincent. (4)
4 October 1897. Gibraltar. (4–5)
4–6 October 1897. Pass Sardinia. (5)
7 October 1897. Disembark in Naples. (5)
8 October 1897. Pompeii, Naples, purse-snatcher. (5–7)
Diving for Money, Naples. (8)
The Galleria. (8)
The House of Vettias – Pompeii. 4 photos. (8r–9)
Pompei. (9r)
The Baths. (9r)
Pompei. 2 photos. (10)
9 October 1897. Naples, train to Brindisi. (11)
10 October 1897. Joins his family arriving by steamboat from Dardanelles and they continue on to Trieste, Venice. (11)
12 October 1897. Trieste. (11–12)
13 October 1897. Trieste, board boat for Vienna. (12)
14 October 1897. Venice. (12–13)
15 October 1897. Venice. (13)
16 October 1897. Venice. (13)
17 October 1897. Train to Florence. (13)
18 October 1897. Florence. (13–14)
18–21 October 1897. Florence. (14–15)
22 October 1897. Train to Milan. (15)
23–24 October 1897. Milan (15)
The Rialto, Venice. 2 photos. (16)
Base of the Rialto. (16r)
My Family. (16r)
Alice & Fritz. (17)
In the Ducal Palace. (17)
Florence. (17r)
Over the Arno. (17r)
Palazzo Vecchio. (18)
Fritz in Tower of Palazzo Vecchio. (18)
Tower of Palazzo Vecchio. (18r)
In Court of Palazzo Vecchio. (18r)
In the Loggia, Florence, Bronze Perseus by Benvenuto Cellini. 2 photos. (19)
In Florence. 2 photos. (19r)
In the Bargello, Florence. 2 photos. (20)
Fiesole. 2 photos. (20r)
Tomb of Hugo by Mina diFiesole, Florence. Fritz. (21)
Lake Como. (21)
Como. 2 photos. (21r)
On Lake Como. (22)
In Como. (22)
Brunato. (22r)
Villa on Como. (22r)
Lake Como. 8 photos. (23–24r)
Bellagio, Lake Como. (25)
Up to Villa Serbellino. (25)
Lake Como. 2 photos. (25r)
25 October 1897. Como. (26)
26 October 1897. Como, carriage to Blevio. (26)
27 October 1897. Steamer to Bellagio for the day. (26–27)
28 October 1897. Bus to Berne, short stop in Lucerne. (27–28)
29–30 October 1897. Berne. (28–29)
31 October 1897. Lausanne. (29)
1 November 1897. Visit with friends. (29–30)
2 November 1897. Train to Paris. (30)
3 November 1897. Paris. Train to Harve, board S.S. Gascogne for New York, “vacation is over” (30–31)
Fountains in Berne. 4 photos. (32–32r)
On the Gascogne. 2 photos. (33)
The Gascogne. (33r)
Firenze. Large professional photograph. (34)
By Mina da Fiesole in Cathedral at Volterra. Large professional photograph. (34r)
Firenze, Museo Nazionale. Large professional photograph. (35)
Firenze. Large professional photograph. (35r)
Firenze, Museo Nazionale. Large professional photograph. 5 photos. (36–38)
Padova. Large professional photograph. (38r)

The second part of this travelogue is 35 typed pages of transcribed letters written to his good friend W.E. “Billy” Chamberlin (classmates at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, class of 1877) from 20 July 1904 to 25 March 1910 on what appear to have been business trips buying and studying furniture and interior architecture designs for his work at Davenport Company. (39–80)

“Letters to W.E. Chamberlin, Boston, 1926”. (39)
20 July 1904. Describes trip on 9 July 1904 from Constantinople to Vienna, Zurich, Bale, Lausanne, Paris. He mentions Anastas Adossides, M. Homolle, former director of French School in Athens. (40–46)
4 September 1907, “Another Journey, Letter to W.E. Chamberlin at Cambridge” on board S.S. Deutschland from U.S. to Plymouth, Cherbourg, Paris. (46–47)
5 September 1907, “Hotel St. James & D’Albany, Paris. Letter to W.E. Chamberlin.” (47–51)
Two studio photos of W. E. Chamberlin dated 1880, 1891. (50)
Two cartoon drawings and hand-written letter to Chamberlin on Hotel Ulm, Münster letter paper. (50r)
9 September 1907. Lausanne, Ulm, Augsburg, Munich, Stuttgart. (51–54)
14 September 1907. Augsburg to Munich. (54–55)
23 September 1907. Rothenburg, Steinach, Nurnberg, Berlin, Hannover, Bremen. (“Berlin is a great big deadly uninteresting city.” (55–59)
6–9 March 1910. “Another Journey! To W.E. Chamberlin. On board S.S. Romanic” U.S. to Italy. (59–61)
“To W.E.C. – On a postcard from Algiers”. (61)
15 March 1910. Grand Hotel Marini, Rome, Naples. (62–64)
16–18 March 1910. “To W.E. Chamberlin” Naples, Rome. Talks about the Ludovisi Throne “It was smuggled out of Italy.” and the American Academy in Rome. (64–69)
25–? March 1910. Rome, Sienna, Florence, Bologna, Venice. Concerning the Sienna Cathedral: “Why did they stripe it so? Some crazy loon just out of prison I suppose!” (69–75)

In these March 1910 letters from Italy he talks a lot about the flourishing business of faking antique furniture.

Poem from WEC to FHB, Cambridgeport 1890. (76–77)
Poem by John Stewardson, 1894. (78–80)

Photographs (81–99), unless otherwise noted these appear to be photographs taken by F.H.B.:

Marble vases from Didyma in the Louvre. 4 photos. (81, 81r)
Cast of Naxian Sphinx in Louvre. (82)
“MEWES Archt. in his office in Paris, friend of Chamberlin with him in Atelier Vaudremer”. (82)
Statues in Tuleries Garden, Paris. 2 photos. (82r)
Tuleries Garden. 4 photos. (83, 83r)
Louvre from Quai Voltaire. (84)
F.H.B. Fountain in Court, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris. (84)
Mrs. Edward Ceresole (nee Wilder), Germaine Ceresole and children. (84r)
The Tea at Chalet on the Hills. (84r)
Ulm. Postcard. (85)
Cathedral at Ulm on the Danube. Postcard. (85)
Ulm Cathedral. Postcard. (85r)
Ulm Cathedral, Main Entrance. Postcard. (85r)
Augsburg, the only photograph I took. (86)
Munich. (86)
Munich, on the road to Nymphenburg, Fritz. (86r)
Munich, Palace at Nymphenburg. (86r)
Munich, in the Restaurant Hofbraü. (87)
Nurnbürg, St. Sebald. (87)
Munich, Starnberger See, F.H.B. (87r)
Munich, Starnberger See, Fritz. (87r)
Two large commercial photographs of Rothenburg. (88, 89)
On the Walls of Rothenburg, F.H.B. Himself. (88r)
Rothenberg on the Tauber. (89r)
Rothenberg on the Tauber, Fritz. (89r)
Rothenberg, Queer little House outside the walls. (90)
Rothenburg, Entrance to “Q.L. House”. (90)
Rothenberg. 2 photos. (90r)
Hildesheim. 4 postcards. (91, 91r)
Madeira, 1910. (92, 92r)
Madeira. Large commercial photograph. (no page number)
Some of the things I bought in Naples. Think this was by Percier & Fontaine. (no page number, r)
Some of the things I bought in Naples. Inlaid chest. (no page number, r)
Napoli, Museo Nazionale, Diana. Postcard. (93)
The Sicilian Table. (93)
Florence, In Antique Warerooms. 2 photos. (93r)
Hooray! I didn’t have to buy this. (94)
Florence. (94)
In Florence. (94r)
Siena, Town Hall. Large commercial (?) photograph. (95)
Siena, Torch Support. Large commercial (?) photograph. (95r)
Siena. 2 postcards. (96)
In Florence. Postcard. (96r)
In Florence, Ponte Vecchio, Gallery over to Pitti Palace. (96r)
Rome, Capitol Museum, Greek Charioteer. 2 photos. (97)
Rome, Capitol Museum. (97r)
Rome, Capitol Museum, Greek Pedestal in Court. (97r)
Rome Museo Nazionale. Large commercial photo. (98)
Rome Museo Nuovo nel Palazzo. Large commercial photo. (98r)
Glued onto back of last page and inside back cover: handwritten list of furniture purchases and amount paid in Naples and Rome on 22 March 1910 and typed list of furniture purchases and amount paid in Florence on 24 March 1910.

(ALBUM II): “The Journal of Francis H. Bacon for 1895 from Boston to Dardanelles and return by way of Gibraltar, Algiers, Naples, Palermo, Messina, Taormina, Catania, Piraeus, Aegina, Smyrna, Dardanelles, Constantinople, Vienna, Paris, London”

29 x 24 cm, greenish hard paper cover, 70 pages.Condition is good. Printed label inside front cover “The Property of Francis H. Bacon”.

Thirty-nine pages of typed, double-spaced text interspersed with twenty-seven pages (fifty-four obverse and reverse pages) of eighty-five snapshot photographs presumably taken by F.H.B. plus large commercial photographs.

F.H.B. transcribed this travelogue from his hand-written letters (there is occasional penciled editing). Almost all of F.H.B.’s photographs have hand-written captions.

22 March 1895. From Winchester to SS Fulda. (1)
23–29 March 1895. On board SS Fulda. (2)
1 April 1895. Gibraltar. (2)
2 April 1895. Algiers. (3)
4-5 April 1895. Napoli. See mention of Koldeway and Puchstein. (5)
6-8 April 1895. Palermo. (6–9)
9 April 1895. Messina. (10–11)
13 April 1895. Piraeus. (11)
14 April 1895. Smyrna. (12)
16–24 April 1895. Dardanelles. (13, 14)

Photographs with hand-written captions

Gibraltar. (2 large commercial photos on 2 unnumbered pages)
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Cope. (15)
Ethelbert Nevin. (15).
Group photo: Mrs. Nevin, Alice, Mrs. March, Nevin. (15r)
Group photo: Paul Nevin, Fritz Bacon. (15r)
Algiers. (16, 2 photos).
Dorothy Nevin. (16r)
Fritz. (16r)
The mosque we visited in Algiers. (17)
Doorway in Algiers. (18, large commercial photo)
The Pirate Boatmen. Naples. (19).
Our Luggage! 10 trunks, 3 bags, parcels, bicycle, etc. Drawn on picture, official saying Liras! Liras! (19)
Palermo. (19r)
Fritz in Palermo Cathedral. (19r)
Monreale. (2 large commercial photos, no page numbers)
Fritz sailing his boat in Hotel des Palmes. (20)
Monreale. Alice, Fritz, Laura. (20)
Monreale. (20r)
Monreale Cloister. (20r)
Palermo Cathedral. (large commercial photo, no page number)
Palermo Cathedral. (large commercial photo, no page number)
Campo Santo Messina. (21)
Taormina. (21)
In the theatre at Taormina. (21r)
At Piraeus – Laura, Irene, Paul, Fritz. Revel children. (21r)
Monreale (large commercial photo, no page number)
Tombs. (large commercial photo, no page number)
Etna 1892. (large commercial photo, no page number).
S. Domenico con Etna – Taormina. (large commercial photo, no page number)

Text

24 April 1895. Troy. (23)
25 April 1895. Chigri, ancient Neandria. “Find the old temple excavated by Koldewey from which came the proto Ionic capital so long in the Calvert farm yard!” (23, 24)
26–27 April 1895. Dardanelles. (25)
28 April 1895. Hissarlik. (25)
29 April–2 May 1895. Dardanelles. (26–29)
3 May 1895. Constantinople. (29)
3 May 1895. Receipt for Hotel Pera Palace, Constantinople. (28r)

Photographs

Calvert House. Garden side. (30)
Edith and Fritz. (30)
Calvert Farm “Thymbra”, The “Chicago Windmill”. (30r)
Thymbra Farm House. (30r)
Fording the Scamander, Expedition to Chigri. (31)
Large columns in Quarry (with measurements). (31)
Large columns in Quarry. (2 photos, 31r)
The Walls of Chigri (Neandria). (32)
Chigri. (32)
Picnic under Plane Tree at Chigri. (32r)
Helene and Winnie Calvert. (33)
Fritz and Winnie. (33)
F.H.B. and Greek Stele at Thymbra (Stele now in Boston Museum). (33r)
Winnie and “Alfredo”. (33r)
The Family at Thymbra. (34)
Antiquities found at Thymbra. (34)
Suleiman on Gustave’s Arab. (34r)
The Plain at Troy. (34r)
Small Theatre at Hissarlik. (2 photos, 35)
Bas Relief from Hissarlik. (2 photos, 35r)
Hissarlik. (36)
Fritz at Scaen Gate, Hissarlik. (36)
Frank Calvert at Hissarlik. (2 photos, 36r)

Page 37 is missing

The Start for “Priam’s Gold Mines”. (38)
Ahmet Bey. (38)
Astyra. (38r)
Entrance to Ancient Greek Mine. (38r)

Text
4–6 May 1895. Constantinople. (39)

Photographs

Ichinli Kiusk, Constantinople. (40)
Marble Palm Tree, Said to come from Delos. (40)
Lycian Sarcophagus in Museum Yard. Constantinople. (40r)
Capital from ~~Priene~~ and added in pencil: Magnesia – AD MAEADER, now inside Museum at Constantinople, drawn by F.H.B. 1828. (40r)
Bosphoros Kaik. (41)
Valideh Mosque. (41)
Group photo: Helen Bleck, Uncle Edgar Whitaker, Mr. Wrench, Aunt Alice, Mr. Bleck, Evelline, Aunt Lavinia. (41r)
Pera, from Aunt Alices’ Window. (41r)
Stamboul. (42)
St. Sophia. (42)
In Vienna Museum. (2 photos, 42r)
Vienna Museum. (2 photos, 43)
Tinseau in Bois de Boulogne and two calling cards: M. Rushdi and Oscar Iskender. (43r)

Text

7 May 1895. Sophia, Bulgaria. (44)
8 May 1895. Vienna. (44)
8 May 1895. Playbill from Vienna Theater. (44r)
9–21 May 1895. Paris. (45–49)
Three furniture store business cards in Paris. (46r)
Receipt for clothing store in Paris. (47r)
Receipt Hotel Chatham, Paris. (48r)
21–23 May 1895. London. (49–52)
22 May 1895. Receipt from tailor. (51r)
Three furniture store business cards. (52r)
23–24 May 1895. London. (53)
25–29 May 1895. London, Erith. (54–60) (Mentions J.T. Clark who worked at Assos and controversy with Norton and Athens School, page 58.)
1 June 1895. On board S.S. New York. (60)

Photographs

St. Mary’s Strand. (61)
Village Church at Erith. (61r)
Hitchin and photo of Millard. (62)
Shops at Hitchin. (62)
The Old Church at Hitchin. (two photos, 62r)
Glued into inside back cover is a document in Arabic, penciled at top “FHB My Passport 1895”.

(ALBUM IV) “A Journey to the Mediterranean in 1914 by Francis H. Bacon” (In pencil underneath “Hoping to spend a Peaceful Summer!”

[There is no album III]

Thirty-nine pages of typed, double-spaced text interspersed with forty-one pages (many obverse and reverse) of 138 snapshot photographs presumably taken by F.H.B. plus large commercial photographs.
29 x 24 cm, brown and green paper hardcover, ninety-seven pages. Many pages are loose or not attached to binding.

F.H.B. transcribed this travelogue from his hand-written letters (there is occasional penciled editing). Almost all of F.H.B.’s photographs have hand-written captions.

Printed label inside front cover “The Property of Francis H. Bacon”.

4–16 July 1914. S.S Kaiser Franz Joseph (in pencil “now the President Wilson”) from New York to Patras. (1)
Hand-written poem originally written on a postcard and sent to W.E. Chamberlin. (1r)
13 July 1914. Algiers. (2)
15 July 1914. Naples. (2)
16 July 1914. Patras. (3)
17–19 1914. Patras, Olympia, Patras. (3,4/8)

Photographs

Alice in Fayal. (4)
Algiers. (4)
Olympia, Entrance to Stadium. (4r)
Olympia, Capital. (4r)
Olympia, The Altis. (4r)
Olympia, In the Museum. (5)
Olympia, The Hill of Kronos (Museum in Foreground). Postcard. (5)
Olympia Museum, The Victory. (5r)
Olympia Museum, The Hermes. (5r)
Olympia, The Hera Temple. (6)
Olympia, Base where Hermes stood in Hera Temple. (6)
Olympia, Pedestal of “Victory”. (At top right “Me!”). (6r)
Olympia. (6r)
Olympia, Lions Heads from Temple. (7)
Olympia, Capital from Zeus Temple (Abacus – 9 ft. square). (7)
Olympia Museum, Lions Heads from Zeus Temple. Note difference in design. (7r)
Olympia. (7r)

Text

19, 20 July 1914. Itea, Delphi. “Ephor Condoleon is very obliging and invites us to photo and measure anything we like.” Lengthy description of site and museum. (4/8, 5/10, 6/21)

Photographs

Delphi, The Temenos. (9)
Delphi. (9)
Delphi. (9r)
Delphi. (9r)
Delphi, Treasury of Siphnos (large commercial photo). (11)
Delphi, Treasury of the Athenians built from spoils of Marathon. (12)
Delphi. (12)
Delphi, Foundations of Temple. (12r)
Delphi, Athenian Treasury (13)
Delphi, Athenian Treasury (13)
Delphi, Mann and his friends. (13r)
Delphi, In the Theatre. (13r)
Delphi, Athenian Treasury Metope. “Great” handwritten on this large commercial photograph. (13 ½ )
Delphi, Two penciled drawings: Pedestal of “Charixenos” and Two Column Monument of “Charixenos”. Date about 240 B.C. Traced from Bourguet. (13 ½ r)
Delphi Museum, The Bronze Charioteer. (14)
Delphi Museum, Agias. (14)
Delphi Museum, two photographs of Reliefs from Treasury of Siphnos. (14r)
Two photographs From Treasury of Siphnos. (15)
Delphi Museum, two photographs of Acroterion from Athenian Treasury. (15r)
Delphi, Base of Serpent Column, Bronze Serpent now in Hippodrome Constantinople (16)
Delphi, Black Marble Bases of Gelon. (16)
Delphi, Cornice from Treasury of Siphnos. (16r)
Delphi, Base of Treasury of Siphnos. (16r)
Delphi, Base of Tholos. (17)
Delphi, Tholos at Marmacia. (17)
Delphi, View from Theatre towards Temple. (17r)
Delphi, Marble Altar from Tholos. (18)
Delphi, Treasury of Massilia. (18)
Delphi, Treasury of Massilia. (18r)
Delphi, Temple. (19)
Delphi, Acroterion from Athenian Treasury. (19)
Delphi, Caryatid. (19)
Delphi, Cornice of Siphnian Treasury. (19)
Delphi, Ionic Base in front of Museum. (19)
Delphi, Capital from Tholos. (19)
Delphi, Naxian Sphinx. (19r)
Delphi, Capital from “Two Column” Monument to “Aristaineta”. (19r)

Text

20–25 July 1914. Athens. “Go to American School out in the slope of Lycavettus. Meet Dinsmoor and Thompson . . .”. (6/21, 7/32)

Photographs

American School of Athens. Dinsmoor, F.H.B., Stanton. (22)
Addition to American School. (22)
Athens, The Acropolis. (22r)
Athens, The Erectheion, 1914. (22r)
Acropolis Museum, two photographs of Archaic Statue (My Beauty). (23)
Acropolis Museum. (23r)
Acropolis Museum. (23r)
Acropolis Museum, Horse of a Hero. (Large professional photograph.) (24)
Acropolis Museum. (Large professional photograph of above, another view.) (24)
Acropolis Museum, Archaic female statue. (Large professional photograph.) (24)*
*All three are numbered 24.
Acropolis Museum, Archaic female statue. (Large professional photograph.) (25)
Acropolis Museum. (26)
Acropolis Museum. (26)
National Museum Athens. (26r)
National Museum Athens. (26r)
National Museum Athens. (27)
National Museum Athens. (27)
National Museum Athens. (27r)
National Museum Athens, Acroterion from Epidauros. (27r)
National Museum Athens, Portion of drapery from Lycosura. (Large professional photograph.) (28)
Untitled, unnumbered large professional photograph.
Gravestone from Street of Tombs Athens. (29)
Bases of Gravestones. (29)
The Parthenon, 1914. (29r)
The Parthenon, 1914. (29r)
Propylaea, 1914. (30)
F.H.B. In the seat of the High Priest, Theatre of Dionysos. (30)
Piraeus Museum. (30r)
Port of Munychia. (30r)
In the Piraeus Museum. (31)
In the Piraeus Museum. Added in pencil: “This Cap Measured by FHB in 1928”. (31)
Calvert House Dardanelles. (31r)
Godfrey Whittall’s House. (31r)

Text

25 July 1914. Piraeus to Dardanelles. (7/32)
26 July 1914. Dardanelles. (7/32).

Photographs

Calvert House – Dardenelles – Before the Earthquake in 1912. (between 7/32 and 8/33)
Roof of Calvert House after the Earthquake of 1912. 2 photos. (reverse)

Text

27—31 July, 1, 2 August. Dardanelles. “The country is very uneasy at the recent chasing out of the Greeks from all the coast villages in the Trroad . . . . (9/35). Lengthy description of events. (8/33, 9/35, 10/37)

Photographs

Dardanelles, Our Bungalow in the Garden. (34)
Dardanelles, The Kiosk. (34)
Dardenelles, Turkish Fountain and Mr. Stuck. (34r)
Dardanelles, Rodney, Godfrey, Winnie. (34r)

Text

3 August 1914. Dardanelles. “Turkish reserves being called out. This looks very serious.” (10/37, 11/39)

Photographs

Thymbra Farm House. (38)
Frederick Calvert at work on his Book. (38)
Thymbra Farm, The Plain. (38r)
Thymbra Farm, Water for the Steam Engine. (38r)
Thymbra Farm, Alice. (40)
Thymbra Farm, Plane Tree Near the Thymbrius. (40)
Thymbra Farm, The new Threshing Machine. (40r)
Thymbra Farm. (40r)

Text

4 August 1914. Thymbra Farm. (12/41)

5 August 1914. Return to Dardanelles. “Germany has declared war on Russia and France. . . . Martial law is declared in Dardanelles . . . . Evidently I will have to give up going to Europe by Constantinople and Munich.” (12/41, 13/42)

6 August 1914. Dardanelles. (13/42)

8 August 1914. Dardanelles. “England has declared war on Germany and Austria. . . . Must begin to think about getting back to America.” (14/43)

9 August 1914. Dardanelles. (15/44)

10 August 1914. Board Italian boat for Salonica and Piraeus but not allowed to leave. Return to Dardanelles. (16/45)

Photographs

Dardanelles, Edith, Alice. (46)
Dardanelles, F.H.B., A.C.B. (46)
Dardanelles, The “Breslau” Dardanelles, August 12^th 1914. (46r)
Dardanelles, The Indomitable off Tenedos – Aug 14^th 1914. (46r)

Text

11 August 1914. On board the Romania hoping to be permitted to sail. (17/47—20/50)

New York Times, 23 January 1918, article “Four Explosions as Breslau Sank. (17/47r)

12 August 1914. Still on board waiting for permission to leave. “What a pity I have used up all my photograph film.” Change to American flag boat going to Mytilene. (20/50, 21/51)13—16 August 1914. Describes Greek refugees continuously arriving in Dardanelles. (22/52—24/55)

Photographs

Postcard of Mytilene. (54)
F.H.B., Capt. Pears in the Square, Athens. (54)
Athens looking towards Lycabettus. (54r)
Athens towards Hymettos from the Acropolis. (54r)

Text

18 August 1914. Piraeus. Talks about what he hears about the war. (24/55, 25/56)

20 August 1914. Piraeus. (26/57)

22—23 August 1914. Poros. (26/57—28/63)

Photographs

Eight photographs of Poros. (58, 58r, 59, 59r)
Poros. (61)
Poros. Demetri and Mulari. Excursion to Calauria. (61)
Poros. (61r)
Villa of Mad. Dragoumis. Poros. (61r)
View from Calauria towards Methana. (62)
Near Poseidon Temple Calauria. (62)
Temple at Port, Aegina (2 photos). (62r)

Text

24 August 1914. Aegina, Piraeus. Visit Aegina Museum with Ephor Pelicanos. (29/65—31/67)

26—27 August 1914. On board the Thessaloniki. (31/67)

28 August 1914. Patras. Continue with the Thessaloniki. (32/68)

29 August 1914. On board the Thessaloniki. (33/69)

Photographs

The “Justice” French Man of War off Taranto. (70)
Dr. Clarence Young and Family. On the deck of the Thessaloniki. (70)
Dr. Smith, Dr. Polson. (70r)
English Torpedo Boat off Gibraltar. (70r)

Text

30 August 1914. Palermo, on board the Thessaloniki. (34/71)

3 September 1914. Gibraltar, on board the Thessaloniki. (34/71)

17 September 1914. Arrive in New York. (35/72)

Letters from Captain Guy B. Pears

The last nineteen pages are typed transcriptions of six letters from Captain Guy B. Pears, Royal Engineers, to F.H.B. They date 16 September 1914 to 29 September 1916 and describe in very interesting detail his World War I experiences in Egypt, in the trenches in France, recuperating from a wound in London hospital and return to the trenches.
The last page has a large photograph, which Pears refers to in his last letter: “Capt. Pears & Genl. Kitchener – At Woolwich Inspecting work of Cadets. Probably the last photo of Kitchener taken before his death! [See this photograph in envelope of photographs at back of Album X.]
On the reverse is an unidentified 1915 newspaper article: “Turkish Women Flee Dardanelles Town”
F.H.B. unused ticket from Piraeus to Constantinople.
Calling card of Dimitry Jean Dragouomis.

(Album V): “Journey to the Dardanelles by Francis H. Bacon 1919” (1)

Much of this diary is a description of the damage to Dardanelles and environs resulting from World War I battles as related by British military and locals.

29 x 24 cm album, blue-gray hard paper cover, seventy-four pages. Condition is good.

Thirty pages of typed, double-spaced text interspersed with forty-four pages (obverse and reverse) of seventy-six snapshot photographs presumably taken by F.H.B. plus large commercial photographs. F.H.B transcribed this travelogue from his hand-written letters (there is occasional penciled editing). Almost all of F.H.B.’s photographs have hand-written captions.

Each page of text has a typed page number at bottom of page and a different penciled page number upper right corner which took into account the addition of photographs. The penciled number is noted here.

Printed label inside front cover “The Property of Francis H. Bacon”.

Text and Additions

5 August 1919. On board S.S. Canada from New York to Piraeus. “. . . I am bound for Turkey to bring back my wife whom I left there in 1914 . . .” (1)

13 August 1919. Pass Gibraltar. (3)

15-18 August 1919. Oran (Algeria). (3)

20 August 1919. Piraeus. Get ship bound for Dardanelles. (3, 4)

21 August 1919. Smyrna. “Fighting is constantly going on in the interior and Turks are taking revenge on the many Greeks left in the interior around Aidin, etc.” (4)

22 August 1919. Arrive at Dardanelles. “I settle down to a peaceful orderly existence.” “English Tommies everywhere!” Describes war damage in the area. (4, 5, 10)

1 September 1919. Dardanelles. Continues description of impact of war on the region. “In rummaging one of the attics [of the old family house], find a packet of old letters from Dr. Schliemann to Uncle Frank Calvert which may prove interesting, written mostly from Hissarlik where Dr. S. was excavating!” (10, 11, 17, 21, 22)

11 September 1919. “Excursion to Gallipoli Peninsula to visit the battlefields . . .” (22–24)

Two calling cards: Αλέξανδρος Παπαχαραλάμπους, Le Comte de Aldrovandi. (26r)

17 September 1919. “Excursion to Yenishehr! Two Greeks sent as a committee from Salonika to inspect their village which they had not seen since they were driven out by the Turks in 1914.” (24, 28, 29)

British permission given to Francis H. Bacon and wife to go to Constantinople and return to Chanak, 10 October 1919. (29r)

1 October 1919. “Have been trying to get information from Constantinople about steamers to U.S. but can hear nothing definite so I decide to up myself [by boat].” (30, 37)

3 October 1919. Spend the day at the Constantinople Museum. (37)

4 October 1919. Wander around Constantinople. (37)

5 October 1919. Excursion to Turkish cemetery in Scutari and Tcham lidjah. (37, 38)

6 October 1919. Secure passage on the Martha Washington for return to U.S. (38)

7 October 1919. Return to Dardanelles to pick up his wife. (45)

8 October 1919. Arrive at Gallipoli and wander around the town, back to Dardanelles. (45)

10 October 1919. Informed they cannot travel on the Martha Washington. (45, 47)

15 October 1919. Dardanelles, Gallipoli. Waiting to find passage to U.S. Does some work on the house—see Turkish receipt for tile work (47r, 48, 49)

22 October 1919. Trip to Sedil Bahr with friends. Pass through Krithia, Cape Helles, Kalid Bahr, Havouv-dere. Soghan dere, return to Chanak. (48, 49, 50)

Telegraph informing F.H.B. he cannot travel on the Martha Washington. (46r)

2 November 1919. Dardanelles. (50, 56)

3 November 1919. Walk to Hamidieh Fort. (56)

8 November 1919. Story of Helene’s ten day trip to Ezineh, Thymbra (the family farm), “the country very unsafe”. (56, 57)

9–12 November 1919. Attempt to get a boat for Constantinople. (57, 58)

Two calling cards: I.M. Farhi, Vely Namik. (57r)

14 November 1919. Constantinople, book passage for return to U.S. (58)

16 November 1919. Excursion to Hissar with group of Europeans. (58, 59)

17–24 November 1919. Constantinople waiting for steamer. Visit family and friends and sights: Genoese tower in Galata, “the museum” and chat with the museum director, Halil Bey, who said “that Crosby Butler’s things at Sardis were all safe.” (60, 63)

Pencil drawing of Baluster in Galata Tower. (59r)

Two calling cards: Suleiman Hikmet, Capt. A.P. Hunter, Capt. Hunter gave me some fine war maps of Asia Minor, Gallipoli Peninsula, etc. (60r)

Newspaper clipping re the steamer Black-Arrow. (61r)

Insert: Four page informational booklet about passengers and availability of varia on S. S. Black Arrow. (Between 61r and 63)

27 November 1919. The Black Arrow arrives, prepare to board. (63)

29 November 1919. Board the Black Arrow. Stop at Smyrna for a few days and visit friends, then continue on to New York. (63, 64, 69)

Insert: Alice Calvert Bacon Légation de Suède a Constantinople, issued 18 May 1917.

Two calling cards, Fellow Passengers on the “Black Arrow”: Edward H. Beckert, Standard Oil Company and Fred V. Greene, Jr., Macandrews & Forbes Company. (71)

Welcome home radiogram to F.H.B. from Frederick Bacon, 26 December 1919. (71r)

11–28 December 1919. Two day stop in Gibraltar, resume trip, arrive in New York. “Finis” (2 ½ piastres bill glued below text.) (72)

Alice’s Turkish passport. (72r)

Office of British High Commission, Constantinople, 16 December 1918, authorizing Alice Calvert Bacon, American, to proceed to the Dardanelles. (No page number)

Typed page (carbon copy—not an official document). 10 December 1918. Philip Brown, American Ambassador in Constantinople, sends following message to the American Ambassador in Rome: Mrs. Frances Bacon desires news about her son, Major Frederick Calvert Bacon, American Expeditionary Forces in France. (No page number)

Photographs

Oran, Algeria, two postcards. (1r)
Gibraltar, Forecastle of the “Canada”. (2)
Oran, “Heather Chambers”. (2)
Oran, Algeria, two postcards. (2r)
Dardanelles, Kitchen, Alice’s “Belvedere”. (6)
Dardanelles, Garden Side. (6)
Antique Fragments. (7)
Alice, Edith. (7)
Dardanelles, Tennis Tournament (two photos). (8)
Dardanelles, Tea & Cakes. (9)
Dardanelles, The “Band”. (9)
Dardanelles, “Chanak”, Greek Clock Tower. (12)
Dardanelles, Chanak. (12)
Dardanelles, Wilby with Eveline & Rrodney. (13)
Dardanelles, British Unexploded Bomb Dropped from an Air Plane in 1917. (13)
Dardanelles, Tchemenlik Fort Inner Tower. (14)
Dardanelles, Casemates (Tchemenlik). (14)
Dardanelles, 15" Krupp Gun, Tchemenlik. (15)
Dardanelles, Winnie & Rodney. (15)
Dardanelles, Godfrey Whittal & Greek Refugee Boys. (16)
Dardanelles, Soldiers Beer Garden. (16)
Dardanelles, British Cemetery (two photos). (19)
Dardanelles, British Cemetery. (20)
Dardanelles, Grave of British Submarine Commander Lt. Com. Brodie. (20)
Dardanelles, Brighton Beach, Graveyard. (25)
Dardanelles, Anzac Cove. (25)
Dardanelles, Turkish Monument to Commemorate Driving the English off Gallipoli. (26)
Dardanelles, The Turkish Hut: Turks, Lt. Mahon, Maj. Lee. (26)
Dardanelles, Yeni shehr. (27)
Dardanelles, 6" German Gun, Yeni shehr. This brass wheel now on my writing table. (27)
Dardanelles, Ren-Keui. (31)
Dardanelles, Vassilakis House, Ren-Keui. (31)
Dardanelles, “British Property”: Keep Off. (32)
Dardanelles, View up the Straits from Ren Keui Hill. (32)
Proto Ionic Capital, Constantinople Museum. Large professional photograph. (32r)
Constantinople, Tchinli Kiosk, Maj. Steward Forbes. (33)
Constantinople, Proto Ionic Capital. (33)
Constantinople, Assos Sculptures from Temple. (34)
Constantinople, The Lion’s Breakfast. (34)
Constantinople Museum, Greek Athlete from Gymnasium at Tralles (Aidin). Large professional photograph. (34r)
Constantinople Museum, Marble Doors from Tomb at Langazi near Salonika. (35)
Constantinople Museum, Greek Stele. (35)
Constantinople, Shield from Rhodes. (36)
Constantinople, Court of St. Sophia. (36)
Sweet Waters of Europe, Head of the Golden Horn. Postcard. (36r)
Yedi Kouleh, Walls of Constantinople. Postcard. (36r)
Constantinople, Mosque at Scutari. (39)
Constantinople, Turkish Cemetery at Scutari. (39)
Scutari. Two photos. (40)
Scutari. (41)
Mr. Pallis. (41)
Turkish Gravestone at Dardanelles. Two photos. (42)
Dardanelles. Two photos. (43)
Dardanelles. Two photos. (44)
Gallipoli. (46)
Turkish Fountain – Dardanelles, Rodney Whittal. (46)
Krithia. (51)
British Graveyard near Krithia. (51)
Turkish Fort, Sedil Bahr. (52)
Sedil Bahr. (52)
Wreak of Massena, Cape Helles. (53)
15" Shell Hole near Krithia. (53)
Turkish Fort, Kilid Bahr. (54)
Stone Cannon Balls, Kalid Bahr. (54)
Street in Kalid Bahr. (55)
15" Krupp Gun, Hamidieh Fort. (55)
Constantinople, in Museum Yard Stamboul. (61)
Constantinople, Marble Base from Miletus. (61)
Smyrna, Landing Boats. (65)
Smyrna, Entrance to Wood House, Bournabat. (65)
Bournabat, Wood House. (66)
Bournabat, Antique Greek Jar. (66)
Bournabat, Whittall Garden (two photos). (67)
Bournabat, Whittall Garden. (68)
Bournabat, Edgar Whittall. (68)
Gibraltar, Dec. 1919 (two photos). (70)
Michael Pelone & “Jimmie”. (71)

(ALBUM XII)

FOLDER 1

In Archive folder: 78 page typed “No 4 Copy” of the “The Log of the Dorian” with edited text and penciled additions. (A very entertaining account. LWP)

Title page “The Log of the Dorian Being the Account of a Voyage in a Small Boat made in 1878 – 1879 from England to the Mediterranean by way of Belgium and Holland Up the Rhine to the Danube Down to the Black Sea and Through the Aegean to Athens from Personal Journals and Sketches by FRANCIS H. BACON”.

FOLDER 2

“An Archaeological Expedition to Asia Minor Letters and Journals of Francis H. bacon 1881 – 1882 – 1883”. Eighty-six typed pages with penciled and ink additions made by Francis H. Bacon.

Handwritten on top title page: “This typed copy of the Assos Journals was made in 1934 by Mrs. Rosallind Reed; one for Seylaz and one for herself and this one for me now handed over to Alec.” At bottom of page: “Skip judiciously the longwinded places and remember this book was made for me and not for you. F.H.B.”

Plus a photocopy of above.

FOLDER 3

Old (Turkish) folder, 23 x 29 cm.
Typed label “An Archaeological Expedition to Asia Minor – Letters and Journals of Francis G. Bacon – 1881-1882-1883”.
Handwritten above label “To Alexander Maley with the affectionate regards of Francis H. Bacon, Dardanelles, June 1935”.
Handwritten below label “AND THE LOG OF THE DORIAN added for good measure”.
Glued inside folder is a reprint of order form for Archaeological Institute of America Investigations at Assos followed by eleven pages (presumably from “Investigations at Assos”:
“Investigations at Assos”, 1921, William Fenwick Harris. Handwritten at bottom of page “Pish F.H.B.”, “(The above written by Harris without my knowledge FHB)”.
B/W drawing “A Vaulted Tomb”.
B/W drawing “Tomb of Publius Varius”.
“The Investigations at Assos” [3]. At top in pencil “I prepared this article for Art & Archaeology, got Crosby Butler to put his name to it and write the first page! Separate copies were made and sent out as circulars to get subscriptios for Assos FHB”. [page 3]
B/W drawing “Plan of the Agora of Assos”.
B/W drawing “Restoration of the Agora of Assos”.
Text and B/W photograph “Western Transverse Wall”. [6]
Text and B/W photograph “Large Ornamental Sarcophagus”. [7]
B/W drawing “Plan of Beginning of Street of Tombs”.
Text and B/W photographs “Marble Pedestal”, “Capital”. [11]
Text and B/W photograph “Dog Inscription”.
On inside back cover is handwritten “THE LOG OF THE DORIAN 1878-1879”.

FOLDER 4

Five photocopied articles about Francis H. Bacon from Technology Review, Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni magazine. FHB was Class of 1876: March 1932, November 1937, December 1937, February 1938, May 1940.

Photocopy of article: “Master Draftsmen, V: Francis H. Bacon” Pencil Points, September 1924, 38–54 (but only have pages 39, 51, 54).

FOLDER 5

“How Francis H. Bacon ~~Escaped~~ Got Away from the Dardanelles for the Long Dreamed of Visit to Athens: A Chronicle for the family and understanding friends”. 26 april – 11 May 1938. Eight typed pages (and photocopy). A very interesting account of his meetings with 黑料吃瓜网 staff (Blegen, Thompson, Hill, and others).

BOX 2 This box contains three albums: VI, VII, VIII

(ALBUM VI): The publication Investigations at Assos (1902) with additional notes and photographs added by Francis H. Bacon.

37 x 54 cm. Condition good except “Plan of the Agora at Assos” is torn (between pages 21 and 25), several pages are slightly loose from glued binding, some finger smudges, some upper corners turned down and some tears at bottom of page.

Printed label inside front cover “The Property of Francis H. Bacon”.

Below is a B/W photograph with inked caption: “Expedition to Assos, January 1881 [front] Edward Robinson, C. Howard Walker, Maxwell Wrigley, Charles W. Bradley, [back] Francis H. Bacon, Joseph T. Clarke, Eliot Norton”.

Table of Contents: added in pencil “Perspective 27”.

Three B/W photographs glued on to blank page opposite Preface with penciled captions: “Joseph T. Clarke, Smyrna – 1882 (Photo by Humann)”, “High Society” of Behram Port: Custom Officer, Janko Photiades, Hagi Christo, Cyparisse, Sukuru Bey”, “Koldewey”.

Typed excerpt from “The Hymn of Cleanthes” glued on to blank page opposite The History of Assos.
Three unlabeled B/W photographs glued onto blank page, appear to be views of the port. [14]
“Plan of the Agora at Assos” is torn. (between 21 and 25)
Penciled notes identifying people in B/W photographs: “F.H.B.”, “Haynes”. (29)
Penciled note identifying people in B/W photograph: “Basil”, “Arrif”. (31)
B/W photograph glued onto blank page, penciled caption “Shrines Cut in Boulder”. Another photograph (?) below has been removed. [72]
Penciled note identifying person in B/W photograph: “Omer Chaous”. (87)
Penciled note identifying person in B/W photograph: “Ahmet Soujis”. (93)
Penciled next to note 1 “Mistake”. (128)
Outline of double axe shape lightly penciled onto page. (131)
Penciled notes identifying people in B/W photographs: “Basil”, Apostoli”, Hassan”. (133)
Penciled note: “Mortice holes for wood barricade”. (135)
Two page “Letter from Dörpfeld about Assos Temple Roof” addressed to F.H.B. 28 February 1907. (Glued into binding between 166, 167)
Ink drawing glued on to blank page with penciled caption “Small Marble Capital found in Gymnasium”. [180]
B/W photograph glued on to blank page with penciled caption “Terra Cotta Antefix from Gymnasium”. [180]
Penciled note identifying person in B/W photograph: “J.T. Clarke”. (190)
Copy of “Drawing by Huyot in 1817 of Principal Western Gate. Original in Bibliotheque Nationale – Paris” glued on to blank page. [196]
Penciled note added to Fig. 1: “1881 – 1883”, dimensions added to Fig. 2. (197)
Penciled notes added to Fig. 1: “late doorway”, “guardroom”. (199)
Copy of “Drawing by Huyot – 1917, Rear of Principal Western Gate” glued on to blank page. [200]
B/W photograph glued on to blank page with penciled caption “Other side of Gate No 3”. [204]
Penciled note identifying people in B/W photographs: “Arrif”, “F.H.B.”(205)
Penciled note identifying person in B/W photograph: “Apostoli”. (213)
Three B/W photographs glued on to blank page with captions: “St. of Tombs”, “F.H.B. Base of Stele Near No. XXVI”. [222]
Penciled note on right margin: “F.H.B. and F.H.B. 2^nd in Syracuse Oct – 1922”. (225)
Large drawing glued into binding with penciled notes: “Assos – Francis H. Bacon”, “Original sheet of measures – St of Tombs – by FHB – Assos – 1883”. (between 226-227)
Penciled note identifying person in B/W photograph: “Haynes ‘The Doctor’”. (227)
B/W photograph glued at top right of page with penciled caption “Left hand of statue”. (228)
B/W photograph glued on to blank page with penciled caption “Apostoli sitting in Exedra No III”. [240]
Three B/W photographs glued on to blank page with penciled captions “Large sarcophagus near No VIII”, “Street of Tombs in 1882 from top of Tower”, Sarcophagus of Claudius Makedonos, See page 282”. [242]
B/W photograph glued on to blank page with penciled captions “Torso of Statue”, “Tomb of Apollonios”. [258]
B/W photograph glued into binding, penciled caption on photograph “No XVI in 1904 All Broken Up!”. (262-263)
Penciled note added to Fig. 1: “Destroyed in 1904” and Fig. 2 individual identified “Sterret”. (263)
Two B/W photographs glued on to blank page with penciled captions “Late Altar from No XVI”, “St of Tombs” [264]
B/W photograph glued on to blank page with penciled caption “Larichos Enclosure” [276]
Penciled note identifying person in B/W photograph: “Basili”. (281)
Three B/W photographs glued on to blank page with penciled captions Figs. 1, 2, 3, 9 from No. 87, “From Assos St. of Tombs now in Constantinople Museum”. [288]
B/W photograph glued into binding, penciled caption on back: “from No. 102”. (290,291)
Three handwritten letters glued on to blank page. C.E. Norton to F.H.B. 21 April 1900, 23 April 1901, 6 November 1901. [294]
Two typewritten poems by William C. Walton glued on to blank page; one addressed to F.H.B and dated Xmas ’20. [314]
One pen and ink drawing and two B/W photographs glued on to blank page. Pen and ink drawing “Headquarters of the Assos Expedition, CHWalker 1881”. B/W photograph “ ‘Headquarters’ Assos Expedition”, penciled at the side “My Good Old Bed! F.H.B”. Second photograph has no description. [316]
Two typed letters of three pages glued on to blank page: F.W. Shipley, AIA, from F.H.B., 22 December 1916. F.H.B. from William Fenwick Harris, 3 March 1920. [317]
Typed letter glued on blank page: J.C. Egbert, AIA, from F.H.B., 15 December 1921. [318]
Typed letter glued on blank page: Francis H Bacon from James C. Egbert, 17 December 1921. [319]
Two newspaper articles glued to blank page: “An Archaeological Exploit, The First Adventure at Assos” by Royal Cortissoz, The New York Tribune 21 May 1922 (no page) and “At Assos” by George H. Chase (probably The New York Tribune (no date, no page). [320]
Two B/W photographs and one booklet glued to back cover; penciled captions: “Carl Humann – Smyrna – 1882”, “Omer Chaous (A Turkish Gentleman) Our Head Workman”; Booklet: “Time Book, Workmen on Excavation at Assos, A.I.A., 1881”.

(ALBUM VII): Greek Stuff

A badly preserved 36 x 47 cm album cover with hand-written title “Greek Stuff”. It holds a loose and varied collection of reprints, illustrations from books or magazines, brochures, pencil drawings, lithographs, a letter and a mass card. (When received these papers were unorganized, I organized them into the following groups.

1) Fifty-two illustrations of photographs or drawings cut from English or American and German publications; the backs of forty-eight of these illustration have printed text from an unidentified publication. Most of these illustrations are architectural monuments in France, Italy and Germany. There are also drawings and photographs of miscellaneous subjects.

2) Eight photographs on very thin paper. Four of Roman architecture have imprint of Phot. Lampué, Paris; four others are unidentified.

3) Three lithographs: heads of Madam Clairone, Blanche de Castille, Femme de Louis VIII, Dr. Van Bibber of Baltimore.

4) Seven pencil drawings. Most are torn and folded. Subjects are:

"Tombstone in Constantinople Museum FHB 1919” with some rubbing.
Unidentified architectural plan.
Drawing of a [marble?] chair.
Sketch of a tombstone, William Robert Ware. Sent to Miss Ware, 1919.
Sketch of a weather vane for C.K. Bacon.
Sketch of unidentified decorative architectural element.

“Academy of Music” at bottom “Dear Bacon, My copy is pasted in a book, so I send you the tracing, which is about as finished as the one I made over your drawing. Hope it may be of service to you. Yours Blacknell”

5) Colored drawing on fabric paper; “Mausoleum for Edward Dean Adams”

6) Letter and card to Mary Bacon from the Sepheric Mass Association, 1939.

Eight page pamphlet “The Tavern Tabloid” Boston, 31 March 1902.

“When a Family Needs a Friend” article from Reader’s Digest, no date.

Penciled list of names.

Five page typed letter from Edith Calvert to her family describing the earthquake of 1912 in the Dardanelles.

(ALBUM VIII): Miscellaneous

Sixty-three loose magazine clippings stored in two 36 x 48 cm double covers for the books Later Renaissance Architecture in England, Parts I and VI (they have nothing to do with the contents). None of these clippings have notes appended to make it clear why F.H.B. saved them. In many cases it is not certain if a page was saved for the text or for the full page illustration.

The Illustrated London News. 7 sheets. 21 April 1894 – 17 April 1897. The pages concern “American Notes”, “St. Paul’s Cathedral”, “Geraldton and the Murchison District”, “Home and Foreign News”, “A Hindu Festival”, “The Hindu Festival ‘Mahamakam’”, “Monument to the Emperor William I”.
Harper’s Weekly. 13 sheets. No dates. It is difficult to determine what article or pictures of American life caused F.H.B. to save these pages. There are two pages of photographs of the New York State Library, Albany; “Our Naval Veterans”, “The Soldier-Dead”, “An Ancient House-Boat”, “With the World’s Transportation Commission on the Site of Ancient Carthage” and others.
Leslie’s Weekly. 10 sheets. 28 February 1895 – 4 August 1898. Miscellaneous articles about life in the United States:, “A Remarkable Railroad” , “The Great Famine and Plague in India”, palatial homes, sports events, art, Spanish-American war.
The Puritan. 6 sheets. No dates. “An Old New York Landmark”, “Ludwig’s Island Palace” (3 pages), “King Ludwig’s Alpine Castle” (5 pages).
The Navy and Army Illlustrated. 6 sheets. 21 February 1896 – 12 March 1897. “Torpedo Practise at Anchor: H.M.S. ‘Hermione’”, “The Building of a Battleship”, “The Turkish Fleet”.
Country Life Illustrated. 6 sheets. 9 June 1900 – 20 April 1901. Articles about English gardens and estates.
The Wave. 2 sheets. No date. “Hacienda del Poso de Verona: The Country Seat of Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst”.
The Queen, The Lady’s Newspaper. 2 sheets. 30 November 1895 – 30 May 1896.
The Sketch. 2 sheets. 26 July 1893 – 13 May 1896. “A Chat with Mrs. Graham Tomson”, “A War Artist in Bulawayo”.
Christmas Number of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. 2 sheets. 28 November 1896.
Supplement to the Graphic. 1 sheet. No date. “Amateur Photographic Competition”.
L’Illustration. 1 sheet. 2 May 1896. Illustration of 5 paintings.
The World’s Work. 1 sheet. April 1915. “The ‘Blucher’ Just Before She Turned over and Sank.”
Four B/W illustrations and photograph from unknown and undated publications: “Mr. W.E.Wyllie, A.R.A., in his Yawl, Ladybird, Crossing the North Sea”, “Latest Thing in Snapshots: H.M.S. Victoria, as Last Seen off Tripoli, Syria, on the Afternoon of June 22, 1893”, “Gethsemane”, “In the National Parks of California”, And one colored print: “Clipper Ship Three Brothers, 2971 Tons. The Largest Ship in the World”.

BOX 3 This box contains two albums: IX, X

(ALBUM IX)

The International Manuscripts, Facsimiles from Originals in the Department of Manuscripts British Museum of Royal, Historic and Diplomatic Documents, Letters and Autographs of Kings and Queens, Statement, Generals, Authors, Etc. with Descriptions, Editorial Notes, References and Translations by George F. Warner, M.A., Assistant Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum. London and New York: The International Library Co. No date. Portfolio I (52 pages), Portfolio II (51 pages), Portfolio III (51 pages.)

The three portfolios are loose inside a 29 x 46 cm hard folder with title The International Manuscripts.

(ALBUM X)

Printed label inside front cover “The Property of Francis H. Bacon”.

F.H.B. description above and below printed label describes the contents: “This is My scrapbook not Yours! If you don’t like the selections, it is nullum tui negotii! -- About 1886 –”

“On looking over this Book, in 1926, I wonder why I put in some of these things. They don’t amuse me now. Francis H. Bacon”

Both sides of most pages are full of very neatly glued in newspaper clippings, cartoons, poetry, illustrations, memorblia. Some clippings have been torn out; some pages have loose clippings. Only a few clippings have source or date.

Book measuring 29 x 36 cm with fifty-six pages (fourteen pages are blank). Edges of pages are slightly yellowing. Since the clippings neatly fill each page with no space to spare, the assembly has nothing to do with date or subject and must have been assembled after all the clippings had been collected.

Cataloguer added penciled page numbers in right hand corner [12]. In back of album, see envelope with about 50 loose newspaper clippings.

Some notable items:

“Ticket to sketch etc: Athens” (Greek ticket allowing holder of ticket to sketch on the Acropolis, 19 April 1883). [ 8]
Handwritten poem by Alice Spicer 1891. [14]
Article titled “Old Bacon Farm, 21 October 1910” . Handwritten above article “Account of my Grandfather’s homewhere my Father Henry Bacon (1822-1891) was born. Written by Charles Mann for the Natick Paper, Francis H Bacon” [47]
Handwritten page celebrating a fête at Old Harbor Dardenelles on 6 June 1928. Addressed to Frank Bacon. [48]
Typed letter from Edward Yeomans to Vibe Spicer, 26 January 1921. [49]
The twelve final pages are filled with personal clippings, photographs and F.H.B. architectural drawings
Two B/W photographs with captions: “The Staff - F.H.B. Co. - April 1912 - Jack Wills - Bill Smith - Bill Clarke - Harland Pratt” and “Office – 2a Park st – F.H.B. Co.” [89]
Print of drawing of “Details of Transit” by F.H.B. November 3 1874 (noted in pencil, 18 years old). [91]
Black and color ink drawing: “ ‘Free Translation’ of Cap. From Temple of Apollo Phigalea – Ha! Ha! 1927! F.H.B. Assos May 1882” [92]
Two B/W photographs with captions: “Private Office – F.H.B. Co. 2a Park St. – about 1910” and “”F.H.B. in his office at A.H. Davenport Co – About 1890” [93]
Newspaper obituaries about Henry Bacon. [94–95]
Articles about friends and family [96–101]
Handwritten at top of page [102]: “F.H.B. ‘Vanity Corner’”. Below, New York Times article “American Part in Greek Exploration”, 16 April 1922 [102–103]
“An Archaeological Exploit: The First American Adventure at Assos”, New York Tribune, 21 May 1922. [104]
Article about F.H.B.’s drawing talent, “Slush” from the “Artictectural Review” [104]
Articles about the F.H.B.’s design of the “Shrine in the Library of Congress holding the Declaration of Independence” in The Outlook, 19 March 1924 and unknown. [105]
Print of drawing of “Portfolio Case” [106]
“Francis H. Bacon Says Occupation of Smyrna in 1919 Started Trouble – Calls Kemal Pasha a Real Patriot”, Boston Traveller, 13 November 1922. [107]
At back of album are loose clippings, printed illustrations, a poem and photographs:
Envelope labeled “Clips – F. H. B.” with about 34 clippings;
Hand-written expense account Constantinople 27 June 1885;
Six B/W photographs in envelope, some with captions:
“Kitchner & staff at Worlwich (sp) Academy Inspecting the work of cadets!”
“To my old friend F. Bacon (signature unintelligible) April, 1906”
“Smith” (man sitting in a domestic room)
“Betty Bacon McKay May 1930”
Two photos “Seraples (?) Point, Apr. 1926, [statue of] Mustapha Kemal”
In addition, a B/W photograph in blue envelope: “Stamboul May 1929 – Sorry to be looking at Byzantine but I’m just being photographed. Uncle Bacon”

BOX 4: Folders 1-5

The following drawings, sketches, rubbings, squeezes and photographs are numbered by Box and by sheet ([Box] 4.[sheet]1). Oftentimes, sheets are grouped in folders, therefore inside folder 4.2 are several sheets which are numbered 4.2.1, 4.2.2, etc.

(ALBUM XIII)

Folder “No. 1, Ionic Capitals, Stamboul Museum”. 35 x 51 cm.

4.1: Two sheets of paper glued together, 97 x 51 cm. Pencil drawing and rubbings: “Right volute, Magnesia Cap., Stamboul Museum. Leaf on upper torus of Base”.
4.2: Folder, 51 x 70 cm. “Full size. Painted Ionic Capital in Agora Museum. Measured by F.H.B. May 1938” “Early Painted Ionic Capital”.
Inside 4.2:
4.2.1: Sheet of paper, 37 x 52 cm. Pencil drawing “Note this Capital is well worth studying probably from some interior of the Stoa”. Three B/W photographs of the capital glued on sheet.
4.2.2: Sheet of paper, 14 x 18 cm. Pencil drawing and measurements of the capital.
4.2.3: Two sheets of tracing paper, 51 x 35 cm, 51 x 70 cm. Black, blue and red pencil drawings. “Full size of Archaic Marble Capital with Painted Ornament in Agora Museum (found outside Agora area)”.
4.3: Two sheets of paper glued together, 96 x 50 cm. Detailed pencil drawing with measurements. “Right Volute Artemsion”. Reverse: “Temple of Artemis by Hermogenes Magnesia ad Maeander (Right Volute) FHB”.
4.4: Sheet of paper, 50 x 36 cm. Pencil drawing with measurements: “Full Size of Base, Temple of Artemis at Magnesia”.
4.5: Sheet of paper, 50 x 36 cm. Small sketch, two reprints, two B/W photographs glued onto sheet. “Abacus – Artemision, Constple – Aug 1928, Stamboul Museum F.H.B. 1928”.
4.6: Sheet of paper, 68 x 50 cm. Pencil drawing and rubbing. “Left Volute Artemision – Magnesia”. Reverse: “Left volute, Artemision, Constple Museum, Aug 1928, FHB”.
4.7: Sheet of paper, 72 x 73 cm. Pencil drawing and rubbing. “Left Volute Artemision Magnesia”. Reverse: “Full Size, Left Volute – Artemision – Magnesia, Stamboul Museum, F.H.B. June 1928”.
4.8: Sheet of paper, 68 x 39 cm. Pencil drawing and rubbing. “Right Volute, Artemision – Magnesia, Stamboul Museum”.
4.9: Sheet of paper, 35 x 49 cm. Pencil drawing. “Artemision, Bead & Reel (cut through)”.
4.10: Paper folder, 68 x 50 cm. “Artemision, Magnesia ad Meandrum”, “Stamboul, Artemision, Capital”. Reverse: Pencil drawing and rubbing: “Right Volute, Temple of Artemis, Magnesia (ad Maeandrum), Stamboul Museum, Aug 6^th 1928, FHB”.

Inside 4.10:
4.10.1: Sheet of paper, 28 x 22 cm. Pencil drawings and measurements “Base Artemis Temple Magnesia”, “Cyzicus Stele Stamboul Museum June 1928”, “Cap. Artemis Temple, Magnesia, Stamboul Museum”.
4.10.2: Sheet of heavy paper, 50 x 35 cm. (Unidentified drawing of a column.)
4.10.3: Sheet of heavy paper, 50 x 35 cm. (Unidentified drawing of a column.)

4.11: Sheet of paper, 30 x 28 cm. Pencil drawing. “Cap from Double Column Monument from Delphi, FHB 1928”.
4.12: Sheet of heavy paper, 35 x 51 cm. Detailed pencil drawing with measurements. “Marble – Capital from Artemision, Magnesia by ‘Hermogenes’, Stamboul Museum, June 11^th 1928, F.H.B. Scale 3" = 1"”.
4.13: Sheet of heavy paper, 35 x 51 cm. Detailed pencil drawing with measurements. “Marble Capital from Double Column Monument (No 2) Delphi – April 25^th 1928, F.H.B. Now outside Museum.”. Attached: B/W photograph and postcard: “There were two of these double column Monuments (See Delphi Fouilles?)” “Delphi, outside Museum another double Col. Monument”.
4.14: Sheet of paper, 36 x 50 cm. Pencil drawing and rubbing. Small tear in center. “Rubbing of Volute, Ionic Cap outside Museum Delphi. April 25^th 1928, Double Co Mon – No. 2”. B/W photograph “outside of Museum at Delphi, Base of one of the double col Monuments.”
4.15: Paper folder, 50 x 68 cm. Pencil rubbings, drawings with measurements: “Abacus”. “(Right Volute) Temple of Zeus Sosipolis, Magnesia (ad Maeandrum), In Stamboul Museum, Aug 5^th 1928 FHB”.
Inside 4.15:
4.15.1: B/W photograph, 24 x 18 cm. “Stamboul Museum – Propylaea of Agora – Magnesia –(ad M.) – Very coarse & late work – So bad I refused to measure it! FHB 1928 – Terrible” Museum photograph 2957.
4.15.2: B/W photograph, 24 x 18 cm. “Temple of Zeus Sosipolis – Magnesia –(ad Maeandrum) – Stamboul Museum” Museum photograph 2956.
4.15.3: Four photographs, 15 x 11 cm each, glued to large sheet. “Details – Anta Cap – (Now in Stamboul Museum) – Temple of Zeus Sosipolis from Magnesia (ad Maeander) – F.H.B. photo. 1929 and small reprint of ground plan of Temple of Zeus Sosipolis glued on.
4.15.4: Sheet of paper, 35 x 51 cm. Pencil drawing “Marble Capital from Temple of Zeus Sosipolis Magnesia (ad Maeandrum) in Stamboul Museum – Aug 4^th 1928 F.H.B. – Scale 3" = 1'”
4.15.5: Sheet of folded paper, 15 x 50 cm. “Stamboul Museum – Temple of Zeus Sosipolis – Magnesia ad Meandrum” with detailed measurements.
4.16: Reprint: Walther Wrede. 1930. “Ein Ionisches Kapitell in Athen”. AthMitt 50:191-196, pls. 62-64.
4.17: Sheet of paper, 35 x 51 cm. B/W pencil drawing with detailed measurements. “Ionic Capital outside Museum Door Epidauros - April 19^th 1928 F.H.B.”
4.18: B/W photograph, 28 x 22 cm. “Archaic Capital painted decoration Acropolis Museum – Annex Athens” Museum photograph 134, 135.
4.19: Sheet of paper, 35 x 51 cm. Pencil drawing with detailed measurements “Marble Capital in Piraeus Museum – No Dowels (probably never used) Scale 3" = 1' April 23^rd 1928 F.H.B. B/W photograph, 10 x 12 glued onto page, “Piraeus Museum”.

Inside 4.19:
4.19.1: Attached to 4.19. B/W photograph, 16 x 22 cm. “Propylaea Capital Athens”.

4.20: Paper folder, 48 x 66 cm. In pencil on outside: “Archaic Cap – Naples Museum In Courtyard. Reverse: Pencil rubbing and drawings with detailed measurements and notes “Full size – Tufa Capital in Court of Natl. Museum Naples – Feby 14^th 1929 F.H.B.” Two unidentified B/W snapshots glued to sheet.

Inside 4.20:
4.20.1: Tracing paper, 19 x 34 cm. Pencil drawing “Capital in Court of Museum at Naples”.
4.20.2: Rubbing, cut in center, 36 x 51cm “Rubbing made Apr 8^th 1930 Naples Museum”
4.20.3: Sheet of paper, 27 x 42 cm. Pencil sketch with measurements and small rubbing. “Early Ionic Capital Naples Museum”. Reverse: pencil drawing.
4.20.4–10: Seven untitled B/W snapshots of the same capital in courtyard of Naples Museum.

4.21: Sheet of paper, 35 x 51 cm. Untitled rubbing of a capital. Section cut out of center.
4.22: Sheet of paper, 35 x 51 cm. Rubbing “Archaic Capital Natl Museum Athens – Feby 1929 (Duplicate).
4.23: Sheet of paper, 34 x 48 cm. Rubbing with measurements and notes, “Ionic Cap from Acropolis – Reverse Side April 30^th 1928”.
4.24: Sheet of paper, 34 x 48 cm. Rubbing with measurements and notes, “Archaic Marble Ionic Cap from Acropolis no. 85 in Patissia Museum – April 30^th Athens 1928 F.H.B.”
4.25. Sheet of paper, 35 x 51 cm, pencil drawing with red highlights, detailed measurements and notes “Archaic Capital – Pentelic Marble (?) from Acropolis – Scale 3" = 1'. Measured in Athens Museum (in Store Room) by F.H.B. April 30^th 1928 (Published by Puchstein in ‘Das Ionische Kapitell’?)”. Small sketch of the socket “Plan of Marble Cap in Natl Museum April 30^th Athens” attached.
4.26: Paper folder, 51 x 70 cm. “Rubbing Sunion Cap and Acropolis Cap – etc – Athena Temple Sunion”. Reverse: pencil drawing “Full Size Rubbing of Cap from Sunion Athena Temple in Museum Yard Athens – FHB – Aug 1928”.

Inside 4.26:
4.26.1: Sheet of heavy paper, 35 x 51 cm. Pencil drawing with detailed measurements and notes “Marble Capital from Sunion, Athena Temple, In Museum Yard Athens – F.H.B. April 13^th 1928”.
4.26.2: Sheet of paper, 35 x 51 cm. Untitled sketch of a capital.
4.26.3: Sheet of paper, 34 x 33 cm. Untitled sketch of a capital.
4.26.4: B/W snapshot “from Temple of Athena Sunion, In rear of Natl Museum Athens”.
4.26.5: B/W photograph. “V Cent. Ionic Capital from Athena Temple Sunion – See Orlandou in ‘Ephemeris’ 1917 – In Museum Yard Athens – See Description of Temple in Vit[..?..] Portico on two sides only.”

4.27: Reprint: Gorham P. Stevens. 1931. “The Volute of the Capital of The Temple of Athena at Priene”. Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. 9:135-144. Handwritten on cover “Francis H Bacon June 1931 from Stevens.”
4.28: Sheet of paper, 90 x 59 cm. Pencil drawing. “Priene Cap. Berlin Museum from G.P. Stevens – 1929 July”. Reverse: “Volute, F.S.D. Temple of Athena, Priene Per · Mus · Berlin – June, 1929 G.P.S.”
4.29: B/W museum photograph. “Siracusa – Museo Nazionale, Capitelli Ionici”.
4.30: B/W museum photograph. “Siracusa – Museo Nazionale. Capitello di Megara Hjblaea”.
4.31: B/W photograph. “Capital from Artemision at Sardis – Taken by Broneer 1930”.
4.32: Sheet of paper, 35 x 51 cm. Unidentified pencil drawing of architectural element.
Folder “No. 2 – Athens – Photos Natl. Museum (Gorgon Stele) [above “Archaic Stele from Lamptrae”] Antenor ΕΥΘΥΔΙΚΟΣ – Athens – Acropolis Museum”. Paper folder, 51 x 70 cm. Pencil and ink,
4.33: Two B/W Acropolis Museum photographs glued on 35 x 51cm sheet. “'My Beauty'” Acropolis Museum (see her feet on next sheet)”.
4.34: Sheet of paper, 51 x 35 cm. B/W Acropolis Museum photograph glued on “Danseuse d’Euthydikos”, below rubbing on folded sheet of paper, 11 x 75 cm. “Inscription on 'Beautys' Pedistal – Acropolis Museum Athens – April 8^th 1929 F.H.B.” “Please return this to F.H.B.”.
4.35: Sheet of paper, 80 x 63 cm. Rubbing and penciled text “of Hymettos Marble found Dec 1886 in Chapel of Hagi Joannes in Lambrika”; drawing of “Grabmal von Lamptrae, Ath Mittl – 1887 – Franze Winter See Conze Alt Graeber”.
4.36: Sheet of paper, 30 x 75 cm. Rubbing and penciled text and measurements. “'Antenor' Acropolis Museum Athens April 8^th 1929”, rubbing of inscription above capital. Museum B/W photograph glued on.
4.37: Sheet of paper, 63 x 43 cm with pencil rubbing, text and drawing: “Grave Monument from Lamptrae – Ath.Mittl – 1887 Franz Winter – Hymettos Marble – Found 22 Dec 1886 in Chapel Hag. Joannis in Lambrika”, small sketch of sides of two monuments “No 41 Natl Museum Athens – Marble Stele Archaic”, below rubbings “Two Women (Mother and Daughter?) and “Old Man (-the Father-). Reverse: in pencil: “Archaic Stele from Lamptrae – Rubbings of Sides”.
4.38: Paper folder, 51 x 70 cm. Penciled “Archaic Grave Stele with ‘Gorgon’ Natl Museum Athens”.

Inside 4.38:

4.38.1: Sheet of paper, 34 x 36 cm. Pencil rubbing “Archaic Stele #2687”.
4.38.2: Sheet of paper, 33 x 48 cm. Pencil rubbing “Wing of Gorgon” “No 2687”.
4.38.3: Sheet of paper, 22 x 63 cm. Pencil rubbing “Kneeling 'Gorgon' “, “Archaic Stele Athens”.
4.38.4: Sheet of paper, 28 x 30 cm. Pencil rubbing “Robe of Gorgon” “Archaic Stele, Natl Museum, Athens, April 1929”.
4.38.5: Sheet of paper, 30 x 50 cm. Pencil rubbing. Unidentified [wing].
4.38.6: B/W museum photograph, unidentified [Archaic Grave Stele with Gorgon].

Folder “No. 3 – Athens HEKATOMPEDON ETC. INSCRIPTIONS”. Paper folder, 51 x 70 cm, pencil and ink.

4.39: Paper folder, 51 x 70 cm, pencil “Altar Coping – Pisishatus from Apollo Precinct Athens – Epigraph. Museum Athens”.

Inside 4.39:
4.39.1: Sheet of paper, 39 x 94. Pencil rubbing and drawings and extensive text “Marble Coping of Altar, now in Epigraphical Museum Athens, Found in 1877 on right back of Ilissus near Callirhöe – Rubbing made by F.H.B. March 1929”.
4.39.2: Small pencil sketch with measurements “Peisistratus? No. 6787, Epigraphical Mus Athens”.
4.39.3: Pencil rubbing “Altar coping – from Apollo Precinct Natl Museum Athens F.H.B. March 1929”.

4.40: Paper folder, 70 x 51 cm. Pencil rubbings, sketches and text “No 66 Lolling, Epigraph Museum April 1929”.
4.41: Squeeze. “No 66 Lolling”. Reverse “Side of -- ONATAS – Pedistal. Epigraphical Museum Athens”.
4.42: Sheet of paper, 25 x 95 cm with pencil rubbing, sketches, measurements and text: “Lolling No 51 Epigraphical Museum Athens April 1929”.
4.43: Squeeze “No 51”.
4.44: Sheet of paper, 18 x 50 cm. Pencil rubbing “#62 – green, 6261 Black”.
4.45: Sheet of paper, 35 x 50 cm. Pencil rubbing, drawing, measurements and text: “Epigraphical Museum Athens April 1929”.
4.46: Sheet of paper, 24 x 58 cm with pencil rubbing, sketch, measurements: “#62 Lolling”. Reverse: “Acropolis No 54, Lolling 177”.
4.47: Sheet of paper, 36 x 58 cm. Pencil rubbing “#43 Lolling”.
4.48: Sheet of paper, 35 x 51 cm. Pencil rubbing, sketch, measurements, “Marble Stele Epigraphical Museum Athens April 1929 – Acrop No 54 – Lolling 177”.
4.49: Sheet of paper, 28 x 63 cm. Pencil rubbing “Epigraphical Museum Athens I 297”.
4.50: Sheet of paper, 28 x 63 cm. Pencil rubbing, sketch, text “Marble IV – Corpus – Epigraphical Museum Athens April 1929."
4.51: Sheet of paper, 72 x 24 cm. Pencil rubbing “No 1629 – Herm in Director’s office Natl Museum Athens March 1929 F.H.B. (See Corpus)”. Unidentified [Herm] B/W photograph glued to sheet.
4.52: Sheet of paper, 70 x 51 cm. Pencil rubbing “HEKATOMPEDON (to show style of lettering)”. Reverse: “No 241 Corpus – Part of ‘Hekatompedon’ Inscription – Epigraphical Museum Athens April 1929”.
4.53: Sheet of paper, 35 x 51 cm. Rubbing and sketch with measurements. “Epigraphical Museum, Athens, April 1929”.
4.54: Sheet of paper, 102 x 70 cm. Pencil rubbing “Part of Erectheum Building Inscription To show Type of Letters”. Reverse: “Inscription #I 324 or #6667 – ‘Erectheum Inscription’ – Crypt of National Museum Athens – July 2^nd 1930 T.R.C.”.

Folder “No. 4. Rubbings – Gravestones – Triangular Pedestal in Stoa of Attalos”. Reverse: pencil rubbing and text: “Stoa of Attalos – Marble Triangular Pedestal”. Paper folder, 51 x 70 cm. Pencil

4.55: Sheet of paper, 51 x 35 cm with seven B/W photographs: “Athens National Museum”. Each photo has caption: “Triangular Pedestal”, “From Nyssa (on Maeander) (save my Doggie!)”, “Marble Seat in Zappeion Garden (See Melanges Holleaux – 1813[?]”, “Apollo from Theatre”, “Stoa of ‘Giants’”, “Entrance to Kerameicos ‘Work Room’”.
4.56: Sheet of paper, 29 x 51 cm. Rubbing “Natl Museum Athens. Large Vase 3625”.
4.57: Sheet of paper, 22 x 63 cm, rubbing and drawing “White Marble Shield with Names Engraved”.
4.58: Squeeze, 80 x 75 cm. Torn in many places. No identification but from next drawing it is clear this is a “White Marble Shield with Names Engraved”.
4.59: Sheet of paper, 35 x 51 cm. Rubbing “Inscribed Marble Shield in Epigraphical Museum Athens – April 11^th 1929”.
4.60: Squeeze, 13 x 84 cm. No description but next rubbing and drawing identifies it as from “Marble Gravestone in Court of Natl Museum Athens”.
4.61: Sheet of paper, 35 x 51 cm. Rubbing, drawing with measurements, B/W photograph. “Marble Gravestone in Court of Natl Museum Athens, F.H.B. March 1929”, “Full Size Rubbing of Carving”.
4.62: Sheet of paper, 21 x 51 cm. Rubbings. “3806 Corpus II, Hymett Marble, Bull.Ecole Francais I, p. 230”, “ΧΕΝΟΦΩΝ”.
4.63: Folder, 51 x 70 cm. Two B/W photographs. “'Stavro' Epigraphical Court Natl Museum Athens”, “Collection of Various Wreaths Stamboul Athens and from Epigraphical Museum, Athens 1930”. Reverse: Rubbing “Stele No. II 604, Crypt, National Museum Athens, July 2^nd 1930, T.R.C.”

Inside 4.63:
4.63.1: Sheet of paper, 51 x 35 cm. Rubbing “Epigraphic Museum Athens”, “II 420 Corpus”, “II 555 Corpus”.
4.63.2: Sheet of paper, 51 x 35 cm. Rubbing of two unidentified wreaths.
4.63.3: Sheet of paper, 35 x 51 cm. Rubbing. “II 3168, 10551”.
4.63.4: Sheet of paper, 70 x 51 cm. Rubbing “Stamboul Museum, No 1079, Decree of Town of Iéte In honor of Marcus Aunius Son of Publius. Roman Quaestor who repelled the Gauls – 117 B.C. Salonica”, “Const[antio]ple – May 11929, F.H.B.”

4.64: Paper folder, 51 x 70 cm. “Two Grave Stones in Natl. Museum Athens - 714–715. Reverse: crude rubbing and sketch “No 714”.

Inside 4.64:
4.64.1: Sheet of paper, 35 x 51 cm. Rubbing “No. 715”.
4.64.2: Museum B/W photograph “Stele from Piraeus, 714”.
4.64.3: Museum B/W photograph “Stele from Aegina, N.M. Athens 715”.

4.65: Sheet of paper, 34 x 99 cm. Rubbing,drawing with measurements, B/W photograph “# No 1733, National Museum Athens – March 1929, F.H.B.” On reverse: “BRYAXIS”
4.66: Sheet of paper, 51 x 70 cm. “Stele – Five Horsemen who fell at Corinth, Natl Museum Athens, See 'Dexileos' – FHB March 1930”. On reverse: Rubbing and B/W photograph “These are the horsemen who fell at Corinth – The Phylarch – Antiphanes – Melesias – Theangelos – Onetorides – Phanes – Lysitheos – Democlees – Pandios – Dexileos – Nikomachos – Endemos – at Coroneia – Neokleides”.
4.67: Sheet of paper, 51 x 166 cm. Rubbing and B/W photographs “Inscription from Monument of Dexileos, Keramicos Athens July 2^nd 1930, T.P.C. (Rubbing by Tom Cope)” , (lengthy translation of inscription).
4.68: Sheet of paper, 35 x 51 cm. Rubbing “Hymettos Marble Base from Asklepeion, Natl Museum No 1494”.

Folder “No. 5. Athens.” From top, left to right: “Rubbing Praxiteles Epoiesen. Diitrephes, Base (Kresilas Epoiesen). Parthenon Triglyph – Eleusis Portico. Coping Athena Promachos. Five Horsement. Dexileos. Health Athena. Wreaths, etc. Pythian Altar. Archaic Stele (Lamptrae)”. Paper folder, 66 x 50 cm, ink

4.69: Sheet of paper, 51 x 35 cm. Pencil drawing with measurements “Full Size Parthenon Triglyph, Athens Acropolis Aug 26^th 1928 F.H.B.” Small sketch glued upper right corner “Parthenon Triglyph Aug. 26^th 1928 FHB”.
4.70: Sheet of paper, 35 x 51 cm. Pencil drawing with measurements and captions “Full Size Top of Parthenon Triglyph – Acropolis – Aug 26^th 1928, measured by F.H.B.” “Measured from Triglyph on the Ground – Aug 26^th 1928 – Since replaced on Building”.
4.71: Paper folder, 51 x 70 cm. Pencil “Health Athena – Acropolis – Propylaea”.

Inside 4.71:

4.71.1: Sheet of paper, 35 x 51cm. Pencil drawing with notes and measurements “'The Altar which they say was Near' ('Plutarch Pericles'), Acropolis – Athens April 27^th F.H.B."
4.71.2: Sheet of paper, 20 x 94 cm. Pencil rubbing “Rubbing from Pedestall of 'Health Athena' at base of S.E. Column of Propylaea – FHB Acropolis of Athens Aug 26^th 1928”.
4.71.3: Sheet of paper, 43 x 33. Pencil drawing with notes and measurements “The 'Health Athena' Base in front of S.E. Column of Propylaea (where Pericles placed it?), scale 1 ½” = 1”, Acropolis at Athens, F.H.B. April 27^th 1928”.
4.71.4: Sheet of paper, 43 x 33 cm. Pencil with measurements (no description but same as previous).
4.71.5: Sheet of paper, 28 x 22 cm. Pencil rough sketch with measurements, “Block of Eleusis Marble in Acropolis near Propylaea, Ath Promachos – Pedestal?” “Acropolis, April 27^th The 'Altar' 'Which was near' (Plutarch Pericles)”. Reverse: “Base of 'Athena Hygeia' Athens Acropolis FHB April 27^th 1928”.
4.71.6: Sheet of paper, 20 x 13 cm. Ink and pencil sketches with notes and measurements, exchange between F.H.B. and William Dinsmoor concerning measurement of base of S.W. column of Propylaea.
4.71.7: Sheet of paper, 17 x 12 cm. Pencil sketch with measurements “Athena Promachos”.
4.71.8: Sheet of paper, 20 x 16 cm. Pencil sketches with measurements “Athena Hygeia? From Epidauros – Taken from Jahrbuch”.
4.71.9: Sheet of paper, 15 x 12 cm. Pencil sketch with measurements “Athena Hygeia, The Altar E. of Propylaea”.
4.71.10-13: Four B/W photographs, no descriptions.

4.72: Sheet of paper, 51 x 35 cm. Pencil rubbing “Antefix – from Parthenon, F.H.B. Acropolis Museum, April 8^th 1929”.
4.73: Sheet of paper, 51 x 35 cm. Pencil drawing with measurements and notes “The Portico of Philon”, “Full Size Detail, Epistyle of Telesterion at Eleusis, F.H.B. April 21^st 1928,”, “White Marble – Magnificent!”
4.74: Small envelope “Notes & Measures – Athens – Rome etc.”. Inside twelve small sheets of paper with rough architectural sketches, some are identified: “St Apostoli”, “Telesterion, Eleusis”, “Briaxis Natl. Mus. Athens”, “Lateran Museum Rome from Hadrian’s Villa”, “Marble Pediment at Rear of Athens Museum”, “Marble Shield Epigraph. Mus. Athens”, “No 66 Lolling”, “ΙΕΡΩΝΥΜΟΣ”, “Small Marble Pilaster Cap – St John Lateran Museum”, “Delphi April” reverse “Piraeus Museum April 23^rd 1928”.
4.75: Sheet of paper, 12 x 42 cm. Pencil and ink, “No. 8. Full Size Rubbing of inscription on Marble Block on Athens Acropolis. Made by G.P. Stevens, March 1937.
4.76: Sheet of paper, 54 x 70 cm. Pencil(?) rubbing “Marble Base on Acropolis, 5^th century Pentelic base, Hermolycus, son of Dutrephes (dedicated) the first-fruits. Kresilas made it”.
4.77: Paper folder, 51 x 70 cm. Pencil “Museums – Marble Coping – Pedestal Athena Promachos (?) – Athens Acropolis”

Inside 4.77:

4.77.1: Sheet of paper, 62 x 61 cm. Pencil sketch with measurements “Full Size of Carved Moulding Pentelic Marble, One Piece in Acropolis, One Piece in Library of Hadrian, F.H.B. 1928”.
4.77.2: Sheet of paper, 35 x 51 cm. Pencil sketch with measurements “Detail, Full Size, Marble Coping, Pedestal Ahena Promachus? – Acropolis – Aug 26^th 1928 F.H.B.”
4.77.3: Sheet of paper, 51 x 35 cm. Pencil sketch with measurements “(another block in Acropolis)”. “Full Size Detail – Cornice Block – Marble – Pedestal of Athena Promachus?”. “This piece in 'Library of Hadrian' Aeolis St, Athens, Apr 27^th 1928, F.H.B.” “Splendid Cutting”.
4.77.4: Sheet of paper, 35 x 51cm. Pencil sketch with measurements “Athena Promachus ?” F.H.B. Aug 26^th 1928” “This piece now in Library of Hadrian (1929)”. B/W photograph glued upper right corner “Marble Coping on Acropolis”.
4.77.5: Sheet of paper, 44 x 34 cm. Pencil sketch “Profile by Lucy Shoe – Am School – 1931”.
4.77.6: Sheet of paper, 13 x 16 cm. Pencil sketch with measurements “Ath Promachos - ? in Library of Hadrian Cornice”.
4.77.7: Small B/W photograph “Coping of Athena Promachos Base ? in Library of Hadrian Athens”.
4.78: Award given to F.H.B. Text in Latin. Institutum Archaeologicum Imperii Germanici, 1931.

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COLLECTION OVERVIEW

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

CONTENT LIST

(ALBUM I): “A Journey to the Mediterranean in 1897 by Francis H. Bacon”.

(ALBUM II): “The Journal of Francis H. Bacon for 1895 from Boston to Dardanelles and return by way of Gibraltar, Algiers, Naples, Palermo, Messina, Taormina, Catania, Piraeus, Aegina, Smyrna, Dardanelles, Constantinople, Vienna, Paris, London”

(ALBUM IV) “A Journey to the Mediterranean in 1914 by Francis H. Bacon” (In pencil underneath “Hoping to spend a Peaceful Summer!” [There is no album III]

(Album V): “Journey to the Dardanelles by Francis H. Bacon 1919” (1)

(ALBUM VI): The publication Investigations at Assos (1902) with additional notes and photographs added by Francis H. Bacon.

(ALBUM VII): Greek Stuff

(ALBUM VIII): Miscellaneous

(ALBUM IV) “A Journey to the Mediterranean in 1914 by Francis H. Bacon” (In pencil underneath “Hoping to spend a Peaceful Summer!”

[There is no album III]