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Charles Newton joined the Museum in 1840 as an Assistant in the Department of Antiquities. He left in 1852 to become Vice-Consul at Mytilene, with the object of exploring the coasts and islands of Asia Minor. With funds supplied by Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, then British ambassador at Constantinople, in 1852–1853 he discovered inscriptions at the island of Calymnos and in 1856–1857 explored the remains of Halicarnassus, the site of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Newton rejoined the Museum as Keeper of the new Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities from 1861–1885. Newton’s excavations had greatly enriched the collections of the British Museum, and as keeper he added many important acquisitions from new excavations conducted by others, from old collections, and from the market.
Title
Sir Charles Newton (1816–1894), Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1861–1885)
Date
c.1850
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 59 x W 49 cm
Accession number
2012,5011.1
Acquisition method
bequeathed by Maud Mary Newton Frere, 1938
Work type
Painting
British Museum
Great Russell Street, London, Greater London WC1B 3DG England
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