Correspondence and notes concerning the compilation of the index.
Zonder titelRoyal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland
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Letter from Raymond Head to Ralph Pinder Wilson to state that he had just finished correcting the proofs and compiling an index for the catalogue. He insists on the necessity for a catalogue and includes his expenses. With the letter is a catalogue list of 16 pages.
Zonder titelLetter from A D H Bivar to Godfrey Goodwin to explain how he has spent some time typing Head's index into the computer and to send a printout of the material. The printout is with the letter.
Zonder titelA handwritten list giving numbers and titles to artworks not in Head's catalogue.
Zonder titelNotes collated and some draft articles by Raymond Head, plus articles and photographs collected by him in researching for the Catalogue.
Zonder titelHandwritten notes and some photocopies made by Head in compiling the catalogue. These include:
- Notes on early donations - 3 pieces
- Notes on Alexander Johnston - 2 pieces
- Notes on an unlocated bust of Charles Metcalfe - 2 pieces
- Notes and photocopy on Charles Doyle - 3 pieces
- Notes and photocopies on Sir William Jones - 8 pieces
- Notes on miscellaneous paintings not within the catalogue - 10 pieces
Drafts of two articles, one by Raymond Head, the other by unknown author. These are:
- "Thomas and William Daniell: Illustrations of India" by Raymond Head. Typed draft of a potential article for the Journal of Royal Asiatic Society with a prefatory note by Head about the article - 9 pieces.
- "The Royal Asiatic Society and Its Collection, Founded 1823" - article concerning the origins of the Society and its Collections - 6 pieces.