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Sir Charles Fellows

Also known as: Sir Charles Fellows; primary name: Fellows, Charles
Details: individual; archaeologist; British; Male
Life dates: 1799-1860
Biography: British traveller and archaeologist, known for his work in Lycia, Turkey. Born in Nottingham. Moved to London in 1820. Following the death of his mother in 1832, spent much of his time in Italy, Greece and the Levant. Went to Asia Minor in 1838, making Smyrna his headquarters, as he explored and discovered ruins of ancient cities, including the ruins of Xanthus (the ancient capital of Lycia). Returned to Lycia in 1839, accompanied by George Scharf, and again in 1841 and 1844. In 1844 he presented to the British Museum his portfolios, accounts of his expeditions, and specimens of natural history illustrative of Lycia. Knighted in 1845. Married twice. Died in London, 8 November 1860. His publications include: 'A Journal written during an Excursion in Asia Minor' (London, 1839); 'An Account of Discoveries in Lycia, being a Journal kept during a Second Excursion in Asia Minor' (1841); 'The Xanthian Marbles: their acquisition and transmission to England (1843); 'An Account of the Ionic Trophy Monument excavated at Xanthus' (1848); 'Travels and Researches in Asia Minor, particularly in the Province of Lycia' (1852); 'Coins of Ancient Lycia before the Reign of Alexander; with an Essay on the Relative Dates of the Lycian Monuments in the British Museum' (1855). The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles has letters and inventories describing Fellows' expeditions to Lycia, in particular his excavation of Xanthus, and the display of Lycian artifacts at the British Museum.

664 related objects

acroterion

Title: The Nereid Monument |
Museum number: 1848,1020.133 |
Cultures/periods: x101854 Classical Greek |
Production date: 390BC-380BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nereid Monument (Xanthus)

acroterion

Museum number: 1848,1020.244 |
Cultures/periods: x101854 Classical Greek |
Production date: 390BC-380BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nereid Monument (Xanthus)

acroterion

Title: The Nereid Monument |
Museum number: 1848,1020.132 |
Cultures/periods: x101854 Classical Greek |
Production date: 390BC-380BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nereid Monument (Xanthus)

acroterion

Title: The Nereid Monument |
Museum number: 1848,1020.263 |
Cultures/periods: x101854 Classical Greek |
Production date: 390BC-380BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nereid Monument (Xanthus)

acroterion

Title: The Nereid Monument |
Museum number: 1848,1020.137 |
Cultures/periods: x101854 Classical Greek |
Production date: 390BC-380BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nereid Monument (Xanthus)

acroterion

Title: The Nereid Monument |
Museum number: 1848,1020.242 |
Cultures/periods: x101854 Classical Greek |
Production date: 390BC-380BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nereid Monument (Xanthus)

alarm clock; table clock; spring-driven clock; clock-case

Museum number: 1874,0718.2 |
Production date: 1526-1575 |
Production place: Made in:Germany

alarm watch; watch-case

Museum number: 1874,0718.81 |
Production date: 1680-1690 |
Production place: Made in:Switzerland

alarm watch; stackfreed watch; hour-striking watch; watch-case

Museum number: 1874,0718.8 |
Production date: 17thC(early) |
Production place: Made in:Germany

alarm watch; stackfreed watch; hour-striking watch; watch-case

Museum number: 1874,0718.5 |
Producer name: BIOG70022 Made by:G H |
Production date: 1600-1620 |
Production place: Made in:Lübeck

alarm watch; watch-case

Museum number: 1874,0718.71 |
Producer name: BIOG177175 Made by:Estienne Hubert l'aine |
Production date: 1650-1660 |
Production place: Made in:Rouen

alarm watch; clock-watch; watch-case

Museum number: 1874,0718.26 |
Producer name: BIOG70589 Made by:Jérome Grébauval |
Production date: 1615-1620 |
Production place: Made in:Rouen

alarm watch; watch-case

Museum number: 1874,0718.77 |
Producer name: BIOG76623 Made by:Piquet |
Production date: 1695-1705 |
Production place: Made in:Rennes

alarm watch; watch-case

Museum number: 1874,0718.69 |
Producer name: BIOG81093 Made by:Elias Weckherlin |
Production date: 1650-1660 |
Production place: Made in:Augsburg

alarm watch; watch-case

Museum number: 1874,0718.18 |
Producer name: BIOG68007 Made by:Noël Cusin senior |
Production date: 1575-1585 |
Production place: Made in:Autun

architectural drawing

Museum number: 2012,5034.48 |
Producer name: BIOG114337 Drawn by:Major Rohde Hawkins |
Production date: 1843-1844

architectural drawing

Museum number: 2012,5034.47 |
Producer name: BIOG114337 Drawn by:Major Rohde Hawkins |
Production date: 1843-1844

architectural drawing

Museum number: 2012,5034.37 |
Producer name: BIOG114337 Drawn by:Major Rohde Hawkins |
Production date: 1843-1844

architectural drawing

Museum number: 2012,5034.41 |
Producer name: BIOG114337 Drawn by:Major Rohde Hawkins |
Production date: 1844-1846

architectural drawing

Museum number: 2012,5034.42 |
Producer name: BIOG114337 Drawn by:Major Rohde Hawkins |
Production date: 1844-1846

architectural drawing

Museum number: 2012,5034.43 |
Producer name: BIOG114337 Drawn by:Major Rohde Hawkins |
Production date: 1843-1844

architectural drawing

Museum number: 2012,5034.33 |
Producer name: BIOG114337 Drawn by:Major Rohde Hawkins |
Production date: 1843-1844

architectural drawing

Museum number: 2012,5034.44 |
Producer name: BIOG114337 Drawn by:Major Rohde Hawkins |
Production date: 1843-1844

architectural drawing

Museum number: 2012,5034.35 |
Producer name: BIOG114337 Drawn by:Major Rohde Hawkins |
Production date: 1843-1844

architectural drawing

Museum number: 2012,5034.45 |
Producer name: BIOG114337 Drawn by:Major Rohde Hawkins |
Production date: 1843-1844

architectural drawing

Museum number: 2012,5034.36 |
Producer name: BIOG114337 Drawn by:Major Rohde Hawkins |
Production date: 1843-1844

architectural drawing

Museum number: 2012,5034.38 |
Producer name: BIOG114337 Drawn by:Major Rohde Hawkins |
Production date: 1843-1844

architectural drawing

Museum number: 2012,5034.46 |
Producer name: BIOG114337 Drawn by:Major Rohde Hawkins |
Production date: 1843-1844

architectural drawing

Museum number: 2012,5034.34 |
Producer name: BIOG114337 Drawn by:Major Rohde Hawkins |
Production date: 1843-1844

architectural drawing

Museum number: 2012,5034.40 |
Producer name: BIOG114337 Drawn by:Major Rohde Hawkins |
Production date: 1843-1844

architectural drawing

Museum number: 2012,5034.39 |
Producer name: BIOG114337 Drawn by:Major Rohde Hawkins |
Production date: 1843-1844

architecture

Museum number: 1848,1020.106 |
Cultures/periods: x101854 Classical Greek |
Production date: 390BC-380BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nereid Monument (Xanthus)

architecture

Museum number: 1848,1020.107 |
Cultures/periods: x101854 Classical Greek |
Production date: 390BC-380BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nereid Monument (Xanthus)

architecture

Museum number: 1848,1020.109 |
Cultures/periods: x101854 Classical Greek |
Production date: 390BC-380BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nereid Monument (Xanthus)

architecture

Museum number: 1848,1020.258 |
Cultures/periods: x101854 Classical Greek |
Production date: 390BC-380BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nereid Monument (Xanthus)

architecture

Museum number: 1848,1020.257 |
Cultures/periods: x101854 Classical Greek |
Production date: 390BC-380BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nereid Monument (Xanthus)

architecture

Museum number: 1972,0817.174 |
Cultures/periods: x101854 Classical Greek |
Production date: 390BC-380BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nereid Monument (Xanthus)

architecture

Museum number: 1848,1020.108 |
Cultures/periods: x101854 Classical Greek |
Production date: 390BC-380BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nereid Monument (Xanthus)

architrave; gateway

Museum number: 1848,1020.172 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: AD 69 - 79 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Xanthus

arrow-head

Museum number: 1851,0415.10 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Lycia

arrow-head

Museum number: 1851,0415.9 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Lycia

artefact

Museum number: 1851,0415.7 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Lycia

artefact

Museum number: 1977,0401.12 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Lycia

bell krater

Museum number: 1858,0301.1 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 420BC-400BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece)

betel-box

Museum number: 1874,0718.91 |
Production place: Made in:Sri Lanka

blade

Museum number: 1977,0401.9 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Lycia

blade

Museum number: 1977,0401.11 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Lycia

blade

Museum number: 1977,0401.14 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Lycia

blade

Museum number: 1977,0401.7 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Lycia

block

Museum number: 1848,1020.159 |
Cultures/periods: x101854 Classical Greek |
Production date: 340BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Xanthus

block

Museum number: 1844,0727.1 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 2ndC-3rdC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Lycia

bracket

Museum number: 1977,0401.10 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Lycia

burial-chest

Museum number: 1848,1020.31 |
Production date: 550BC-500BC |
Production place: Made in:Lycia |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Lion Tomb (Xanthus)

calendar watch; watch-case

Museum number: 1874,0718.74 |
Producer name: BIOG78896 Made by:John Spence |
Production date: 1665-1675 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

calendar watch; watch-case

Museum number: 1874,0718.66 |
Producer name: BIOG64742 Made by:Louis Arthaud |
Production date: 1645-1655 |
Production place: Made in:Lyon

calendar watch; watch-case; almanac

Museum number: 1862,0801.1 |
Producer name: BIOG66422 Made by:William Bunting |
Production date: 1645-1655 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

calendar watch; watch-case

Museum number: 1874,0718.56 |
Producer name: BIOG66982 Made by:John Chamberlaine |
Production date: 1665-1675 |
Production place: Made in:Bury St Edmunds

calendar watch; watch-case; watch-key

Museum number: 1874,0718.79 |
Producer name: BIOG78690 Made by:John Smeaton |
Production date: 1665-1675 |
Production place: Made in:York

calendar watch

Museum number: 1874,0718.45 |
Producer name: BIOG67859 Made by:William Crayle |
Production date: 1655-1665 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

calendar watch; watch-case

Museum number: 1874,0718.23 |
Producer name: BIOG75723 Made by:William North |
Production date: 1640-1650 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

calendar watch

Museum number: 1874,0718.47.a |
Producer name: BIOG70786 Made by:Robert Grinkin |
Production date: 1635-1645 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

calendar watch; watch-case; sundial; sundial watch

Museum number: 1874,0718.21 |
Producer name: BIOG68679 Made by:Du Pont |
Production date: 1615-1625 |
Production place: Made in:Castres

capital

Museum number: 1972,0222.122 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 220-240 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Xanthus

cast; tomb-relief

Museum number: 1848,1020.157 |
Production place: Original from:Tlos

cast; tomb-relief

Museum number: 1848,1020.166.d |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Original from:Myra (historic)

cast; tomb-relief

Museum number: 1848,1020.166.c |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Original from:Myra (historic)

cast; tomb-relief

Museum number: 1848,1020.151 |
Production place: Original from:Cadyanda

cast; tomb-relief

Museum number: 1848,1020.152 |
Production place: Original from:Cadyanda

cast; tomb-relief

Museum number: 1848,1020.166.a |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Original from:Myra (historic)

cast; gable

Museum number: 1848,1020.160

cast; tomb-relief

Museum number: 1848,1020.166.b |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Original from:Myra (historic)

cast; tomb-relief

Museum number: 1848,1020.161 |
Production place: Original from:XanthusMade in:Xanthus

clock-watch

Museum number: 1874,0718.42 |
Producer name: BIOG69144 Made by:Jerg Ernst |
Production date: 1625-1634 |
Production place: Made in:Augsburg

clock-watch; alarm watch; calendar watch; watch-case

Museum number: 1874,0718.62 |
Producer name: BIOG78488 Made by:Sampson Shelton |
Production date: 1645-1648 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

clock-watch; coach watch; watch-case

Museum number: 1874,0718.86 |
Producer name: BIOG205760 Made by:MR |
Production date: 1580-1600 |
Production place: Made in:Germany

clock-watch; lunar watch; watch-case

Museum number: 1874,0718.51 |
Producer name: BIOG190046 Made by:Jan Janssen Bockelts the Younger |
Production date: 1625-1635 |
Production place: Made in:Hague, The

clock-watch; calendar watch; watch-case

Museum number: 1874,0718.55 |
Producer name: BIOG66981 Made by:Thomas Chamberlain |
Production date: 1650-1660 |
Production place: Made in:Chelmsford

coach watch; clock-watch; watch-case

Museum number: 1874,0718.87 |
Producer name: BIOG80507 Made by:Jean Vallier |
Production date: 1645-1655 |
Production place: Made in:Lyon

coin

Museum number: 1858,0324.12 |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production place: Minted in:Rhodes

coin

Museum number: 1858,0324.15 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Cragus

coin

Museum number: 1858,0324.46 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Laodicea ad Lycum

coin

Museum number: 1858,0324.28 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Patara (historic)

coin

Museum number: 1858,0324.31 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Patara (historic)

coin

Museum number: 1858,0324.16 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Cragus

coin

Museum number: 1844.1 |
Authority: BIOG89808 Ruler:Demetrius I Poliorcetes, Macedon |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Macedon

coin

Museum number: 1858,0324.6 |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production place: Minted in:Stratonicea (Caria)

coin

Museum number: 1858,0324.37 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Trebenna

coin

Museum number: 1858,0324.8 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Rhodes

coin

Museum number: 1858,0324.18 |
Authority: BIOG96320 Ruler:Parikla |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production date: 380BC-362BC |
Production place: Minted in:Lycia

coin

Museum number: 1858,0324.22 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Masicytes

coin

Museum number: 1858,0324.2 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production date: 270BC-220BC |
Production place: Minted in:Chios

coin

Museum number: 1858,0324.39 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production date: 520BC-480BC |
Production place: Minted in:Lycia

coin

Museum number: 1858,0324.23 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Masicytes

coin

Museum number: 1858,0324.41 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Lycia

coin

Museum number: 1858,0324.9 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Rhodes

coin

Museum number: 1858,0324.10 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Rhodes

coin

Museum number: 1858,0324.5 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production date: 1stC BC |
Production place: Minted in:Plarasa (historic - Aphrodisias)

coin

Museum number: 1858,0324.7 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Cos

coin

Museum number: 1858,0324.3 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Halicarnassus

coin

Museum number: 1858,0324.30 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Patara (historic)