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Names

Lady Dry Collection

IDs

TMAG38

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Descriptions

Lady Clara Dry was the wife of Tasmanian politician Sir Richard Dry (1815-1869). The Lady Dry collection is a diverse and idiosyncratic selection of material collected by her while travelling in Europe and the Middle East. It includes Middle Eastern textiles and religious artefacts, Italian ceramics and jewellery, Neapolitan painted fan leafs, a model of a Norwegian stave church and a number of small ancient Egyptian artefacts amongst other things.

Subjects

Artefacts; Ceramics; Egyptian; Europe; Jewellery; Lady Dry; Middle East; Models; Religion; Souvenirs; Textiles

Lady Clara Dry; Sir Richard Dry

Coverage Spatial

Egypt; Middle East; Europe

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Dates

2012-05-30 23:40