Figures
3.1 Portrait of Thomas Shaw, engraved by John Corner, after Thomas Reeve. Published by J. Sewell, European Magazine, 1 May 1790 (private collection) 63
3.2 Portrait of Richard Pococke by Jean-Etiènne Liotard (1740). Courtesy of the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de la Ville de Genève, Dépôt de la Fondation Gottfried Keller, Berne, 1948. Photo Bettina Jacot-Descombes 84
3.3 Portrait of Bishop Pococke, artist unknown (1765). Courtesy of the Episcopal Portrait Collection, Representative Church Body, Ireland 85
6.1 Title page, Shaw’s Travels 117
6.2 Headpiece, Preface, Shaw’s Travels 120
6.3 Map the Sea of the Levant, Shaw’s Travels 132
6.4 Illustration of native animals, Shaw’s Travels 135
6.5 Illustration of objects from catacombs, Shaw’s Travels 138
6.6 Illustration of fossils, Shaw’s Travels 141
7.1 Portrait of Patrona Halil, Plate 32, Perry’s View 153
7.2 “A Correct Chart of the Nile”, Plate 30, Perry’s View 161
7.3 View and section of the Great Pyramid, Plate 25, Perry’s View 164
7.4 View of the Great Temple in the precinct of Amun-Re at Karnak, Plate 36, Perry’s View 167
7.5 View of the Temple of Arment, Plate 28, Perry’s View 168
7.6 Geometrical plan and elevation of the Temple of Hathor, Plate 24, Perry’s View 170
7.7 Fragment of granite with emblem of the Egyptian Society, Plate 33, Perry’s View 180
8.1 Frontispiece, Pococke’s Description 1 183
8.2 Dedication plate, Pococke’s Description 1 184
8.3 Map of the Mediterranean Sea, Plate 1, Pococke’s Description 1 193
8.4 A Mummy Brought from Egypt, Plate 20, Pococke’s Description 1 196
8.5 Egyptian Capitals, Plate 68, Pococke’s Description 1 198
8.6 The Statue of Memnon at Thebes, Plate 36, Pococke’s Description 1 201
8.7 Egyptian Utensils, Plate 57, Pococke’s Description 1 208
8.8 Dresses Particular to Egypt, Plate 59, Pococke’s Description 1 210
8.9 Statue of Isis Holding a Sistrum, Plate 61, Pococke’s Description 1 212
8.10 Palma Thebaica, Plate 73, Pococke’s Description 1 218
8.11 Frontispiece, Pococke’s Description 2 221
8.12 Detail from the Map of the Holy Land and Syria, Plate 1, Pococke’s Description 2 227
8.13 Absalom’s Pillar, Plate 6, Pococke’s Description 2 228
8.14 A View of the Back Part of the Semicircular Temple at Baalbeck, Plate 11, Pococke’s Description 2 232
8.15 A Plan and View of the Semicircular and Square Apartments of the Grand Court to a Temple at Baalbeck, Plate 19, Pococke’s Description 2 233
8.16 Map of Candia or Crete, Plate 34, Pococke’s Description 2 240
8.17 An Aqueduct in the Island of Mytilene, Plate 40, Pococke’s Description 2 242
8.18 A Gate at Mylasa, Plate 54, Pococke’s Description 2 245
8.19 The Temple of Erectheion at Athens, Plate 68, Pococke’s Description 2 254
8.20 A Plan and View of the Tower of Andronicus at Athens, Plate 75, Pococke’s Description 2 255
8.21 Antiquities from the East, Plate 81, Pococke’s Description 2 259
9.1 Sealed Document Signed by Bishop Milles, 6 July 1717, Permitting the Reverend Montague Wood to Act on the Behalf in his Dealings with the South Sea Company 282
9.2 Portrait of “John Ross Mackie Esq.” by George Knapton. Courtesy of Sotheby’s 287