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The Journal o Egyptian Archaeology 94 (008), 1078
ISSN 007-51
THE COFFINS OF IYHAT AND TAIRY:
A TALE OF TWO CITIES *
ByAidAn dodson
T pulcton o two cons prsntly n t Cty Musum nd Art Gllry n Plymout, Enlnd.
Dtn to t Twnty-t Dynsty, ty r ntrstn xmpls o nnr cons o tr prod,tt o Try vn n unusul rm rrnmnt. Ty lso v n ntrun modrn story, nd
n ttmpt s md to trc tm rom tr rst pprnc t t Brstol Insttuton (ncstor ot modrn Cty Musum & Art Gllry) n 184, trou t Brstoln prvt collcton o md-nntnt cntury collctor nd trvllr Toms Ps (18161884), to tr rrvl n Plymoutn 1919.
The orns o wt s now Brstols Musums, Gllrs & Arcvs1 l n t
oundton, n 18, o t Brstol Insttuton or t Advncmnt o Scnc nd
Art, srn rnd-nw prmss t t ottom o Prk Strt (. 1) wt t sltly
oldr Brstol Ltrry nd Plosopcl Socty. T uldn ws dsnd y Sr
Crls Cockrll (1788186), wo ws ltr to complt t Ftzwllm Musum,
Cmrd, nd to uld St Gors Hll, Lvrpool.
In Aprl 1871, t Insttuton mrd wt t Brstol Lrry Socty, nd n187 movd to nw uldn t t top o Prk Strt, wc ws xtndd n 1877
(. ). In 1894, t Musum nd Lrry, struln nnclly, wr trnsrrd
to Brstol Corporton. In 1906, t Lrry movd to ts currnt om on Coll
Grn, wl n 1899 t tocco ron Sr Wllm Hnry Wlls (1801911, ltr
Lord Wntrstok) ord to und nw Cty Art Gllry & Musum o Antquts,
wc ws ult djcnt to t 187 Musum uldn, nd opnd n Frury
1905. T Eyptn collcton ws movd nto t nw structur, nd s rmnd
tr vr snc.
*
For tr nvlul ssstnc n t prprton o ts ppr, I m prtculrly ndtd to Su Gls,Curtor o Etnorpy nd Forn Arcoloy, Brstols Cty Musum nd Art Gllry (BCMAG), Rcl
Smt, Assstnt Kpr o Humn Hstory t Plymout Cty Musum nd Art Gllry, nd Jon Tylor o t
Brts Musum. In prtculr, Ms Gls nd Dr Tylor v clttd ccss to rlr rsrc mtrl rlt-
n to t topc, ncludn nvsttons y Nck Dxon o BCMAG on l o Dr Tylor n 1985. Tnks
r lso du to Slly-Ann Aston o t Ftzwllm Musum; Amr Druc nd Smnt Hlltt o BCMAG;
Crstopr Dnmn o t Socty o Frnds Rdlnd Mtn; Dyn Hlton; Crstn Hus o t Sstrs
o Nzrt Gnrl Arcv; Mrrt McGror, Arcvst t Brstol Rcord Oc; Brnd Moon; Crs
Nunton o t Eypt Explorton Socty; Gurny Ps; Jms Russll nd Gwynn Stock o t Brstol &
Avon Arcolocl Socty; Alx Tompson o Hrts Hous, Almondsury; nd Wndy Cwtorn, Assstnt
Lrrn, Golocl Socty o London, or tr lp.1 For n ovrvw o t story o t Brstol Eyptn collcton, s A. Dodson nd S. Gls, T Eyp-
tn Collcton o Brstol Cty Musum, n V. Solkn (d.), , II: 150-
B /Ancient Egypt, II: On the Occasion o the 150th Birthday Anniversary o
Vladimir S. Golenischev (Moscow, 006), 110, nd d., Ancnt Eypt n t Cty nd County o Brstol, Kmt
18/4 (0078), 0. Muc usul dtl on t ltr yrs o t Cty Musum nd Art Gllry s wol s
contnd n K.-M. Wlton, 75 years o Bristol Art Gallery (Brstol, 1980).
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Fig. 1. Frmsons Hll on Prk Strt, Brstol, ornlly compltd n
18 to ous t Brstol Ltrry nd Plosopcl Socty ndBrstol Insttuton or t Advncmnt o Scnc nd Art (utor).
Fig. . T uldn rctd n 187 s t nw Brstol Musum nd Lrry,
tr ts 1877 rrwrd xtnson (rom Bristol in 18989 (Brton, 1898), 6).
T mn ocus o t ornl Insttuton ws t nturl scncs, ut rom t
vry nnn t ws collctn Eyptn mtrl, lt n smll quntts: durn
t rst tn yrs, only twlv out o out 1,50 dontons wr Eyptolocl tms,
nd tr o tos wr ooks. T tnt tm rcvd ws n Mummy (ltr
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Brstol Musums H540 nd stll ltr H785), prsntd y Jon W, Brstoln
rsdnt o Lvorno, Itly, on 9 Mrc 18, nd on 6 Mrc t ollown yr
urtr mummy ws vn to t Insttuton y t Cty Cmrln o Brstol,
Toms Grrrd (17871859).
Curously, t ccompnyn Etnt Dynstywt con o crtn Ty (H60) ws not mntond n t Insttutons Dontons
Book ltou t som st t con tsl rcvd pntd nscrpton rcordn
ts donton y Grrrd. Ts lur to not t con(s) nclosn mummy s
pnomnon tt s rptd ltr. Ts mummy ws unwrppd or n udnc
on 9 Dcmr tt yr.4 Ts ws crrd out y tm ld y Dr Jms Cowls
Prcrd (17861848), suron, psyctrst, nd pyscl ntropolost wo d
lso wrttn on Eyptn mytoloy.5 W prsntd urtr mummy, tt o
cld, on 6 Aprl 186, totr wt prt o notr juvnl ody.6
On Mrc 184 t or y Mmr to llow on o t n Mumms
snt to m rom rod to opnd ws rportd.7
T Mmr n qustonws Grrrd, nd on 1 Mrc, srs o lcturs y Dr Prcrd n wt t
unwrppn o t nw mummy. An xtrmly dtld contmporry ccount o
ts vnt runs s ollows:8
T Mummy, wc rom t c o t cs ws lvd to tt o ml, ws
nclosd n two srcop o sycmor wood c o wc ws ormd o ck nd
ront porton, dovtld, mortsd nd dowlld totr. T outsd o c cs
ws covrd wt pntns nd rolypcs. On t nsd o t xtrnl cs ws
ml ur n prol; nd t nsd o t ntrnl cs ws covrd wt ro-
lypc wrtn.
Ts css vn n rmovd t mummy ws xposd to vw nvlopd n
ts nds. O ts t xtrnl ons wr nrrow, turnd n t tr ds, nd
crucorm. Bnt ts ws lr wrppr o drk rd clot, wc nvlopd t
As wt mny musums, t Brstol collcton s usd svrl numrn systms ovr t yrs. T Brstol
Insttuton numrd ts dontons n tr ordr o cquston, ut ts numrs wr nvr mrkd on t
ojcts, nor pprntly usd to rr to tm. Tn, n t lt nntnt cntury, systm o numrs ws
doptd tt s now rrrd to s Fls Accsson Numrs; ts wr stll not mrkd on t ojcts. In
prlll, snc 1898 ndvdul dprtmnts d strtd tr own rstrs (c wt tr own lttr-prxs),
nd rom 1 Dcmr 191 Antquts lso dd so, prxn ts numrs wt t lttr H. T rst ojct
so numrd (H1) ws st vn y Mr F. P. Brown, ollowd y nwly rrvd ojcts rom t Eypt
Explorton Fund nd Brts Scool o Arcoloy n Eypt, tkn numrs up to H6. Oldr mtrl ws
ddd to t H-Rstr s nd wn tm ws vll, so tt som o t vry rlst Brstol gyptiaca
wr t lnt vn numrs n t H500 nd H600 srs n 1917 (c. low, p. 114 nd n. 5), wl t MppCollcton, rcvd n 1956, ws only rstrd durn 19777, documntton contnun nto t currnt
dcd. Crtn tms wr ndvrtntly numrd twc, wc sms to v n t cs wt H540/H785.
T H rstr ws closd nd t H rstr nuurtd n Frury 1971; ts contnud t srls usd n
H, H50 n ollowd y H51 (ltou strctly spkn, to ollow Musum procdurs, t sould v
un t H1). H ws tn Cty Trsurr rom 186 to 1856, ollown t Muncpl Corportons Act o 185; s
Oxord Dictionary o National Biography (rtr ODNB), XXI, 516.4 An ccount pprd n t our prncpl Brstol locl nwspprs; c. A. B. Grnvll, An Essy on Eyp-
tn Mumms, Philosophical Transactions o the Royal Society o London 115 (185), 91.5An Analysis o the Egyptian Mythology (London, 1819); ts trd dton ws ncorportd nto Prcrds
Analysis o the Historical Records o Ancient Egypt (London, 188); s W. R. Dwson, E. P. Upll, nd M. L.
Brrr, Who Was Who in Egyptology, rd rv. dn (London, 1995), 4; ODNB, XLV, 9.6 Ntr ody cn dntd tody, unlss t ormr mummy s H5597, c. D. P. Dwson, S. Gls, nd M.
W. Ponsord (ds), Horemkenesi, May He Live Forever: The Bristol Mummy Project (Brstol, 00), 5.7 Felix Farleys Bristol Journal, Mrc 184.8 Brstol Insttuton Opnn o t Mummy, Bristol Mirror, Sturdy 5 Aprl 184.
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wol ront o t ody, nd wc ws lcd nd wt srds o lnn. Undr t
wr ound w ds o smvtrous sustnc wc mt v n ornlly on
strn ut no vst o t ws lt. Lyrs o nds o ltr colour tn pr-
sntd tmslvs, wound trnsvrsly round t ody, ltrntn wt otrs pssn
lontudnlly wc nrlly ormd cross ovr t cst. Atr v o ts ltr-ntons t d nds wr sprt; nd tr ws srs o oldd comprsss
ovr t wol ody, nt wc vry rmrkl cross ws sn. T nds
tn cm drnt sown drk ptcs o tumnous mttr ...
T wx urs wc wr ound wr proly tos o two cldrn, nd
rprsntton o jckl-dd dty [(. )9]. Ty ll r mrks o t tum
nd wr vdntly prprd n urry. On rmnt ound wt tm s n y, wt
ln undr t ... Bnt ts ws ound wx plt, rprsntn wn, nd sl-
sk. Wc orm totr l t mlm o t Atodmon.[10]
T lnt o t ody tsl ws v t nd l n nc. T cutcl pprs to
v n rmovd; t r s rtr lon nd o drk uurn colour, ut mttd
totr y spltum. T rs r not ord: t nos s tolrly prsrvd utsomwt comprssd; ts ntrnl structur ws rokn down or t rmovl o t
rn; t sockts o t ys wr lld up wt rsnous mttr, proly n prt
myrr. T mout s sltly opn nd t tt r n ood prsrvton ...
T collr ons r promnnt, nd t souldrs unnturlly rout orwrd. On
t lt sd on lvl wt t lst dorsl nd rst lumr vrtr s lr crculr
ncson trou wc t vscr o tt cvty wr xtrctd: t cvty n lld
up wt rsn mxd wt rt ... T oot ws smll nd wll-proportond, wt
nstp, lk tos o t Grk sttus ...
At t concluson o t lctur lst vnn [.. 4 Aprl], Dr. Rly[11] sustd
tt t ws vry dsrl tt t sklton o t mummy sould prsrvd, n ordr
tt comprsons mt drwn rom t wt tos o otr rcs n t prsnt dy.
To ts proposton ts lrl possssor mmdtly ssntd.
9 Now BCMAG H1111, notd s Tkn rom t domnl nvstmnts o n Eyptn Mummy opnd t
t Insttuton n 184; or notr our suc urs, s p. 114, low.10 Prsumly ctully n mlmrs plt ncorportn wnd urus; ts cnnot now dntd n t
Musum collcton.11 Hnry Rly, MD (17971848), ws pyscn to t Brstol Inrmry twn 184 nd 1847, nd ws lso
lcturr t Brstol Mdcl Scool rom 18 to 1846. H v populr lcturs on vrous sujcts t t Insttuton,
ncludn comprtv ntomy, zooloy, rptls, nd plosurns, dontn t procds to t Insttuton.
Fig. . T tr wx urs o sons o Horus rcovrd rom t mummy unwrppd n 184
(BCMAG H1111: Amr Druc, courtsy Brstols Musums, Gllrs & Arcvs).
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Tr survvs pntn y t locl wtrcolorst Jon Sknnr Prout (18061874)
nttld T Ttr o t Brstol Insttuton, Prk Strt, durn t Dlvry o
Dr Prcrds Lcturs on Eyptn Antquts (. 4).1 A consdrl numr o
Eyptn ntquts d n ssmld to provd ckdrop or Prcrds prsn-ttons. Tos vsl nclud tr mumms, on unwrppd, nd v cons.1
T con top t pdstl t t rr o t dsply (1) s t ormntond
xmpl lonn to Ty. At t ront o t dsply s t nwly unwrppd mummy
(); t tr wx ms ound durn t unwrppn r to sn on t tl
nd (11), wt notr tm tt my t closur o t mlmn wound.14
T mummy lyn n t con trou t t rt (), dornd wt msk nd
crtonn pnls, s Ws 18 t, H540 = H785. Tody, t mummy ls n n
old znc-lnd ox n wc t s n ssumd to v n rout rom Eypt: t
my v n tmporrly plcd n ts trou or dsply purposs only. To jud
rom ts sz, nd t podum undr t t o t trou, t my tt t s romt con wos ld s on t r lt o t pntn (8).
T wrppd mummy on t lt (4) closly mtcs t dscrpton vn ov
o t xtrnl pprnc o t mummy unwrppd on 1 Mrc, nd must
scond spcmn dontd y Grrrd. Ts s lstd lon wt t unwrppd ody
n n ntry md durn My 184 n t Insttutons Dontons Book undr t
numr 180: Two Eyptn Mumms. On ml nd t otr ml; t ormr
n ts ornl ndn, t lttr s opnd t lctur tr on Mrc 1st 184 &
ntndd or sklton.
Altou no cons r mntond s ccompnyn ts two mumms, t
contmporry ccount quotd ov dscrs t mummy to unwrppd s nnclosd n two srcop. Ts clrly must two o t our rmnn cons
sown n t wtrcolour (58), wc r wtout dout two outr nd two nnr
cons o typcl lt Trd Intrmdt Prod typ.15 Tt on t r rt o t
pntn (5) cn rconsd y vrtu o ts vry unusul rm rrnmnt s t
nnr cs o t Ldy o t Hous Try, dutr o Asry nd Dntnstt,
now n Plymout Cty Musum nd Art Gllry (Appndx b). Its outr con
s prsumly tt stndn nxt to t. T nnr ld stndn on t r lt (8) s
1 Gvn to t Musum nd Art Gllry y Mr F. Nwcom n 1918. T ollown nlyss o t ojcts
sown drs somwt rom tt st out n Dodson nd Gls, II, 114.1 O t otr mtrl vsl, t stl low Tys con sms to drwn. T corncd stl n ront
o t unwrppd mummy (10) s dntl s tt o Iyty, dtl to t rn o Tutmos IV or Amn-
otp III, nd now H67: ts could t Eyptn Monumnt o 185. O t roup on t tl (1), could
t cnopc jr (not now dntl n t Brstol collcton) monst t Morrs Idols? T djcnt stl on
t tl r dcult to ssss n vw o totl lck o dtl, ut on (possly t on n t cntr) s lkly to
tt o t Hm-nTr n Wrt-HkAw Pnmun, rstrd n 1917 s H514, nd wtout ny story. Tr r no otr
complt stl n Brstol tt could cnddts or t rmnn pr, ltou t s possl tt n ccdnt
ltr ll on o tm, nd tt t could prtly rprsntd y H74, t mddl scton o rokn Nw
Kndom stl o n Ovrsr o Cttl. Tr r no potntl cnddts or t trd stl: prps t nd t
cnopc jr wr smply lnt or t occson? Altrntvly, ty my v n prt o t Insttutons oldns,
ut susquntly lt t collcton n crcumstncs tt r now wolly oscur (c. n. 81).14 Tr prsnc sows clrly tt t mummy s t nwly unwrppd on, rtr tn t ody rom t
con o Ty, unwrppd dcd rlr, s s sustd n Dwson, Gls, nd Ponsord (ds), Horemkenesi, 19.
It s possl tt t lttr mummy s ddn rom vw nsd ts con, wc my xpln wy ts pc s lyn
on ts ck, rtr tn plcd uprt lk t rst o t cons prsnt, ut c. n. low.15 C. urtr low.
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6
91
7
4 12
11
3
8
5
2
10
Fig. 4. Wtrcolour y J. S. Prout, md t t Brstol Insttuton twn
1 Mrc nd 4 Aprl 184, durn srs o Eyptolocl lcturs y
Jms Prcrd (BCMAG M984, courtsy Brstols Musums, Gllrs & Arcvs).
Ojcts tt my dntd r s ollows:
1. BCMAG H60;
. Mummy unwrppd on 1 Mrc 184;
. H540=H785, n Plymout, Ps
Lon C(?);
4. Mummy prsntd wt .;
5. Plymout Cty Musum & Art Gllry
Ps Lon C;
6. H61;
7. H69;
8. Plymout Ps Lon C1;
9. H5588;
10. H67;
11. H1111;
1. Stl not ully dntl, ut tt n
cntr s proly H514; t cnopc jr
s not dntl.
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lss dstnctv, ut s consstnt wt n tt o con wc ccompnd tt
o Try wn t rrvd n Plymout, tt o t wab-prst o Amun, Iyt, son
o Gods Ftr o Amun Pwrm nd nbt-pr Hnttwy (Appndx 1b). T
dcortv lmnts ndctd on t wtrcolour r ll consstnt wt tos to sn n Plymout, wl t sp o t nos sown susts t dm to sn
tody on t c o Iyts con. Altou t ld n t wtrcolour rs rd,
n contrst wt t currnt stt o Iyts covr, t rokn rmns o just suc
rd stll xst undr tt cons cn.
Ts dntcton o t nnr cons sown n t 184 pntn rss two
prtculr ssus. T rst rss rom prusl o t pulsd ccount o t
unwrppn. Hr, w rd tt t nsd o t ntrnl cs ws covrd wt
rolypc wrtn. Ts s tru o Iyts con, ut not tt o Try. Tr r
numr o optons r: rst, tt t sx o t con nd/or mummy ws mstkn
n 184; scond, tt t corrspondnt ws mstkn; trd, tt t mumms dn swtcd t som pont; or ourt, tt t con sown s not tr ll tt o
Try n Plymout.
Unortuntly, t sx o t corps cnnot tody vrd. In Jnury 185,
t ws notd16 tt on dsply []n t Loy, Hll, nd upon t Str-cs [o t
Insttuton] r modls, csts, s rls, nd usts, totr wt svrl mumms
nd mummy css, nd t sklton o mummy doutlss t vctm o t
prvous yrs unwrppn. Howvr, nst t 184 mumms ormntond
ntry n t Insttutons Dontons Book s ltr not sttn Dstroyd 1906.17
T dstructon o t unwrppd mummy s conrmd n t ltr Gnrl Rstr
o t Musum nd Art Gllry, wr 78 Fml mummy wtout Bndn,s ollowd y not tt rpts t wordn o t Donton Book concrnn
ts unwrppn nd ntndd mploymnt s sklton, plus Dstroyd 1906.
Nvrtlss, t mummy d n closly xmnd, nd on would v xpctd
ny sxn rror to v n spottd y t tm o t My ntry n t Dontons
Book, spclly s t ws n skltonsd t t tm. T odys sttur would
lso n kpn wt ts n tt o ml.18
A corrspondnts rror s possl, ut vn t cr tkn wt dtl n t rst
o s ccount ts sms unlkly. On t otr nd, t ct tt H785 sms to
v n plcd n t trou o Iyts ntrnlly-nscrd con or t purpos
o t dsply mt sust sourc o rror. Indd, most prol would sm to swtc o mumms, tr n Eypt, n trnst, or t t Insttuton: tr r
mny xmpls o suc stuton n t ltrtur. Tt t con n t wtrcolour
mt not t Plymout xmpl o Try tr ll s md mprol not only
y t lttrs pprntly unqu dsn (c. Appndx b), ut lso y wt w know
o t t o r outr con.
16 In n ccount prsrvd n BCMAG.17 Ts s ntlld y H[rrt] B[olton], tn t Snor Musum Curtor. Ts dstructon proly occurrd
n conjuncton wt t trnsr o t ntquts collcton rom t old Musum to t nw Art Gllry tt
d n opnd t prvous yr. Suc pc s unlkly to v n lt pproprt to n nsttuton dd-
ctd to t n rts. On t mummy, nd t dntcton o t con,s now Addndum, pp. 178 low.18 As or t sx o t con, ts ws sujctv vw; on t otr nd, t vs o Trys cs s cr-
tnly mor ml n pprnc tn tt o Iyts.
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T wrppd (ml) mummy pprs to v n unwrppd dcd or so
ltr. Altou no contmporry rcord s yt n dntd, pc o mummy-
clot ownd y Wndswort Musum, London,19 s ccompnd y ll rdn
Pc o t nd o n Eyptn Mumm supposd to 000 yrs old. Trws 800 yrds o ts clot ound round t. It ws opnd n Brstol n 184 t t
Musum.0 In ddton, Brstol Musum olds our wx urs rom t ntror o
mummy, crctrsd n t H-Rstr s t t Insttut 185 (H111). Ty
r vry smlr to tos rom t mummy unwrppd n 184, nd t sms tus
lkly tt ty cm rom ts ltr unwrppn.1 T ultmt t o t ody s
wolly oscur, s n t Gnrl Rstr 77 Ml mummy n Ornl Bndn
dos not sr 78s sttmnt o doom, yt dos not ppr n ny ltr rstrs o
t Musum, nd s crtnly not n t currnt collcton.
In 1917, t Brstol Art Gllry nd Musum o Antquts, to wc t
Insttutons collcton o Eyptn ntquts d pssd n 1906,
t lst4
rstrd t Eyptn cons y tn n ts posssson.5 Amonst tm wr two
19 It s tt nsttutons sol Eyptn tm, nd s on o smll roup o tms to survv rom musum
tt ws st up y Bttrs Councl n 1906 n t Plou Rod Insttut, lonsd lrry, ymnsum, nd
slppr ts. Tt musum csd to xst durn t Frst World Wr. Wl tr xsts som documntton
out som o t tms n t musum, ncludn n ccssons rstr, ts lnn pprs nowr n ny o
ts documntton. It ws smply monst roup o tms dscovrd n cupord t Bttrs Lrry y t
rst curtor o Wndswort Musum, n 1986, nd som o wc wr trcl to t old Bttrs Musum.
T Wndswort Musum closd t t nd o 007, wt t ntnton tt t sould ropn n 008 n nw
locton undr t uspcs o t Hntz Fmly Crtl Foundton, s Wandsworth Museum Newsletter
Novmr 007 < ttp://www.wndswort.ov.uk/NR/rdonlyrs/zroyo7tqpvvtqr4wvomymnrwl4m-
skkculru45yz4pjv4k6y4qfrnypnqm6c/musnwsutumn07.pd >.0 I m ndtd to Jon Tylor or t provson o ts normton, suppld to Mrcl Mr o t Brts
Musum y Su Brr, Assstnt Curtor o Wndswort Musum n Jnury 006.1 On dos wondr wtr on o t dts mt n rror, nd tt t unwrppn mt ctully v
n n 185. C. L. V. Grnsll, Guide Catalogue to the Collections rom Ancient Egypt (Brstol, 197), 67. Ntr s t 184 mummy. T nd or orml proposl n 184 tt t sklton o t mummy
sould prsrvd (ov, p. 110), mt sust tt ot otr sts o rmns wr dscrdd soon tr
tr unwrppn. C. Addndum, pp. 178, low. For t vrous movs nd rornztons o Brstols musums, s t sourcs lstd n n. 1, ov.4 C. n. , ov.5 Aprt rom t two outr cons dscussd n ts ppr, ts comprsd:
H60 Ty, rly Etnt Dynsty, rom Slt Collcton, v Tos. Grrrd; unpulsd.
H6 Istwrt, dutr o Nmnktmun nd Nsmut, rly/md svnt cntury; unpu-
lsd.
H6 (x-H558) Pdorpkrd, son o Nsmt nd Tmu, lt t/rly svnt cntury: vn
y C. Hlyr n 1917; unpulsd.
H64 No nm, crtonn, Twnty-scond Dynsty; unpulsd nd now dstroyd (c. n. 7).
H68 No nm, rly Twnty-scond Dynsty, rom Dr Au l-N: vn y t Brts
Scool o Arcoloy n Eypt; PM I2, 606.
H641 Hormknst, rly Twnty-rst Dynsty, rom Dr l-Br: vn y t Eypt
Explorton Fund n 1905; PM I2, 657; Dwson, Gls, nd Ponsord (ds), Horemkenesi.
Wl notn s known o ow Istwrts H6 ws cqurd y t Musum, t s concvl tt t mt
t con (tn wt mummy) dsplyd t 18 Mlsom Strt n Bt n Octor 18. Keenes Bath Journal
and General Advertiser, 7 Octor 18, dscrs t mummy s t most Prct vr sn n ts Country,
ltly rout rom Bomy, purcsd y t prsnt Proprtors, t t Custom-Hous, Plymout, or
consdrl sum. It urtr stts tt t Covr o t Insd Con s rmrkly curous, t n crvd
nd lntly pntd n t Orntl styl, exactly agreeable to the eatures o the Person when Living, nd n
t st stt o prsrvton. T mummy tsl s dscrd s n ntrly unwrppd, ltou rt
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ownd, rspctvly, y mn nmd Iyt (vn t rstrton numr H69 nd
ls ccsson numr 41) nd y womn nmd Try (H61; 4). Notn
ws sttd s to tr orns,6 ut t ownrs nms, ttls, nd ltons mk t
crystl clr tt ty wr t sm ndvduls s t Plymout pr. Sdly, t s notpossl to provd urtr vrcton y cckn wtr tr outr con trou
contns ml ur n prol, s sttd y t 184 corrspondnt, s ot
H69 nd H61 wr dstroyd n 1957 wtout vr vn n potorpd. 7
All tt crtnly survvs n Brstol r mnuscrpt cops o t ownrs nms
nd ttls md y Ernst Sr (1854197)8 n 1899, nd mnuscrpt dscrptons
o t cons y G. R. Stnton,9 wrttn n Sptmr 195 (s Appndcs 1a
nd a).0 Nvrtlss, t s now mpossl to dout tt H69, H61, nd t
Plymout cons rprsnt totr t two con sts sn n t 184 wtrcolour,
nd cm to Brstol wt Grrrds two mumms. Furtr conrmton coms rom
t ct tt smll ord sown dsplyd t t oot o t con o Ty n t 184pntn (. 4.9), nd stll n Brstol s H5588, turns out to mssn pc o t
oot-nd o t Plymout con o Iyt.1
Ts lds us to t scond ssu surroundn t dntcton o t 184 nnr
cons wt tos now n Plymout: wn nd wy wr ts two cons sprtd
rom tr outr slls nd on o tr ootords wc rmnd n Brstol?
* * *
Ovr t dcds sprt t 184 dpcton o t nnr cons o Iyt nd
Try rom tr nxt documntd pprnc. Tn, somtm n 1918, pr o
Eyptn cons wc turnd out to t nnr css o Iyt nd Try wrord on lon to t Ftzwllm Musum n Cmrd y on Toms Hnry
Ormston Ps (185197) nrlly known y s lst ornm. Ts or ws
turnd down y t musum, pprntly on t rounds o t n lon, rtr
tn n outrt donton.
quntty o t clot n wc t ody ws rst wound ws now prsntd to pulc vw. T xton
crd on slln (0.05) ntrnc.
Ts pc must dstnusd rom t two otr cons on dsply n Bt t t sm tm, t 10 Nw
Bond Strt, wc drvd, lon wt otr mtrl, rom Blzons collcton (Bath Journal, 7, 14, 1 nd 8
Octor 18). T Nw Bond Strt ojcts ll sm to v ltr pssd to t Bt Royl Ltrry nd Sc-
ntc Insttuton, t Eyptn collcton o wc ws lond to Brstol n Frury 1966; t cons, o t
nbt-prNskonsu nd on Djdkonsunk (sic), son o Nord, r now H506 nd H5074/5: I ow tsdntcton to Jon Tylor. It s ntndd tt ll Brstol cons wll pulsd, lon wt tos n Extr,
Plymout, Truro nd Swns, n monorp y t prsnt wrtr.6 Lkws t con o Ty (H60) ws lt wtout provnnc, ltou n tt cs not T. Grrrd
[184?] ws ltr ddd, proly y G. R. Stnton, or wom s low.7 Dstroyd Oct. 1957 s n vry poor condton, rddld wt woodworm (not n Musum rstr). For t
possl survvl o on rmnt, s low, p. 15. Also urnd t t sm tm wr t ld o H60 nd t
Twnty-scond Dynsty crtonn, H64, rstrd n 1917. S now urtr Addndum, pp. 178, low.8 Snc 1896 Lcturr n Orntl Lnus t Unvrsty Coll Brstol. For Srs crr, s A. Dodson,
Ernst Sr: A Forottn Ponr nd s Mlu,JEA 9 (007), 475.9 T Musums Assstnt Curtor (ltr Curtor) o Antquts nd Antropoloy rom 196 to 1951.0 A rmnt o H69 my stll survv: s p. 15, low; s lso urtr Addndum, pp. 178.1 T jon ws rst rconzd y Jon Tylor n 1985. T pc s now n lond, lon wt wx urs
H1111, to Plymout or dsply n t nw Eyptn llry wc opnd t t nd o 008. BCMAG Hstorcl Fl (HF) 506; tr r no rcords o t pproc n t pprs o t Ftzwllm
Musum Syndct, nor tos o t dprtmnt o Antquts (prsonl communctons Slly-Ann Aston, 19
nd 6 Jun 007).
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In Sptmr, Hrrt Bolton, Drctor o t Brstol Musum nd t Art Gllry
rom 191 to 190, ws nvtd y Pss l-sstr, Mrn Fry Ps (18591954:
or t Ps mly, s . 8),4 t Brstol ductonlst,5 to nspct t sm pr o
mummy css t Cot Bnk, lr ous n Wstury-on-Trym, 4.5 klomtrsnort o Brstol cty cntr (. 5).6 On 18 Sptmr, onc Bolton d ctully
sn t cons, Ormston Ps ord tm on lon to t Musum, nd to dont
t lss cs n wc ty wr dsplyd outrt. Boltons vw ws tt ts ws
unlkly to ccptl, ltou ts would sujct to t vws o s Musum
Commtt. At no pont dd Bolton pprntly v ny nkln tt t ojcts
ws dln wt d onc n prt o t collcton o t Brstol Insttuton, nd
tt tr corrspondn outr cons stll ly n s own musum.
Put to t Musum Commtt on 1 Novmr, t or ws rusd on rounds
o lmtd spc. In rspons, Ps qurd wtr t would mt wt mor
Formrly t Snor Musum Curtor rsponsl or t dstructon o t sklton rom t 184
unwrppn, nd tn Drctor o t Art Gllry lon rom 190 to 195.4 Tn lvn t Hrts now Hrts Hous, Almondsury, on t nortrn mrn o Brstol, c. n. 4.5 For Mss Pss crr, s ODNB, XLIII, 57. I m ndtd to Gurny Ps or muc usul nor-
mton on t Ps mly, supplmntd y rn o cnsus nd pulc rt, mrr nd dt rcords,
ccssd wt t nvlul ssstnc o my w.6 BCMAG HF 506; t l s ncomplt, not ndctn tt t rlr lttrs wr rtnd y t Ps
mly.
Fig. 5. Cot Bnk rly n t twntt cntury (courtsy Rc Wnston Arcv).
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postv rcton, ut Boltons rply condmnd t lss cs (. 6) s unsutl
or musum, nd onc mor ltd t lck o spc n t musum. In s
lst survvn lttr to Bolton, Ps sttd tt now ntndd to or t cons
lswr on lon, nd on 19 Frury 1919 t cons (nd tr cs) rrvd nPlymout Musum nd Art Gllry on ndnt lon lon wt otr ntquts tt
comprsd t Ormston Ps Collcton;7 ty v rmnd tr vr snc.
7 T collcton contnd ovr 500 tms, o wc ovr 400 wr scrs nd mults, plus vrous smll
ntquts, ncludn complt cnopc jr, cnopc ld, nd som nml mumms. A mnuscrpt Ctlou
o Eyptn Antquts lonn to O. T. H. (sc) Ps, Esq., Sk, Okmpton, s ld y Plymout Cty
Musum & Art Gllry. Ts would ppr to v n prprd y t Musum, s t ndwrtn pprs
dntcl to tt n notr MS ctlou o mtrl rcvd rom t Brts Scool o Arcoloy n Eypt
n 194. It s not yt provd possl to conrm t dntty o t utor.
Fig. 6. T cons o Iyt nd Try, pprntly n t cs tt ousd tm
t Cot Bnk (utor).
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Ormston Ps ws solctor, rsdnt t Sk n Okmpton, Dvon, wc
my v nfuncd s pproc to Plymout, wc t tt tm d mnml
Eyptn oldns.8 Howvr, up untl t lt 1890s9 d prvously lvd t t
mly om o Cot Bnk, nd t s own stlsmnts n nd round Brstol.
40
Eductd t Unvrsty Coll London, d n dmttd s solctor n 1877,
nd prctcd n Brstol or t nxt two dcds.41
Pss dsr to dpost t cons wt musum ws clrly lnkd wt t ct
tt s stpmotr, Susnn Ann Fry (1891917, scon o t Brstol cocolt
dynsty: . 7) d dd on 1 Sptmr t prvous yr4 nd tt Cot Bnk
ws now to dsposd o.4 Ultmtly, n My 190, t ous nd ts 7 crs o
lnd wr sold or 11,900 to t Romn Ctolc ordr o Poor Sstrs o Nzrt.
Fig. 7. Susnn Ann Fry Ps (1891917)
(Annual Monitor1078 (19190), 0).
8 T Musum d n stlsd n 1887 nd ropnd n ts prsnt uldn n 1910. Mtrl (ltr
trnsrrd to Plymout Musum) rom Grstns work t Bn Hsn d n vn to t nry Dvonport
Musum, ut prt rom t Ps collcton t rst sncnt cqustons y Plymout Musum would
dontons rom W. L. S. Lot (187119: WWWE3, 58) n 190, A. L. Lws n 191, nd t Brts Scool
o Arcoloy n Eypt (Qu nd Bdr) n 19/4. T collcton s currntly n ctloud y t prsnt
wrtr.9 Hs lst lstn nJ. Wright & Co.s Bristol and Commercial Directory s n t 1897 dton.40 On s mrr to Mry Elzt Ells Cv (18671946) on 6 Dcmr 1888 n Knsnton, movd
nto 8 Son Hll, Clton, nd susquntly cqurd Flnd Lwn, t Lon Aston, just cross t Avon Gor
rom Brstol n Somrst.41 At rst t Lon Court, Brod Strt, Brstol. In 1885 cm prtnr n Jcqus, Ps nd Jcqus t
8 Corn Strt, movn round 1891 to numr 41. Ps struck out on s own n t ollown yr, wt s
oc rst t 1 Clr Strt nd nlly t Brton Court, 6 St Stpns Avnu. All ts loctons wr wtn
00 mtrs o c otr, wtn wt s now Brstols Old Town (Wrights Directory, vrous dtons).4 Only w monts tr r younst son, Oswld wo d mrtd to Cnd n t 1890s d n
klld n cton t Vmy Rd, Frnc, on 1 Mrc/1 Aprl 1917. Mrs Ps ws crmtd on 5 Sptmr nd
r ss ntrrd t Knswston Qukr Burl Ground, nort-st Brstol, lonsd t ody o r usnd:
s n. 7 low nd . 9. I m ndtd to Gwynn Stock (prsonl communcton 18 Octor 007) or nor-
mton on t ntrmnts o t Ps mly, nd or rloctn tr rvstons on 10 Novmr 007; on t
Knsswston cmtry, s G. Stock, A Survy o t Qukr Burl Grounds n Brstol nd Frncy Montly
Mtn, Bristol and Avon Archaeology 1 (1996), 45.4 Hr compnons durn r lst yrs t Cot Bnk d n r dutrs Mron nd Ros Elzt
Ps (18581951); on 16 Aprl 1918 ty totr purcsd Hrts t Almondsury, 15 klomtrs rom Cot
Bnk. Tt proprty d n ult s cott n t sxtnt cntury s prt o t Tocknon Mnor stt,
nd rdully xpndd untl uctond o y t Rv. Jms Lrd Pc n Sptmr 1890 to Rort Todd.
T Pss out t ous rom s wdow, Fnny Todd.
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It opnd s t Nzrt Orpn Hom or Boys n Sptmr 191, ut closd
n 199;44 t st s now occupd y ouss ult n 1945.45
A curous ootnot cm twnty yrs tr t cons d n movd to Plymout
wn, two yrs tr Ormston Pss dt, s son, Toms Ormston Cv Ps(18901974)46 wrot to Brstol Musum skn t d two mummy css ormrly
t Cot Bnk, Wstury-on-Trym, wc t corrspondnt tout wr prsntd
to t musum mny yrs o.47 T Drctor, Hrrt Mxwll, could only rply
tt ty d n ord on lon n 1918, ut tt t n dcdd not to ccpt
own to lck o spc. Ts pproc my lnkd wt t ct tt Ormston
Pss wll ld to mnton t Eyptn collcton,48 ltou s sons nornc
o t lur o t 1918 pproc s odd, snc t younr Ps d n nvolvd
n t rlr sts o tt psod, wl styn wt s unts t Almondsury.
* * *
Ormston Ps ws not, owvr, t orntor o t collcton tt now rs
s nm. H ws on o t tn cldrn o Toms Ps (18161884), n
Ormstons cs y s scond w, Mrt Lucy As (185185), wo d dd on
8 Novmr 185, only v wks tr Ormstons rt.49 T ldr Ps d n
orn n Prk Plc, Lds, on 1 Jnury 1816, t only survvn son o Toms
Bnson Ps (1781846), wlty Qukr stu (.. woolln txtl) mrcnt50
nd Mrt Wtlock (c.1787188).
Toms ws ductd t Drlnton Scool, County Durm, nd tn jond t
mly rm to lrn s trd. H mrrd Lucy Fryr n 184,51 nd sttld n t
ous n Sout Prd, Lds, wr d n rsdnt or wl pror to s
44 In 199 Brstol Corporton d dcdd to xrcs ts rt to uld rod (now Flcondl Rod) trou
t rounds, nd s rsult t orpn ws movd klomtrs wy, to Snd Prk Hous, n Stok Bsop,
n t summr o tt yr, wr t nlly closd n 1970. T ormr Cot Bnk ws sold or 15,000 n rly
190 nd ws dmolsd soon trwrds. Dtls o t uldns story s t Brstol Nzrt Hous r
contnd n Sstrs o Nzrt Gnrl Arcv DE/1/1/, 11, DC/1/, 190, nd FGG/1/4/1, 141.45 Numr 0 Downs Cot Prk wll to t wst o t st o t old ous ws vn t nm Cot
Bnk. T st o t ous tsl s now occupd y 14 Downs Cot Prk, BS9, wt t strn prt o t
rdn covrd y 18150 Wstury Rod, nd t rmndr undr Flcondl Rod nd t strts drctly
sout o t.46 By tn o Ruslnd Hous, Butcom, Bldon, Somrst.47 Lttr o 15 Auust 199 to t Drctor o t Musum nd Art Gllry.48
Dt suppld to Nck Dxon n 1985 y W. H. Scutt, tn Assstnt Kpr o Arcoloy nd LoclHstory t Plymout Musum.49 Mrt Lucy Ps, nAnnual Monitor, or Obituary o the Members o the Society o Friends In Great Britain
and IrelandNS 1 (1854), 1161; S. A. Fry Ps,Account o the Lie o Thomas Pease who died in January 1884.
Written by His Widow or their Children (producd or prvt crculton, copy now n Lds Unvrsty Lrry,
MS.69), 10. Ts lttr ooklt s sourc o numr o t mly dtls n t prsnt ppr; urtr dt
s n drvd rom dcnnl Enls cnsus dt. For t Pss, s lso J. Fostr, Pease o Darlington, with
Notices o the Families o Robson, Backhouse, Dixon and Others, the Descendants o J. Pease (London, 1891), sp.
195, nd E. H. Mlln, Biographical Dictionary o British Quakers in Commerce and Industry 17751920(York,
007), 1.50 A cousn o Edwrd Ps (17671858), t rlwy promotr nd ptron o Rort Stpnson (ODNB,
XLIII, 501), Toms Bnson Ps ws ntv o Drlnton, wo d com to Lds n 180, comn
t prncpl o t Lds rm Aldm, Ps & Co. (ltr Aldm, Ps, Hton & Co. nd tn Ps, Hton &
Co.). Frst lctd to t town councl n 186, cm n ldrmn n 1841 nd ownd proprty t Spscr,
nort o t cntr o Lds.51 Hvn prvously n turnd down y Jn Bckous, c. R. L. Brtt (d.), Barclay Foxs Journal(London,
1979), 8.
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5 Lucy Ps,Annual MonitorNS (1844), 9101.5 Id., 978.54 Ps,Account, 8.55
On t cornr o Kn Gor Avnu nd Gldow Ln, Cpl Allrton.56 It d rlr n t rsdnc o t otnst Rcrd Antony Slsury (1761189).57 Ps,Account, 8.
mrr; tr ldr dutr Ktrn ws orn on Aprl 184. Howvr, ltr
tt yr Lucy strtd to sow sns o poor lt, nd ltou Lucy Ann ws
orn on 15 My 1844, r motr dd on Sptmr.5
Thomas Benson Pease()
Martha Whitelock()
=
Hannah()
Thomas Pease()
Lucy Fryer()
=
= Susanna Ann Fry()
Louisa Ann (b. )John Edward ()Jane (b. )
Katharine Aldam (b. )Lucy Anne (b. )
=Martha Lucy Aggs()
Mary Gertrude (b. )Margaret (b. )
Thomas Henry Ormston Pease()
= Mary Ellis Cave()
Eleanor Mary(b. )
Thomas Ormston Cave(b. )
Barbara Margaret(b. )
Susan ()Isabella ()
Edward Reynolds ()Marian Fry ()William Benson (b. )Joseph Gerald (b. )
Robert Aldam (b. )Anna Dorothea (b. )Caroline Susan ()Cyril Arthington (b. )Oswald Allen ()
Hvn msl surd rom morr rom t luns wlst n Irlnd sx
monts pror to Lucys dt, Ps nd s mly d spnt muc o t ntrvnn
prod n t sout o Enlnd, nd d n plnnn som tm n Mdr wn
Lucy ws struck down y r nl llnss.5 Atr r dt, spnt t wntr o18456 n Eypt, dscrd y s trd w, nd wdow, Susnn, s qut n r n
s l xctn vvd ntrst n Eyptoloy nd ll tt rlts to tt wondrul
lnd wc contnud untd trou l.54 S contnus: T clmt sutd
m prctly, wnt up t Nl s r s t scond ctrct rcvn mprssons
wc wr ndlly xd n s mmory nd mkn t nnn o s vlul
collcton o ntquts. Wl n Eypt, turnd down nvtton to ccompny
Gor Jon Brown, rd Mrquss o Slo (1801896) on trp to Plstn.
Ps ws n Grmny on s wy om wn rcvd word o t suddn dt
o s tr n Brdord on 4 My 1846. Toms rst vst to Eypt ws ovr
dcd tr t Iyt nd Try cons d rrvd n Brstol: tr cn tus no posslty o s vn d ny nvolvmnt wt Grrrds cquston o t
cons n 184 t wc tm ws n ny cs stll rsdnt n Yorksr.
Follown s rturn, Ps rmovd to Cpl Allrton Hll, Lds,55 wc d
n s trs prncpl rsdnc snc 186.56 H contnud to prr to wntr
tr n t sout o Enlnd or rod, rvstn Lowr Eypt (only)57 n t wntr
o 18467, ccompnd ts tm y two o s younr sstrs, Susn nd Lous.
Fig. 8. Summry mly tr o t mly o Toms Ps.
T mor sncnt urs or t prsnt ppr r sown n old.
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T mlys dntv mov to t sout nd Brstol cm n t summr o
185, wn Toms, wo d n ny cs nvr lt prtculrly sutd to t world
o usnss,58 nd s nw w, Mrt, wom d mrrd n Mrc 1850 t
Wncmor Hll, London,
59
took up rsdnc n rntd Gorn mnson nmdHnury Hll, n Wstury-on-Trym;60 ty rout wt tm youn dutr,
Mry Grtrud (. 1851). Mrt d n vry ll durn t monts ollown t
rt, nd t mov d n promptd y Pss vw tt t clmt o Yorksr
ws not vourl to tr o tm.61 Tt Toms d connctons wt t cty
s sown y t ct tt s dutr Lucy d n orn t Clton, n t wst o
t cty. Two urtr cldrn, Mrrt (. 185) nd Ormston, wr orn tr t
mov to Brstol.
Follown Mrt Pss prmtur dt, Toms rmrrd n n Aprl
1856;6 wt Susnn Fry,6 d urtr tn cldrn twn 1857 nd 187:
Edwrd Rynolds,64
Mrn, Ros, Wllm Bnson, Josp Grld, Rort, Ann,Croln, Cyrl, nd Oswld. T mly movd l klomtr sout to nw om,
Cot Bnk, n 1866, ts tm purcsd y Toms nd njoyn mncnt vws
to t nortwst ovr t Bls Cstl stt.65 Ovr yr ws spnt crryn out
ltrtons nd ddtons to t ous,66 wr t mly ws ttndd y ovrnss
nd t srvnts.
Toms Ps ws vly nvolvd n vrous commtts nd roups n nort
Brstol, n prtculr tos ssoctd wt t Qukrs, ncludn Sundy Scool
tcn. H lso srvd on s locl Poor Lw Bord o Gurdns, comn Vc-
Crmn, nd undn Brts Scool67 n Wstury or som two dcds. Hs
wdr ntrsts n otny, oloy, rctctur, nd rcoloy ound vrous outlts.A oundr mmr o t Brstol Nturlsts Socty n 186 (Vc-Prsdnt 1864
71), d n lctd Fllow o t Golocl Socty o London on 1 Frury
1860,68 s supportrs (proposrs) n t rnownd olost Sr Crls Lyll
58 Toms Ps,Annual MonitorNS 4 (1884), 18.59 Mrt d n orn n Bruc Grov, Tottnm, London.60 Dmolsd n t 190s, ts st s now occupd y ousn on nd djonn Nortovr nd Wstovr
Rods: s Wnston, Bristols Suburbs in the 20/30s (Brstol, 1977), s 54.61 Ps, Account, 10. Cpl Allrton Hll ws ltr ownd y Sr Jon Brrn, Brt. (1811905) nd s
rs; t ous stll stnds, dvdd nto fts.6 At t Qukr mtn ous n wt s now Qukrs Frrs, n t Brodmd r o cntrl Brstol. Ts
uldn, ncorportn prts o t rmns o trtnt cntury rry, ws usd s t Cty Rstr Ocrom 196 to 006.6 For wom, s Susn. Ann Ps,Annual Monitor1078 (19190), 19.64 Co-oundr o t soclst Fn Socty n 188, nd ts Scrtry, tn Honorry Scrtry, 1890198;
ws lso nvolvd n sttn up t London Scool o Economcs nd t Lour Prty ( ODNB, XLIII, 54).65 Ornlly ult or t potcry Wllm Brodrp (c.1747186) round 1800, wo d sold t n 1815.
T ownr drctly pror to Ps ws Toms Hll, Corn Strt-sd mrcnt trdn wt Russ (wr
d n orn, n St Ptrsur, n 1794) nd s mly; ty d n tr snc or 1841, y wc yr
t ous d n rnmd Cot Hll. It cm Cot Bnk n or 1851. For t ouss story nd
dvlopmnt pror to Pss purcs, s J. Russll, Rpton & t Rc Apotcry: Nw Lt on Cot Bnk,
Avon Gardens Trust Journal1 (006), 15; or srs o vws o t ous nd ts rounds n t rly yrs
o t twntt cntury, s R. Wnston, Bristols Suburbs Long Ago (Brstol, 1985), s 6974.66 For wc s Russll,Avon Gardens Trust Journal1, 19, 0.67 A scool oundd undr t uspcs o t Brts nd Forn Scools Socty, wc promotd t
stlsmnt o systm o non-sctrn scools or t poor. Ts nsttutons wr ctvly suprsdd
wt t rrvl o stt ducton n 1870.68 As Fllow numr 197.
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(17971875),69 Bnjmn Wtrous Hwkns (18071889), sculptor o t Crystl
Plc dnosurs,70 nd t plontolost Jon Wllm Sltr (1801869)71 lst
tt ndcts s stndn n scolrly crcls. H jond t Brstol Insttuton n t
sm yr nd cm Jont Scrtry o Fnnc o t Brstol Musum & LrryAssocton n 1871, .. t t tm o t mov o t collctons rom t ottom to
t top o Prk Strt.7
Follown ts mov, t dsplys n t musum uldn d concntrtd on
oloy nd nturl story, t ntquts collcton n rltd, own to lck
o spc, to t ttcs, wt t xcpton o t lst som o t Eyptn mtrl.
Ts s known to v n dsplyd on t lndn o t ck strcs, ut notn
s known s to xctly wc ojcts wr tn xposd to vw, nor wn mor spc
ws md vll or t ntquts n n 1877 xtnson. It s tus not possl to
sy wtr or nor t nnr cons o Iyt nd Try wr vr prsnt n t nw
Musum uldn.Toms s rcordd s sroldr o Musum nd Lrry Assocton (wt
srs) trou t 1870s. Atr s suddn dt t t Qukr Mtn Hous t
plc o s mrr on 15 Jnury 1884,7 s srs ppr to v trnsrrd
69 ODNB, XXXIV, 856.70 ODNB, XXV, 9078.71 ODNB, XLVIII, 764.7 Plns nd pprs rltn to t constructon o t nw uldn wr stll n t nds o Tomss dutr
Mrn s lt s 1949 (BCMAG HF 506).7 H collpsd wl ctully spkn durn mtn: Annual MonitorNS 4, 145; ws urd t
Knswston Qukr Burl Ground on 19 Jnury, wr s wdows ss would ntrrd lonsd m
ovr tr dcds ltr (s n. 4).
Fig. 9. Knswston Qukr Burl Ground wt, nst,
t rv-mrkrs o Toms nd Susnn Ps (utor).
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to s wdow, Susnn.74 Fv srs wr lso ld y s son Ormston, prsumly
purcsd t t sm tm, snc tr numrs ollow on drctly rom tos ld
y Toms. Otr mmrs o t mly wr lso nvolvd wt t Musum ovr
t yrs, mkn numr o dontons.
75
T Pss om t Cot Bnk ws lttl mor tn l klomtr rom T
Lrcs, Aml Edwrds ous n Estld, lso prt o Wstury-on-Trym.
Tomss wdow rmrks tt []s rndsp wt Mss Aml B. Edwrds ws
rt sourc o plsur to m n t lst w yrs o s l.76 Unortuntly, no
mnton o m sms to survv monst t Edwrds pprs,77 nor wr ny o t
mly pprntly suscrrs to t Eypt Explorton Fund.78
Wl tr s tus clr conncton twn t Ps mly nd t Brstol
Musum on ck to 1860, ts s stll twnty-v yrs on rom t crucl 184
Brstol Insttuton dsply, nd dos notn to xpln ow t cons ound tr
wy to Cot Bnk. Gvn s dp ntrst n Eyptoloy79
nd s xstn Eyptncollcton, t s clrly Toms Ps wo s t crucl ur, rtr tn s son, on
wom t collcton ultmtly dvolvd.80 In prtculr, n vw o s 1871 poston
n t Musum nd Lrry Assocton (prsumly covrn t Musum sd
o ts rs), must v n dply nvolvd n t mov o ojcts t 00
mtrs up Prk Strt twn t old nd nw uldns. Mt t tt durn
ts work t two cons81 wr trnsrrd to Cot Bnk, prps to tmporrly
74 Toms Ps s rplcd n t lsts y Mrs Ps rom 1 Jnury 1885 onwrds. Curously, Toms
contnud to lstd n Wrights Directory o Bristols rsdnt t Cot Bnk or two dcds tr s dt,
s wdow only rplcn m n 1905!75
For xmpl, Mrn ttmptd (unsuccssully) to dont work y t Srn sculptor Ivn Mtrov(188196) n 1919. In Dcmr 1949, s s nd r sstr Ros wr movn rom Almondsury to Wrxll
Cott, Strt, Somrst (Hrts ws sold to Cyrl Quntck n Jnury 1950, wo rtnd t untl 1965; t
ous stll xsts), ty dontd pr o udds to t Musum. A numr o otr tms rom tr ormr
om lso wnt to t ctys Bls Cstl olk musum. Edwrd lnt collcton o Brts Bronz A nd
Romn mtrl n 189 (t yr tt t Musum ws trnsrrd to Brstol Corporton), wc cm t
n 191 (BCMAG HF 506 nd 189M).76 Ps,Account, 17.77 Prsonl communcton rom Brnd Moon, 9 My 006; s s t utor o t ltst orpy o
Mss Edwrds: More Useully Employed: Amelia B. Edwards, Writer, Traveller and Campaigner or Ancient Egypt
(London, 006). On t otr nd, tt t Ps nd Fry mls wr not unknown n Mss Edwrds crcl s
sown y rcord md on 6 Dcmr 1889 y r rnd Kt Brdury (WWWE3, 181) durn tr vst to
t USA. Spkn o tr ost, nc Qukr ldy n Plnld, Nw Jrsy, Brdury nots: Foxs, Pss,
Frys, &c. s knows tm ll! (Moon, prsonl communcton Jun 006).78 Prsonl communcton, Crs Nunton, 17 My 006.79 Susnn Ps rmrks to s cldrn: H ws muc ntrstd n rcoloy nd t mytolos o
vrous ntons wc v m t tst or collctn dols nd non o you wll ort s knowld o
Eyptoloy (Account, 17).80 Tomss wll (dtd 6 Frury 188) dos not mnton s Eyptn mtrl t ll, wc ws prsumly
monst t ousold oods, cttls, urntur nd cts wtr or ornmnt or us (xcpt Plt nd Pltd
rtcls mony nd scurts or mony) s sll n nd out my rsdnc or t tm n t my dcs
qutd to Susnn, wo lso rcvd Cot Bnk tsl or l. Susnns wll (dtd 1 Mrc 1914) s
lso unspcc, mrly drctn tt r urntur ooks pcturs collctons ornmnts cn slvr nd pltd
ojcts dstrutd y r xcutors (Ormston, Edwrd, Mrn, nd Ros) t tr dscrton mon nd
to ll t survvn cldrn o [r] lt usnd nd t usnd or w or ldst cld o suc cldrn . It
would tus ppr tt Ormston my v only cqurd t collcton on s motrs dt, ltou t s not
mpossl tt t could v n vn ovr t som pont durn Susnns ltm. On t otr nd, t ct
tt t prncpl tms (t lst) rmnd t Cot Bnk untl 1919 would ru nst ts.81 Altou on mt tmptd to wondr wtr tt t now-mssn tms rom t 184 Brstol Inst-
tuton dsply (s n. 1) could v lt t t sm tm, tr s no trc o tm n t Ps Collcton. It s
no stl wtsovr, wl t cnopc mtrl dos not nclud jr or ld rsmln tt rcordd n 184.
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s t ormntond spc prolms? Tomss unxpctd dt my tn
v oscurd tr tru sttus, lvn ot t mly nd t Musum utorts
nornt o t story o t cons.
Unortuntly, no mtrl sms to survv wt ny urtr rn on tprolm,8 ltou on wondrs s to wt my v ln nd Ormstons
nsstnc tt t cons sould only lnt, rtr tn dontd. Tus on cn ut
prsnt t cts s ty r currntly known, nd op tt som dt my yt com
to lt tt wll complt t tl o t cons o Iyt nd Try.
Appendix 1: the cofns o Iyhat
Owner:
"s ! son o ps f/ (vr.
/
d) nd Is
`
; Iyts ptrnl
rndprnts wr
=ps nd s
.
Provenance: Toms Grrrd, 184.
1a: the outer cofn o Iyhat
Number:
Brstol Cty Musum & Art Gllry H69 (dstroyd n 1957); c nd ront o
ddrss r proly now H5594.1 (q.v.).
Dimensions and Description:8
Heavy wooden outer con 7 t high [1 cm] 27 inches [185 cm] wide.
There are no fgures on the con or lid. The head portion o the lid is covered with canvas
and plaster, and painted with the usual striped headdress and deep collar. The remainder
o the lid & con has been painted, perhaps in yellow. The inscription on the lid is in
three columns down the middle o the ront, in blue hieroglyphs, with red or blue border
lines. The total width o the 3 columns is 8 inches [0 cm], the middle one being about 3
in [9 cm].
The ace is 8 inches [0. cm] long. There was a beard. The inscription on the body o
the con is a band rom head to oot, along the middle o each side, rom 3 to 4 inches [7.5
to 10 cm] wide; in blue hieroglyphs & red lines.
Etr ts con, or t outr con o Try, contnd on t foor o ts trou
ml ur n prol.84 Ts wll prsumly v n n m o tr Nut
or t Goddss o t Wst, wc s common nsd outr cons o t Twnty-
t/Twnty-sxt Dynsty.85
8 Notn pprntly survvs t t Musum, wl Susnn Pss Account, wl rly dtld out
Tomss l or ty mrrd, s rustrtnly vu out t vnts tr t. Wl rrrn to s mny
ntrsts, notn s mntond o s rltd ctvts, otr tn w o tos concrnn rlon nd crty,
nd olqu mntons o mtn o t Brts Assocton or t Advncmnt o Scnc n Ardn n
1857 nd Conrnc t t Hu soon or s dt.8 T tlczd txt s tkn drctly rom Stntons 195 rcord o t con (s p. 115 ov), rproducd courtsy
Brstols Cty Musums & Arcvs, wt t prsnt wrtrs ntrpoltons n squr rckts nd Romn.84 S p. 109 ov, nd Addndum, pp. 178 low.85 J. H. Tylor, Tn Cons rom t Twnty-scond to t Twnty-sxt Dynsty, n N. Strudwck nd
J. H. Tylor (ds), The Theban Necropolis: Past, Present and Future (London, 00), 117.