The Diaries of Col Edmund Gilling Hallewell 1857-1865

Auction Lot FS17/383

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The Diaries of Col Edmund Gilling Hallewell 1857-1865 (FS17/383) offered in our Three Day Fine Art Sale starting on 29th January 2013 at our salerooms in Exeter, Devon.

Lot Description

The diaries of Col Edmund Gilling Hallewell 1857-1865, covering the years of his posting in Malta as Deputy Quartermaster General, which lasted until his return to England and appointment as Commandant of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, in 1863. The diaries are wide-ranging, covering army administration, family life (his wife and children were with him in Malta), friends, Hallewell's monthly domestic accounts, and his own appalling sufferings from gout. The diaries provide a particularly rich anecdotal account of military life in the Mediterranean theatre at this critical period in European history, which includes the invasion of Italy by the emperor, Napoleon III, and the Risorgimento.

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Pictures

Sale Information

FS17: Three Day Fine Art Sale
Tuesday, 29th January 2013
Wednesday, 30th January 2013
Thursday, 31st January 2013

Okehampton Street, Exeter

This lot will be sold after 2:00pm on Wednesday, 30th January 2013 as part of the Paintings, Water Colours, Drawings and Prints section of the sale.

Contact

For more information about this particular auction lot, please contact:-

Daniel Goddard

Martin Scadgell

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The Diaries of Col Edmund Gilling Hallewell 1857-1865

Auction Lot: FS17/383

The diaries of Col Edmund Gilling Hallewell 1857-1865, covering the years of his posting in Malta as Deputy Quartermaster General, which lasted until his return to England and appointment as Commandant of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, in 1863. The diaries are wide-ranging, covering army administration, family life (his wife and children were with him in Malta), friends, Hallewell's monthly domestic accounts, and his own appalling sufferings from gout. The diaries provide a particularly rich anecdotal account of military life in the Mediterranean theatre at this critical period in European history, which includes the invasion of Italy by the emperor, Napoleon III, and the Risorgimento.

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