Walter Hawkins
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| Residence | [1 Lime Street Square][BAA Journal online] | ||||||||
| Occupation | collector | ||||||||
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Contents
Notes
Office Notes
ESL Council 1859-60 Member [proposed]
House Notes
recommended for Council 1851; proposed for Council May 59; resigns Jul 59
Notes From Elsewhere
Catalogue of a valuable assemblage of miscellaneous articles of ancient, mediaeval and modern art, formed by the late Walter Hawkins, Esq., F.S.A. of Kensington. Comprising curious items from Mexico, New Zealand, and other countries, valuable articles in gold & other metals, handsome cabinets: fine specimens of stuffed birds, reptiles and other objects in natural history; objects in terra cotta, comprising some magnificent and remarkable antique vases from Cumae; several specimens of the Rhyton, of different types; antique glass with irridescence; a fine helmet, an embossed shield, & other articles in bronze; a handsome table, inlaid with marble; and many other beautiful works of art. Which will be sold by auction by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson... on Friday, the 11th day of July, 1862... 1862 [art auction catalogue Knuf rare books Dec. 2014 see image]
A third very valuable Gift was presented in October, 1851, by
Walter Hawkins, Esq., F.S.A., a Proprietor and Visitor of
this Institution, consisting of the very beautiful and interesting
work entitled A Monograph of the Trochilid.e, or Humming-
Birds published by Mr. John Gould, F.R.S. ; to which Mr. Haw-
kins subsequently added some other volumes. [London Library]
On Council of Numismatic Society