Egyptian Mummy In Sunderland
Newspaper advertisement of an Egyptian Mummy touring the area.
The second image is an advertisement for the same Mummy touring the Saratoga Springs New York area.
George Barclay of New York imported two Egyptian Mummies from Italy in 1826. One of the Mummies went on display in the New York Museum of Ruben Peale. In 1827 it was sold to an upstate trio and displayed in Ithaca. During January of 1828 the Mummy toured in the Rutland Vermont area. Later in that year it was on display in Rennselaerville New York where it was destroyed by a group of eight men. No trace of it remains today.
The second image is an advertisement for the same Mummy touring the Saratoga Springs New York area.
George Barclay of New York imported two Egyptian Mummies from Italy in 1826. One of the Mummies went on display in the New York Museum of Ruben Peale. In 1827 it was sold to an upstate trio and displayed in Ithaca. During January of 1828 the Mummy toured in the Rutland Vermont area. Later in that year it was on display in Rennselaerville New York where it was destroyed by a group of eight men. No trace of it remains today.
Date
1828
Format
Newspaper clipping.
Source
Dottie Case from the micro film collection at the Forbes Library Northampton, Massachusetts.
Collection
Citation
“Egyptian Mummy In Sunderland,” Swampfield Historical Society, accessed October 22, 2024, https://swampfieldhistorical.org/items/show/241.