Drawings (by Winifred M. Brunton), letters, and working notes for a publication on button seals.
Negatives taken during the Matmar excavations in 1928-30.
Card index created 1958.

Notebooks, notes, card indexes of the Pyramid Texts and Late Egyptian, copies of inscriptions, corpus of transcribed hieratic ostraca and papyri, photographs, drawings, correspondence, copies of his own publications, and portraits.

Three notebooks containing Gell's copies of hieroglyphic inscriptions from objects and publications, also drawings (some coloured) of objects seen by Gell in museums and private collections.

Copies of texts, mostly from Theban tombs.

Two portfolios with 45 loose sheets of mounted drawings and watercolours.

View of Alexandria, including Pompey's Pillar:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom left edge] 'chameau mort devoré par les chiens'. (ink note)
• [on recto, bottom right edge] 'hr. 28m 748 tout ensemble compris fond.on colonne dite de Pompée'. (ink note)
• [on mount, top edge] 'Alexandrie'. (ink note)
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Colonne de Pompée'. (ink note)
• [on mount, verso] 'nº 2'. (ink note)
• 34.4 by 25 cm

Catacomb (also known as the Grand catacomb) within the Wardian area at Alexandria, two individuals visible in the background using candlelight:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, edges of watercolour] 'la Nécropole bains de Cléopâtre'. (pencil note)
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Alexandrie, Bain de Cléopâtre'. (ink note)
• [on mount, verso] 'nº 2'. (ink note)
• 34.4 by 25 cm

View from the river Nile of Luxor temple and nearby modern buildings:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'LUXOR'. (ink note)
• [on mount, verso] 'nº 20'. (ink note)
• 34.5 by 19.5 cm

Relief scene from the Birth Room at Luxor temple, with images of the god Thoth and a queen (birth scenes scenes in II, 1-3 at (152)):

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, lower left side] 'Thoth savoir, Chnouphis puissance force, Venus athor'. (ink note)
• [on recto, bottom edge] 'La Reine TMAU-HEM-VA femme du Pharaon THOUTMES IV mettant au monde AMENOPH III (Memnon)'. (ink note)
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'LUXOR Auprès du Sanctuaire de Luxor'. (ink note)
• 30.9 by 11.5 cm

View from the river Nile of Luxor by Nestor L'Hôte:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom right edge] 'Luxor dessin de nestor l'hote'. (ink note)
• [on mount, verso] 'LUXOR'. (ink note)
• 21.9 by 10.9 cm

View of the pronaos of the temple at Deir el-Medina, with male figures roughly outlined at the left side:

• watercolour
• mounted
• 19.7 by 13.5 cm

Partial view of the hypostyle hall (reconstruction) of the Ramesseum:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on mount, verso] 'Grand ordre du Rhamesseion'. (ink note)
• 30.8 by 35.7 cm

View of the Ramesseum:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Le Rhamesseion'. (ink note)
• 34.8 by 23.4 cm

Detailed plan and section (reconstruction) of the Ramesseum:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, top right edge] 'memnonium par Leper[ ]'. (pencil note)
• [on recto, bottom edge] 'PA = plan anglais = dans le plan anglais pas de pentes douces (ce qui est mieux) un peron 1ere cour 3 peron 2e cour 1 pylone beaucoup plus large'. (ink note)
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Plan et Coupe du Rhamesseion'. (ink note)
• 40.1 by 17.8 cm

Cartouches of Ramesses II from the Ramesseum:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, top edge] '-Thebes-'. (ink note)
• [on recto]'Cartouche du fragment de belle statue calcaire dans l'avenue de sphinx au temple près de -Gournah-'. (ink note)
• 7.5 by 10.6 cm

View of the remains of Qurna Temple:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Temple de Gournah'. (ink note)
• 18.9 by 9.6 cm

Bust of colossus of Ramesses II originally from the 2nd southern court of the Ramesseum, now in the British Museum (EA 19):

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom edge] 'au British museum'. (ink note)
• [on mount, verso] '[ ] British [ ]'. (ink note)
• 7.5 by 10.6 cm

View of the pillars and architraves of the great temple at Karnak:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, top edge] 'Plafond bleu avec étoiles'. (pencil note)
• [on recto, top right corner] '6'. (pencil note)
• [on mount, verso] 'Comparaison des différents ordres Egyptiens'. (ink note)
• 11.7 by 14.8 cm

Partial view of the pillars and architraves of the great temple at Karnak:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on mount, verso] 'Comparaison des différents ordres Egyptiens'. (ink note)
• 22.1 by 16.4 cm

Partial view of the pillars and architraves of the great temple at Karnak with faint details of the relief scenes:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, top right corner] '5'. (pencil note)
• [on mount, verso] 'Comparaison des différents ordres Egyptiens'. (ink note)
• 10.7 by 13.2 cm

Partial view of the pillars and architraves of the great temple at Karnak with intricate details of relief scenes and inscriptions:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on mount, verso] 'Comparaison des différents ordres Egyptiens'. (ink note)
• 14.5 by 16.8 cm

Partial view of the pillars and architraves of the great temple at Karnak:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, top right corner] '1'. (pencil note)
• [on mount, verso] 'Comparaison des différents ordres Egyptiens'. (ink note)
• 20.9 by 19.9 cm

Pillars and architraves of the great temple at Karnak, with two figures standing at the central base:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on mount, verso] 'Comparaison des différents ordres Egyptiens'. (ink note)
• 13.5 by 17.1 cm

Hypostyle and Astronomical Room of the Ramesseum, elevation of the rear wall and relief scenes on columns:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on mount, verso] '1. Grand ordre du Rhamesseion'. (ink note)
• 52.5 by 25.9 cm

Plan of an ideal Egyptian temple based on the plans of the Ramesseum and Karnak:

• tracing
• mounted
• [on mount, verso] '2. Plan de Karnac.'. (ink note)
• 26 by 7.7 cm

Plan of the Ramesseum by J. N. Huyot:

• engraving
• mounted
• [on recto, top edge] 'Plan du Rhamession restauré par l'arche Huyot. le noir indique ce qui reste le gris ce qui est restauré'. (ink note)
• [on recto, bottom edge] 'les lignes indiquent les voutes en briques crues dans lesquels etaient conservés les grains pr les famines.' (ink note)
• [on mount, verso] '3. Plan du Rhamesseion.' (ink note)
• 14.9 by 11.9 cm

Section of the hypostyle hall at Karnak:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom edge] 'ORDRES DE LA SALLE HYPOSTYLE DE KARNAC'. (painted note)
• 28.2 by 45.8 cm

View of the Valley of the Kings and the Theban Mountain in the background:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on mount, verso] 'VALLÉE des TOMBEAUX Biban El Molouk ou Vallée des Tombeaux.' (ink note)
• 34 by 22.4 cm

View of the Valley of the Kings and Western Valley:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom left corner] 'vallée de l'ouest'. (pencil note)
• [on mount, verso] 'VALLÉE des TOMBEAUX Biban El Molouk ou Vallée des Tombeaux.' (ink note)
• 34.2 by 24.1 cm