Griffith Institute Archive

Castle Dinas Bran, North Wales

Edwards MSS 2.3.40
Item
c. 1857-1892

Part of Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards Collection

Watercolour of Castle Dinas Bran:

[on reverse of watercolour] 'Castle Dinas Bran N. Wales' (pencil note)

Poem with drawing of tree

Edwards MSS 2.3.43
Item
c. 1857-1892

Part of Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards Collection

Drawing of tree with poem:
'What shall I call thee - Song bird? Sweetheart mine?
How shall I woo thee?... If, in truth I dare
To cast my shadow on that path of thine;
To braid my silver with thy golden hair.

How shall I woo thee? - Stretching out my hands
As elms in spring stretch forth their boughs to greet
Wing'd wanderers from sunny far-off lands?
Ah, seek some younger, fresher shade, my sweet!

Thy nest should be a bow'r of blossoms rare;
Thy shade should be all perfumed, + thy lay
Poured forth upon the summer-spicèd air
Of some soft chime, when it is always May!

Alas! my boughs are tempest-toss'd + shorn;
My roots have struck the rock - my leaves are shed;
Shall winter mate with spring, or eve with morn?
Despair with hope? The living with the dead?

Yet come, if thou wilt! For well-nigh due
In God's great miracle, when earth + sky,
Mountain, + moon, + copse their youth renew -
And if the daisies, dearest, why not I?

I wak'd last night from dreams of spring, + lo!
The first dear crocus shows its head today;
And yonder limes are crimsoned with the glow
Of the imprison'd summer! Come away!

Away, dear lover, to meet + greet the spring!
Unfold, ye buds! Laugh out in lead, ye trees!
Come, perfum'd winds, your summer sweetness bring,
From tropic isles beyond the Western seas!

Sing, sing, ye thrushes! To our Northern Shore
Dear swallows, from the purple East fly fast!
Darkness, + doubt, + winter are no more -
The eternal youth of Hope is mine at last!
A.B.E.
Oct. 1887 - Jany. 1888 (underlined)' (ink note)

Letter with drawing of Venice

Edwards MSS 2.3.44
Item
1888

Part of Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards Collection

Handwritten letter with ink drawing of Venice:
'My darling - You ask me the history of my [?]. Well - the Rhodian Apollo is Roman gem, cut in carnelian,' (ink note)

Title page

Edwards MSS 2.4.Title page
Item
1874

Part of Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards Collection

Sketch missing.

[on mount] 'Small Egyptian Scraps,, 1874. T'ih: A Priest & noble of Memphis. IVth Dynasty.' (ink note)

King and queen from Temple of Amada, Nubia

Edwards MSS 2.4.2
Item
1874

Part of Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards Collection

Pencil drawing of king and queen embracing:

Mounted
[on sketch] 'King + Queen embracing. Temple of Amada. Nubia' (pencil note)
[on mount] 'To left of entrance. East wall Temple of Amada. Nubia.' (pencil note)

Ramesses II at Beit el-Wali

Edwards MSS 2.4.3
Item
1874

Part of Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards Collection

Pencil sketch of Ramesses II at Beit el-Wali:

mounted
[on sketch] 'Bayt el Whally' (pencil note)
[on mount] 'Rameses II as prince, combatting. To right of entrance, East wall. Bayt el Wely.' (pencil note)

Ramesses II at Abydos

Edwards MSS 2.4.4
Item
1874

Part of Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards Collection

Pencil drawing of Ramesses II:

mounted
[on drawing] 'Abydos. (funeral scene) Rameses as Kings son worshipping Seti borne on throne as Gods' (pencil note)
[on mount] 'Ramses II. as Prince. On the S wall of vaulted chamber to left of Great Hall - Abydos.' (pencil note)

Ramsses II at Abu Simbel

Edwards MSS 2.4.6
Item
1874

Part of Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards Collection

Pencil drawing of Ramesses II:

mounted
[on drawing] 'Head of last colossus on right interior of Large Temple' (pencil note)
[on mount] 'Rameses II. Head of Osiride Caryatid Great Hall - Large Temple. Aboo Simbel.' (pencil note)

Headdress of a kng at Dakkeh

Edwards MSS 2.4.10
Item
1874

Part of Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards Collection

Pencil drawing of the headdress of a king:

mounted
[on drawing] 'Headdress of King. Dakkeh.' (pencil note)
[on mount] 'Headdress of a King - Dakkeh.' (pencil note)

Headdress of a king at Kalabsha

Edwards MSS 2.4.11
Item
1874

Part of Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards Collection

Pencil drawing of the headdress of a king at Kalabsha:

mounted
[on drawing] 'Back of Gt. Temple Kalabshah.' (pencil note)
[on mount] 'Headdress of a King. Back of Great Temple - Kalabsheh.' (pencil note)

Head of Pelasigian captive at Medinet Habu; helmet of captive

Edwards MSS 2.4.14
Item
1874

Part of Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards Collection

Two mounted pencil drawings:

upper: head of captive
- [on drawing] 'Pulusatan. Right pylon' (pencil note)
lower: helmet
- [on drawing] 'Helmet of Captive. Medinet Haboot' (pencil note)
[on mount] 'head of Pelasgian Captive. Medinet Haboo. under gateway.' (pencil note)