George A. Hoskins Drawing - Soleb
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Plan of the temple of Amun and Amenhotep III at Soleb:
ink drawing
mounted
[on recto, top edge] 'for a 4to plate' (pencil note)
[on recto, right side edge] 'P 40 L B - Temple of Solib built by Amenoph 3d'. (pencil note)
[on recto, centre] There are further faint notes written next to the plan itself, commenting on particular areas of the site.
41.7 by 26.5 cm
George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Wad Ban Naga, Sudan
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Plan of the town site of Wad Ban Naga (Meroe, modern day Sudan):
watercolour
mounted
[on recto, top left corner] 'v 8 - p 157 - Plan of the site of a town now called Abou Naga'. (ink note)
[on recto, bottom left corner] 'V 26 L B'. (ink note)
37.4 by 28.0 cm
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Alexandria
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View of the Serapeum area at Alexandria, including Pompey's pillar:
pencil drawing
mounted
[on mount, top edge] '2. Alexandria'. (ink note)
39.0 by 25.8 cm
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Camels
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Drawing of several camels in a desert landscape in Nubia:
pencil drawing
mounted
[on mount, top edge] '311 views in the desert' (pencil note)
[on recto, top left corner] 'Great Nubian desert 22d Febr [...] of the 22d Febr desert.' (pencil note)
26.2 by 17.3 cm
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Camels
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Drawing of a harnessed camel in a desert landscape in Nubia:
pencil drawing
mounted
[on recto, top edge] 'Commencement of the Atmoor Bahr Bala Mer or sea without water 17th Febr Great Nubian Desert GAH'. (pencil note)
[on recto, top left corner] '17'. (pencil note)
28.4 by 11.2 cm
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Camels
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Drawing of several people with camels being fed, the desert landscape in the background of an unidentified location but most likely Nubia:
pencil drawing
mounted
25.5 by 18.7 cm
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Nubia
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View of the desert landscape in Nubia:
pencil drawing
mounted
[on recto, top edge] 'Watering place Great Nubian desert'. (pencil note)
[on mount] '306 - views'. (ink note)
25.5 by 18.8 cm
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Island of Argo Monuments
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Drawing of two restored colossal statues from the island of Argo (Arko) in Sudan. The left side statue includes a smaller figure at his right side leg, possibly representing his son. Both figures wear a pleated skirt and crown, and adopt a striding pose. These statues could represent the Meroitic king Natakamani, who is known to have had statues found in this area:
pencil drawing
mounted
[on recto, top left corner] 'v 3 VII p. 2 Vol. II' (pencil note)
[on recto, centre] 'Restoration of the two colossal statues in the island of Argo'. (pencil note)
[on recto, bottom edge] 'Restoration of the two colossal statues in the Isle of Argos. please to write this out again as we cannot read it'. (pencil note)
28.7 by 23.2 cm
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Amara
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View of the remains of the temple at Amara:
pencil drawing
mounted
[on recto, top left corner] 'Aamara'. (pencil note)
27.6 by 20.5 cm
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Thebes. West Bank. Colossi of Memnon
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Colossi of Memnon, located at the site of the temple of Amenhotep III at Kom el-Hetan on the west bank at Thebes:
pencil drawing
mounted
[on recto, bottom edge] 'Colossae Nº.1'. (pencil note)
[on mount, bottom edge] 'Colossal statues Thebes'. (ink note)
29.2 by 22.6 cm
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Thebes. West Bank. Medinet Habu
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View of the second pylon and entrance of the great temple at Medinet Habu, as seen from the First Court area. Relief scenes and inscriptions are visible across the temple walls in the background:
pencil drawing
mounted
[on recto, bottom left edge of the paper] 'facade of the large temple Medinet Abou'. (pencil note)
33.8 by 22.6 cm
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Thebes. West Bank. Deir el-Bahari
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View of the granite gateway to the upper court area of Thutmose III from the great temple at Deir el-Bahari:
pencil drawing
mounted
[on mount, bottom edge] 'Temple partly excavated out of the rock Thebes - Gurnah'. (ink note)
36.1 by 25.3 cm
George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Meroe
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Plan of the pyramid-field at Meroe:
watercolour
mounted
[on recto, bottom edge] 'L B P 5 General plan of the [three groups of the pyramids] (words crossed out) cemeteries of Meroe'. (pencil note)
55.0 by 39.7 cm
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Luxor
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Colossal statue of Ramesses II beside the pylon at Luxor temple:
pencil drawing
mounted
[on mount, bottom edge] 'Colossal statue Luxor'. (ink note)
23.7 by 33.1 cm
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Nubia
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View of several residences in the distance:
pencil drawing
mounted
[on recto, top left corner] 'Houses in Upper Nubia'. (pencil note)
28.5 by 18.5 cm
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Karnak
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View from near the temple of Khonsu towards the main temple at Karnak:
pencil drawing
mounted
[on mount, bottom edge] 'do - No 2 Karnak'. (ink note)
30.0 by 16.4 cm
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Various Sketches of People
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Drawings of groups of people including three men with weapons of spears and swords, a man and woman filling jars of water on the bank of the Nile, and two women carrying jars on their heads, one with a child:
pencil drawing
mounted
[on recto, above figures] 'Arabi che si salutano' (top left), 'Arabs lighting a fire to be drawn as fine looking men Arabi che accendono il fuoco' (top right), 'Donne che vanno a prendere acqua'. (lower scene) (pencil notes)
[on recto, top right] 'All the figures must be drawn as fine looking men'. (pencil note)
34.0 by 24.1 cm
George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Botanical Drawing
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The flowering plant Cleome, also known as a spider plant:
watercolour
mounted
[on recto, top right edge] 'the flower of this is white with a pinkish hue'. (pencil note)
[on recto, bottom left corner] 'Cleome'. (pencil note)
13.2 by 26.6 cm
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Karnak
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View of the gate of the temple of Amun-Re-Harakhti at Karnak temple:
pencil drawing
mounted
[on mount, bottom edge] 'East propylon - Carnak'. (ink note)
29.0 by 22.6 cm
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Amada
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View of the temple of Amun-Re and Re-Harakhti at Amada:
pencil drawing
mounted
[on recto, right side] 'x Priests'. (ink note)
29.5 by 20.6 cm
George A. Hoskins Drawing - el-Kab
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View of the remains of the temple of Amenhotep III at el-Kab:
pencil drawing
mounted
[on mount, bottom edge] 'Elythias'. (ink note)
22.5 by 14.5 cm
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Kalabsha
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View of the remains of the Great Temple of Mandulis at Kalabsha:
pencil drawing
mounted
[on recto, bottom left corner] 'Kalabshy'. (ink note)
43.8 by 28.8 cm