Hector Horeau Watercolour - Armant
Add to clipboard
View of the temple of Montu in Armant:
watercolour
mounted
[on recto, bottom left corner] 'herment'. (pencil note)
[on recto, bottom right corner] 'herment'. (ink note)
[on mount, verso] '2. Petit temple ou Mammisi d'Herment'. (ink note)
34.2 by 24.6 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Alexandria
Add to clipboard
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
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Alexandria
Add to clipboard
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
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Abu Simbel
Add to clipboard
Plan and detailed section of the small temple at Abu Simbel, including a separate drawing at the top left of the statue of the goddess Hathor in bovine form protecting the king between two Hathor-headed pillars (41):
watercolour
pencil drawing
mounted
[on recto] 'PLAN ET COUPE DU TEMPLE D'HATOR A IBSAMBOUL'. (pencil note)
[on recto, bottom edge] 'NUBIE.R.E', '1838 18 mai'. (pencil note)
[on mount, verso] 'Temple de Vénus Athor à Ibsamboul'. (ink note)
24.5 by 34 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Abu Simbel
Add to clipboard
Plan of the great temple at Abu Simbel, including a separate drawing of the four seated statues of the king and the gods at (115):
watercolour
pencil drawing
mounted
[on recto, bottom edge] 'GRAND TEMPLE D'IBSAMBOUL NUBIE.R.O'. (pencil note)
[on mount] 'Grand Temple d'Ibsamboul'. (ink note)
24.5 by 34 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Abu Simbel
Add to clipboard
View of both rock-cut temples at Abu Simbel from the river Nile:
watercolour
mounted
[on mount, verso] 'Vue d'ensemble des temples d'Isamboul'. (ink note)
48.3 by 36.8 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour
Add to clipboard
Partial view of the architecture of an Islamic building:
watercolour
mounted
[on mount, verso] 'Construction Arabe moderne.' (ink note)
13.5 by 19.6 cm
Hector Horeau Tracing
Add to clipboard
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
Hector Horeau Printed Engraving
Add to clipboard
A set of three small engravings mounted together, representing the names of the twelve calendar months in hieroglyphs:
engraving
mounted
[on engraving, reading right to left] '3', '2' and '1'. (ink note)
[on mount, verso] 'Peintures des Tombeaux de la Vallée des Reines'. (ink note)
27 by 1.7 cm (made up of three engravings, each one 9 by 1.7 cm)
Hector Horeau Engraving - Ramesseum
Add to clipboard
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
Hector Horeau Engraving - Luxor
Add to clipboard
Plan of Luxor temple, with several additional renderings of temple pylon and details of features such as colossi and obelisks. The plan and view are by Lenoir, and the plate reference is from an unknown book:
engraving
mounted
[on recto, top edge] 'PALAIS A THÈBES. (Louqsor.) Pl. 3'. (ink note)
[on recto, bottom edge] 'Alb. Lenoir del. E. Ollwier sc.', 'ARCHITECTURE CIVILE, Luxor Temple'. (ink notes)
22.1 by 14.7 cm
Hector Horeau Drawing - el-Sebua
Add to clipboard
Drawings of the cartouches of Ramesses II from the New Kingdom temple at el-Sebua (numbered 2 and 3):
pencil drawing
mounted
[on recto, left side] '1. les figures de la cour pareilles à celles de Ghirché l'embrasemr de porte à droite est plus refouillé pour l'épaisseur de la porte'. (pencil note)
[on recto, right side] '4. les colosses à droite et à gauche de la porte sont à terre ils sont figurés debout dans la vue pour donner plus d'intéret'. (pencil note)
[on mount, verso] '3. Plan et détails'. (ink note)
31.1 by 7 cm
Hector Horeau Drawing - Philae
Add to clipboard
Detail of a column capital from the Hathor temple at Philae, including faint notes of measurements:
ink drawing
mounted
[on mount, verso] 'Chapiteaux restaurés Temple de Vénus Athor'. (ink note)
26.5 by 24.9 cm
Hector Horeau Drawing - Philae
Add to clipboard
Detail of a column capital from the Hathor temple at Philae, including faint notes of measurements:
ink drawing
mounted
[on mount, verso] 'Chapiteaux restaurés Temple de Vénus Athor'. (ink note)
26.7 by 25.2 cm