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Hector Horeau Collection

  • Horeau MSS
  • Collection
  • 1838

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

Horeau, Hector

Hector Horeau Drawing - Philae

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

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

Hector Horeau Drawing - el-Sebua

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 Engraving - Luxor

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 Engraving - Ramesseum

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 Printed Engraving

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 Tracing

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 Watercolour

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 Watercolour - Abu Simbel

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

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 - Alexandria

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

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 - Armant

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 - Aswan

View of the Nile and nearby buildings at Aswan:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, bottom right corner] 'ASSOUAN 5 [ ]'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'Vue d'Assouan (Moyenne Egypte.)'. (pencil note)
  • 17.7 by 12.5 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Beit el-Wali

Sectioned plan and details of the rock temple at Beit el-Wali in Nubia, including details of the relief scenes:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, bottom edge] 'une des deux colonnes a été supprimée pour voir l'offrande à Osiris NUBIE R.O Beit oualle petit temple'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, verso] 'Beit el-Wâli, Rock Temple'. (ink note)
  • 33.9 by 21.5 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Beit el-Wali

Relief scene from the sanctuary of the rock temple at Beit el-Wali in Nubia, depicting the young king Ramesses II suckled by the god Anukis at (40) and including some lines of hieroglyphic text. On the bottom right side is a small plan of the temple space:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top left] 'Beyt Oually, Le roi seigneur du monde soleil gardien de justice prenom de Rhamses II frere de Rhamses le grand'. (pencil note)
  • [on recto, left side] 'mur en coupe'. (pencil note)
  • [on recto, bottom left] 'Sur le parement O du plan le Roi Rhamses II (Sesostris) nourri par la déesse Anouké au 5e de l'exécution'. (pencil note)
  • [on recto, top right] 'Beyt oually R.O. ta mere anouké dame de Abidos ? nom de ville'. (pencil note)
  • [on mount, verso] 'Temple de Beyt Oually Peinture murale. Sésostris nourri par la déesse Anouké'. (ink note)
  • 28.1 by 34 cm
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