Abu Zaabal, 'The Sunnyside', three foxes basking in the sun
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'The Sunnyside', three foxes basking in the sun at Abu Zaabal:
watercolour
mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 036 and Lloyd MSS 037
17.5 x 12.2 cm
[on mount] 'Abu Zaable, "The Sunnyside."' (ink note)
[on mount] '38' (pencil note)
[on verso of watercolour] 'Abu Zaable. 11th.15th Jan. 1843. The sunny side.' (ink note)
Abu Zaabal, a common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
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A common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) (probably this) at Abu Zaabal:
watercolour
mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 037 and Lloyd MSS 038
17.5 x 12.2 cm
[on watercolour] 'Abu Zaable. 11th Janry 1843' (ink)
[on mount] '36' (pencil note)
Abu Zaabal, a grove of date palms
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A grove of date palms at Abu Zaabal:
watercolour
mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 043
26.7 x 19.6 cm
[on mount] 'Date Trees Abu Zaable' (ink note)
[on mount] '44' (pencil note)
[on verso of watercolour] 'Study of Date Trees. / Abu Zaable. 26th Feb. 1843 / The minor fronds have been trimmed away.' (pencil note)
Abu Zaabal, a nearby mosque
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A mosque near Abu Zaabal:
watercolour
mounted
35.5 x 25 cm
[on mount] 'Mosque N.N.E. Abu Zaabel.' (ink note)
[on mount] encircled '6' (pencil note)
[on verso of watercolour] ''Mosque N.N.E. Abu Zaabel / 12th Jan 1843' (pencil note)
Abu Zaabal, three studies of foxes
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Three studies of foxes at Abu Zaabal. Top scene: fox, presumably dead, lying on the ground; middle scene: dead fox, strung-up by back-legs; bottom scene: a mountainous desert scene with two foxes:
watercolours
mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 039, Lloyd MSS 040 and Lloyd MSS 042
12.2 x 17.5 cm
[on recto of watercolour] 'Abu Zaabel.' (pencil note)
[on watercolour/mount] '41' (pencil note)
[on verso of watercolour] '[Abu Zaabel. 14th Jan: 1843.]' (pencil note)
Alan Henderson Gardiner Collection
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Gardiner MSS
Collection
c. 1900-1963
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.
Gardiner, (Sir) Alan Henderson
Album of newspaper cuttings
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Album of newspaper cuttings relating to the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, excavation of the tomb and finds. The album includes a partial index. Roughly half of the album has been filled.
Alexander Colvin Ainslie Collection
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Ainslie MSS
Collection
1853
Album of drawings and watercolour sketches made in Italy, Greece, Egypt, Syria, and Palestine in 1853.
Ainslie, (Revd) Alexander Colvin
Alexandria, Cairo
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Portfolio titled 'Alexandria, Cairo. / JB.' (ink) Pencil notes: 'Modern Egypt / Not Complete.' Pencil notes: '7 / 1'.
Alexandria, Pompey's Pillar
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Pompey's Pillar at Alexandria:
unfinished watercolour with pencil details
mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 027
17.7 x 25.8 cm
[on mount] 'Pompeys Pillar Alexandria.' (ink note)
[on mount] encircled '28' (pencil note)
[on verso of watercolour] 'Pompeys pillar, Alexandria. / 20th Nov. 1842. / Height 99ft. Capital 10ft. Shaft 60ft. / Angle of the pedestal N[?]. 22 E.' (pencil note)
Alnwick Fountain and continuation of text on church at Alnwick
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Alnwick Fountain and continuation of text on church at Alnwick:
ink sketch and text on paper
loose
15.7 x 11.5 cm
[on sketch] 'Fountain Alnwick' (ink note)
[text]:
'The roof of the nave was
restored in 1781 owing no doubt
to its threat(e)ning an invasion
of the pavement from the walls
injuditious alteration
having been weakened by throwing
2 arches into one in order to
x(?) the exhibit the x(?) pulpit to
all the people in every corner
of the church the (?)'
Alpine landscape
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Alpine landscape:
watercolour on paper, mounted on paper
loose
16.2 x 22.4 cm (21.1 x 29.2 cm with mount)
Altar-base, black granite, Dyn. XXVI, provenance not known, now in Turin, Museo Egizio, 22053 (Cat. 1750)
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Altar-base, black granite, Dyn. XXVI, provenance not known, now in Turin, Museo Egizio, 22053 (Cat. 1750).
Caption copied by Černý in Petrie MSS 3.2: 'Altar of [Mrjj-Rʿ] Turin'.
Alternative cover
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Alternative cover inside, titled 'Various Sites / & / Uncertain / in Syria'.
Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards Collection
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Edwards A.A.B. MSS
Collection
1856-1892
Album of drawings and watercolours made during Amelia Edwards's visit to the Dolomites.
Album of drawings and watercolours made during her visit to Egypt in 1873-4.
Album with 26 pencil sketches and one watercolour titled 'Small Egyptian Scraps, 1874', made during same visit to Egypt.
Album, notebook, packet containing an assortment of drawings, letters, and notes, another packet contains copies of deeds and accounts issued following her death.
Two watercolours of the temples on Philae island, assumed to have been painted by A. Edwards.
First edition of Amelia B. Edwards, Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers (1891); Kate Griffith's (née Bradbury) copy, with handwritten dedication to ‘My Katie - Novr. 1891 - A.B.E’.
Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford
Amice Mary Calverley Collection
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Calverley MSS
Collection
c. late 1920s-late 1950s
Over one thousand colour slides (group III), several hundred black and white photographs (group II), and correspondence (group I).
Calverley, Amice Mary
Anatomical studies (ribcage, shoulder and humerus)
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Anatomical studies (ribcage, shoulder and humerus):
inked pencil drawings with ink wash on paper
loose
18.2 x 22.7 cm
[on drawing] 'S. Vertebrae of Neck - / C. Acromiun of Scapula - / H. Clavicle - / R. Sternum - / f. Head of Humerus - / K Humerus' (ink note)
Anatomical study (ribcage with shoulder)
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Anatomical study (ribcage with shoulder):
ink and pencil sketch on paper
loose
18.2 x 22.7 cm
[on sketch] 'vertebrae of neck' (pencil note)
[on sketch] 'R sternum' (pencil and ink note)
[on sketch] 'clavicle H' (ink and pencil note)
[on sketch] 'C. acromiun of scapula' (pencil note)
Ancient Portraits
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-Loose note with a list of names of kings, dynasty, and photograph reference number: 'Ancient Portraits'.
Angel carrying child
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Angel carrying child:
pencil sketch on paper
loose
18.1 x 22.9 cm
Angel holding ewer and lamp with flower
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Angel holding ewer and lamp with flower:
ink sketch on paper
loose
11.3 x 7.5 cm
[on sketch] 'Implement / as drawn / in Proof (underlined) / is quite / correct.-' (ink note)
Animal coffin in the form of an obelisk, dedicated by Harsiesi, wood, Late Period, provenance not known, now in Turin, Museo Egizio, Cat. 2407
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Animal coffin in the form of an obelisk, dedicated by Harsiesi, wood, Late Period, provenance not known, now in Turin, Museo Egizio, Cat. 2407.
Caption copied by Černý in Petrie MSS 3.2: 'Wooden obelisk of [Ḥrw-sȝ-ȝst] T'.
Antique Dress I
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Portfolio titled 'Antique Dress / JB. / I.' (ink) Pencil notes: 'Complete / Antique Dress / Complete / Vol / 3 Nos'.
Antique Dress II
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Portfolio titled 'Antique Dress / JB / II.' (ink) Pencil notes: 'Complete / Antique Dress / Complete / Vol 2'.
Antiques Naples
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Portfolio titled 'Antiques Naples / JB.' (ink) Pencil notes: 'Antiques Naples / Complete'.