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George A. Hoskins Drawing - Island of Argo Monuments

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 Watercolour - Island of Argo Monuments

Colossal statue of the Meroitic king Natakamani from the northern area of the island of Argo (Arko) in Sudan. It lies upon the ground in two clear breaks at the torso:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top left corner] 'map D -'. (pencil note)
  • [on recto, bottom left edge] 'G. A H Colossal statue in the Isle of Argos'. (pencil note)
  • [on recto, bottom left edge] 'P 33'. (ink note)
  • 39.5 by 23.4 cm

George A. Hoskins Drawing - Camels

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 Watercolour - Tumbos

Colossal striding statue of a king, possibly Taharqa or Tanwetamani, found in the grey granite quarry area of Tumbos in northern Sudan. It lies upon the ground in amongst various pieces of rubble:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top left corner] 'Quarry G A H p 9 vol II V 14 Quarries of Tumbos'. (pencil note)
  • 27.3 by 20.5 cm

George A. Hoskins Drawing - Thebes. West Bank. Ramesseum

View of the first court area of the Ramesseum on the west bank at Thebes, including the first pylon and to the left side the remains of a toppled colossal statue of Ramesses II:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top left corner] 'Memmonium Nº.2'. (pencil note)
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'fragment of the colossus statue - Memnonium'. (ink note)
  • 28.6 by 22.5 cm

George A. Hoskins Drawing - Gebel Barkal

View of the remains of the first hall of the large rock-temple of Amun ('Typhonium', B300) at Gebel Barkal. Several columns still intact amongst the rubble, including columns with Hathor-head capitals and a Bes-column:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top right corner] 'Gibel el Birkel'. (ink note)
  • 42.5 by 28.0 cm

George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Gebel Barkal

View of the remains of the first hall of the large rock-temple of Amun ('Typhonium', B300) at Gebel Barkal. Several columns still intact amongst the rubble, including columns with Hathor-head capitals and a Bes-column:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top left corner] 'Temple of Tirhaka. G A H'. (ink note)
  • 43.3 by 28.3 cm

George A. Hoskins Drawing - Gebel Barkal

View of the remains of the first hall of the large rock-temple of Amun ('Typhonium', B300) at Gebel Barkal. Several columns still intact amongst the rubble, including columns with Hathor-head capitals and a Bes-column:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted
  • 29.5 by 21.3 cm

George A. Hoskins Drawing - Thebes. West Bank. Unidentified Tomb

Relief scene showing the tomb owner and his wife seated before a large table piled with delicately illustrated offerings of various food types and other goods. There are several faint lines across the top of the page indicating the proportional grids. The scene comes from an unidentified Theban tomb on the west bank:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted
  • [on recto, bottom left corner of the paper] '[...] late 2 Gourneh'. (pencil note)
  • 41.4 by 29.6 cm
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