Griffith Institute Archive

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Valley of the Kings

Horeau MSS 40.1
Stuk

Part of Hector Horeau Collection

Barque with aegis from a relief scene in side-room D at (9) in the tomb of Ramesses III (KV 11, Valley of the Kings):

watercolour
mounted
[on mount, verso] 'Bas barques'. (ink note)
21.6 by 17.4 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Beni Hasan

Horeau MSS 40.4
Stuk

Part of Hector Horeau Collection

Boat with rows of men with oars, middle boat from a larger relief scene on the fifth register at (12) of the tomb of Amenemhat (Tomb 2, Beni Hasan). On the upper corners of the watercolour are small separate sketches of the details of shields on the cabin from the boat at the right side:

watercolour
mounted
[on recto, top] 'la reine dans la barque avec 1 ou 2 femmes' and 'qu'est ce que cela? ne serait ce pas une [ ] pour [ ] du maitre de la barque qui est assis au dessous? ou pr [ ] la voile?'. (pencil note)
[on recto, bottom edge] 'chaque marin a un petit cotte ou tablier blanc dans certaines barques on voit quelquefois les marins assis les extremités de la barque sont blanches'. (pencil note)
[on recto, bottom right corner] 'BENI HASSAN'. (pencil note)
21.6 by 17.1 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Philae

Horeau MSS 42.2
Stuk

Part of Hector Horeau Collection

View of the eastern side of temple of Isis at Philae, including the Kiosk of Trajan:

watercolour
mounted
[on mount, verso] 'ILE DE PHILÆ, Côté Est'. (ink note)
22.6 by 15.3 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Kom Ombo

Horeau MSS 43.1
Stuk

Part of Hector Horeau Collection

View of the remains of the Great Temple at Kom Ombo:

watercolour
mounted
[on recto, bottom right corner] 'Koum ombos'. (ink note)
[on mount, verso] 'KOUM-OMBOS'. (ink note)
29.3 by 13.4 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Kom Ombo

Horeau MSS 43.2
Stuk

Part of Hector Horeau Collection

Plan of the Great Temple at Kom Ombo:

watercolour
mounted
[on recto, bottom left corner] 'Nil'. (ink note)
[on mount, verso] 'KOUM-OMBOS Plan'. (ink note)
31.5 by 18.1 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Abu Simbel

Horeau MSS 45
Stuk

Part of Hector Horeau Collection

View of the colossi of Ramesses II from the Great Temple of Abu Simbel:

watercolour
mounted
48.5 by 39.3 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Giza

Horeau MSS 46.1
Stuk

Part of Hector Horeau Collection

View of the pyramids at Giza and the Nile:

watercolour
mounted
[on mount, bottom edge] 'Vue des pyramides de Gyzeh'. (pencil note)
[on mount, verso] '1. Pyramides de Gyzeh'. (ink note)
17.4 by 12.4 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Philae

Horeau MSS 47
Stuk

Part of Hector Horeau Collection

Details of six columns from the Hathor temple at Philae, with faint details of the Hathor face and intricate painted details of the capitals. In between the columns on the right side of the paper is a faint pencil sketch of a column structure:

watercolour
mounted
[on recto, centre] 'CHAPITEAUX du TEMPLE d'HATOR PHÏÆ 1er au Nord, 2e, 4e, 3e, 5e, 6e au Sud'. (pencil note)
[on mount, verso] 'CHAPITEAUX. TEMPLE D'ATHOR Ile de Philae'. (ink note)
35.9 by 45.6 cm

Hector Horeau Drawing - Philae

Horeau MSS 47 verso-2
Stuk

Part of Hector Horeau Collection

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

Man walking ahead of another man on horseback

E. W. Lane MSS 8.01
Stuk
c. 1825-1876

Part of Edward William Lane Collection

Street scene, probably in Cairo, with a man wearing a blue garment and a white turban, walking and holding aloft a long stick in his right hand, preceding another man wearing a green garment and red turban riding a horse.

watercolour
mounted
17.7 x 10.1 cm
no annotations

Southern Cemetery at Cairo, with funeral procession

E. W. Lane MSS 8.07
Stuk
c. 1825-1876

Part of Edward William Lane Collection

View of a funeral procession at the southern cemetery of Cairo. The cemetery is also known as Qarafa:

black ink, monochrome watercolour
mounted
17.5 x 10 cm
[Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'The Great Southern Cemetery of Musr, called El-Ckara'feh - a, the tomb of the Im'am Es'h Sha'fe'ee' (pencil note)

Hawara pyramid

E. W. Lane MSS 8.13
Stuk
c. 1825-1876

Part of Edward William Lane Collection

View of the pyramid of Amenemhat III at Hawara:

pencil, black ink (probably), monochrome watercolour
mounted
17.7 x 10 cm
[Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'The Pyramid of Hawa'rah — a, Small canal — b Remains of columns & architraves.' (pencil note)

Tomb wall scene, hoeing and ploughing, El Kab

E. W. Lane MSS 8.17
Stuk
c. 1825-1876

Part of Edward William Lane Collection

Tomb wall scene, figures hoeing and ploughing:

pencil drawing
mounted
17.8 x 9.9 cm
[Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'Sculptures at Eilethyia — The Ploughing & Sowing.' (pencil note)
Detail from agricultural scenes, two groups of men hoeing and men with oxen ploughing (first group), west wall in hall, tomb of Paheri, El Kab

Tomb wall scene, treading and winnowing grain, El Kab

E. W. Lane MSS 8.19
Stuk
c. 1825-1876

Part of Edward William Lane Collection

Tomb wall scene, figures treading and winnowing grain:

pencil drawing
mounted
17.7 x 10.2 cm
[Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'Sculptures at Eilethyia — The Treading out the corn, & Winnowing.' (pencil note)
Detail from agricultural scenes, oxen threshing corn and men winnowing, west wall in hall, tomb of Paheri, El Kab

Temple wall scenes, Karnak

E. W. Lane MSS 8.21
Stuk
c. 1825-1876

Part of Edward William Lane Collection

Temple wall scenes from the hypostyle hall in the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak
Left scene, Seti I spears Libyan chief on the battlefield, north exterior wall
Right scene, Ramesses II binding Syrian captives, south exterior wall

Two pencil drawings
Drawings are mounted side-by-side
17.7 x 10.2 cm
[Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'Sculptures at Kar'nak' (pencil note)