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Hector Horeau Watercolour - Luxor

View from the river Nile of Luxor by Nestor L'Hôte:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, bottom right edge] 'Luxor dessin de nestor l'hote'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, verso] 'LUXOR'. (ink note)
  • 21.9 by 10.9 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Luxor

Relief scene from the Birth Room at Luxor temple, with images of the god Thoth and a queen (birth scenes scenes in II, 1-3 at (152)):

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, lower left side] 'Thoth savoir, Chnouphis puissance force, Venus athor'. (ink note)
  • [on recto, bottom edge] 'La Reine TMAU-HEM-VA femme du Pharaon THOUTMES IV mettant au monde AMENOPH III (Memnon)'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'LUXOR Auprès du Sanctuaire de Luxor'. (ink note)
  • 30.9 by 11.5 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Luxor

View from the river Nile of Luxor temple and nearby modern buildings:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'LUXOR'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, verso] 'nº 20'. (ink note)
  • 34.5 by 19.5 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 Watercolour - Karnak

View of the avenue of sphinxes, with the temple of Khonsu and part of the Karnak temple complex visible in the background:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'KARNAC Avenue des Sphinx'. (ink note)
  • 34 by 23.6 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Karnak

View of the forecourt area of the temple of Khonsu within the Karnak temple complex:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on mount, top edge] 'KARNAC'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'Temple de Khons'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, verso] 'nº 17'. (ink note)
  • 34.2 by 24.1 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Karnak

View of the hypostyle hall within the Karnak temple complex:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'Salle hypostyle'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, bottom right edge] '3'. (pencil note)
  • 16.6 by 24.5 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Karnak

View of the hypostyle area of the temple of Khonsu within the Karnak temple complex:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'KARNAC, Temple de Khons'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, verso] 'nº 16'. (ink note)
  • 16.5 by 24.5 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Beni Hasan

Interior of a tomb at Beni Hasan (tomb 18), with a small plan of the tomb interior in the lower left corner:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'BENI-HASSAN. TOMBEAUX. Intérieur d'un Tombeau'. (ink note)
  • 27.6 by 19 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Beni Hasan

Entrance to the tomb of Khnumhotep III at Beni Hasan (tomb 3):

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'BENI-HASSAN. TOMBEAUX. Portique à l'entrée d'un Tombeau'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, verso] 'nº 11'. (ink note)
  • 27.5 by 19.2 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Mit Rahina

Limestone colossus of Ramesses II from the south gate of the Ptah enclosure at Mit Rahina:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, bottom left edge] 'colosse de Memphis (SESOSTRIS) [ ] de Cambises Ses[ ]'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'Colosse de Memphis'. (ink note)
  • 34.5 by 25 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Giza and Saqqara

Landscape view of the pyramids at Saqqara:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, bottom edge] 'pyramides de Gizeh, pyramides de Zaqqarah, Le Caire'. (pencil note)
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'Pyramides de Zaqqarah'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, verso] 'nº 10'. (ink note)
  • 34.5 by 21.5 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Cairo

View of Cairo, looking west across the southern cemetery towards the pyramids of Giza:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'Vue du Caire'. (pencil note)
  • [on mount, verso] '2. Vue d'ensemble'. (ink note)
  • 21 by 10 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Cairo

Bayn el-Qasrain (Between the Two Palaces) street in Cairo, with the madrasas of Sultans Qalawun and Barquq on the left and the madrasa of Sultan al-Zahir Baybars ahead:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'Grande rue au Caire'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, verso] '1. Grande Rue du Caire'. (ink note)
  • 25 by 34.5 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Cairo

Series of panoramic city views of Cairo, lower image includes several important sites within the city:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, bottom row of text] 'Côté de la Basse Egypte', La Citadelle'. (ink notes)
  • [on recto, bottom right side] '3'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'PANORAMA DU CAIRE'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, verso] 'nº 7'. (ink note)
  • 56 by 11.4 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Cairo

Series of panoramic city views of Cairo, central image includes several important mosques:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, middle row of text] 'Prise d'Eau', 'Plaine où eut lieu la Bataille entre les Français et les Mamelouks.', 'Mosquée Sultan Hassan', 'Couvent des Derviches', 'Mosquée Ibrahim Aga', 'Mosquée El-Moyed'. (ink notes)
  • [on recto, bottom right side] '2'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'PANORAMA DU CAIRE'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, verso] 'nº 7'. (ink note)
  • 56 by 11.4 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Cairo

Series of panoramic views of Cairo, upper image shows several important sites including the pyramids at Giza and Saqqara:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top row of text] 'Montagne El Mokattam ou Chaine Arabique', 'Côté de la Moyenne Egypte', 'Pyramides de Zakkarah', 'Pyramides de Gyzeh'. (ink notes)
  • [on recto, bottom right side] '1'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'PANORAMA DU CAIRE'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, verso] 'nº 7'. (ink note)
  • 56 by 11.4 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
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