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Tracing (on both recto and verso) of each of the two halves of a symmetrical composition with (from bottom to top) Nile-gods binding the sma-symbol, an offering table, a book title in English and the winged sun disc; illustrated cover of Osburn Jr, William, Ancient Egypt, her testimony to the truth of the Bible: being an interpretation of the inscriptions and pictures which remain upon her tombs and temples, London: Samuel Bagster and Sons, 1846 (OEB 146630):
- pencil tracing on tracing paper
- mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 9.4 (top) and Bonomi MSS 9.4 (middle)
- 8.7 x 23.7 cm
- [on mount] encircled '12' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr. Moss)
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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford
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Preparatory sketch for the cover of Osburn Jr, William 1846. Ancient Egypt, her testimony to the truth of the Bible: being an interpretation of the inscriptions and pictures which remain upon her tombs and temples, London: Samuel Bagster and Sons (OEB 146630).