Identity area
Reference code
Hoskins MSS 1.4
Nadpis
George A. Hoskins Drawing - el-Kharga
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Item
Extent and medium
1 drawing
Context area
Name of creator
(1802-1863)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Mythological scenes from the sanctuary area of the Amun temple at Hibis:
- pencil drawing
- mounted
- [on recto, bottom left corner] 'South side 2nd Chamber p2 T el Khargeh Oasis magna Left'. (pencil note)
- 30.0 by 24.0 cm
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
- Corners worn and clear discolouration around the edges of the paper, particularly bottom left and right corners
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
These are originals.
Existence and location of copies
None.
Related units of description
Publication note
- Published in Hoskins, G. A. 1837. Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert: with an account, ancient and modern, of the oasis of Amun, and the other oases now under the dominion of the pasha of Egypt. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman (OEB 141747), plate vi.
- Published online on the Griffith Institute website: 'The watercolours and drawings by George Alexander Hoskins in the Archive of the Griffith Institute, University of Oxford' (http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4hoskins_opening_page.html).
Notes area
Note
- TopBib vii.285 (115)-(116).