Identity area
Reference code
Hoskins MSS 1.57
Title
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Thebes, West Bank. Unidentified Tomb
Date(s)
Level of description
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
Relief scene showing the tomb-owner and his wife seated before a table with offerings. At the left side are the faint tracings of another smaller figure or item beside the offering table:
- pencil drawing
- mounted
- [along top edge] faint vertical lines representing the grid of proportions
- [on recto, top left corner] '98'. (pencil note)
- 42.8 by 28.1 cm
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
- Bottom edge of paper unevenly cut
- Creases and discolouration to corners
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
- 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 i2.212 (15).
- Scene is a similar composition and style to the scene in Hoskins MSS 1-46 (https://archive.griffith.ox.ac.uk/index.php/g-hoskins-1-46).