Identity area
Reference code
Hoskins MSS 2.11
Title
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Thebes. West Bank
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Item
Extent and medium
1 drawing
Context area
Name of creator
(1802-1863)
Archival history
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
View of the landscape of the west bank at Thebes during the Nile inundation, towards the right side in the distance are the two colossi of Memnon partially submerged in the water:
- pencil drawing
- mounted
- [on recto, bottom left corner] 'Nº2'. (ink note)
- [on mount, bottom edge] 'Nº2 Medinet Abou View of the western mountain & south end of the plain of Thebes - taken during the time of the inundation of the Nile'. (ink note)
- 31.6 by 23.2 cm
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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
- Discoloured around edges
- Creases to top left corner and bottom right corner
Finding aids
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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 ii2.449.