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Hoskins MSS 2.16
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George A. Hoskins Drawing - Island of Argo Monuments
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1 drawing
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(1802-1863)
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Drawing of two restored colossal statues from the island of Argo (Arko) in Sudan. The left side statue includes a smaller figure at his right side leg, possibly representing his son. Both figures wear a pleated skirt and crown, and adopt a striding pose. These statues could represent the Meroitic king Natakamani, who is known to have had statues found in this area:
- pencil drawing
- mounted
- [on recto, top left corner] 'v 3 VII p. 2 Vol. II' (pencil note)
- [on recto, centre] 'Restoration of the two colossal statues in the island of Argo'. (pencil note)
- [on recto, bottom edge] 'Restoration of the two colossal statues in the Isle of Argos. please to write this out again as we cannot read it'. (pencil note)
- 28.7 by 23.2 cm
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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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- Top corners dark marks and creased
- Discoloured around edges
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- Published in Hoskins, G. A. 1835. Travels in Ethiopia, Above the Second Cataract of the Nile: Exhibiting the State of that Country, and Its Various Inhabitants, Under the Dominion of Mohammed Ali; and Illustrating the Antiquities, Arts, and History of the Ancient Kingdom of Meroe. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, pl. 35.
- 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).
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- TopBib vii.180.
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