Item Hoskins MSS 2.26 - George A. Hoskins Drawing - Amara

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Reference code

Hoskins MSS 2.26

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George A. Hoskins Drawing - Amara

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Item

Extent and medium

1 drawing

Context area

Name of creator

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Drawing of two partial columns decorated with relief details from the temple at Amara:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top edge] 'Soleb Aamarah Ethiopia 4 GAH. Map D -'. (pencil note)
  • 20.5 by 26.0 cm

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Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

  • Discoloured around edges
  • Crease to bottom left corner

Allied materials area

Publication note

  • 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, frontispiece.
  • 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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Note

  • TopBib vii.157.