Identity area
Reference code
Hoskins MSS 3.26
Title
George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Meroe
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Item
Extent and medium
1 watercolour
Context area
Name of creator
(1802-1863)
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
View of the north group of pyramids at Meroe including the pyramid of Tarekenidal (No. 19) with a detailed relief scene on the entrance exterior:
- watercolour and pencil drawing
- mounted
- [on recto, top left corner] 'P 9'. (pencil note)
- [on mount, bottom edge] 'Pyramids of Meroe capital of Ethiopia'. (ink note)
- 28.2 by 20.1 cm
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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
- Small dark marks along edges
Finding aids
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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, pl. 9.
- 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.251.