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Reference code
Hoskins MSS 3.38
Title
George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Thebes. West Bank. Valley of the Kings. Tomb KV 11
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Extent and medium
1 watercolour
Context area
Name of creator
(1802-1863)
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Scope and content
Image inspired by a relief scene from side room I of the tomb of Ramesses III (KV11, Valley of the Kings) on the west bank of Thebes. The scene includes two harpist figures dressed in white robes, and damage to the original scene is noted by the omission of one figures' face and a lower part of the left side harp:
- watercolour
- mounted
- [on recto, bottom left corner] 'G. A. Hoskins'. (pencil note)
- [on mount, bottom edge] 'painted in the tomb of Rameses 3d (Called Bruces tomb) Thebes'. (ink note)
- 32.3 by 21.5 cm
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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
- Creases to all corners
- Discoloured around edges
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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).
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Note
- TopBib i2.521(16).