Item Hoskins MSS 3.47 - George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Thebes. West Bank. Medinet Habu

1 watercolour

Relief scene (register 1, scene 1) from the second court area of the temple at Medinet Habu. The scene shows the seated king Ramesses III in procession during the Min festival, as he leaves the palace in a palanquin followed by rows of male figures including fan-bearers:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom left corner] 'No 1 a " 5'. (ink note)
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Grand procession Medenet Abou Thebes'. (ink note)
• 47.0 by 29.6 cm

Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

• Fold to left side
• Tear to bottom right corner
• Crease to top right corner
• Discoloured around edges

• 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).

• TopBib ii2.499-500(96)-(98).