Identity area
Reference code
Hoskins MSS 3.9
Title
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Luxor
Date(s)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 drawing
Context area
Name of creator
(1802-1863)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
View of a group of dancing girls in the foreground, with Luxor temple and a large warship carrying an obelisk visible in the distance:
- pencil drawing
- mounted
- [on mount, bottom edge] 'Temple of Luxor Thebes - Alma or dancing girls - French frigate laden with the obelisk'. (ink note)
- 40.1 by 25.0 cm
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
- Creases to all corners
- Discoloured around edges
- Paper unevenly cut along top and bottom edge
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
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).
Notes area
Note
- TopBib ii2.301.