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Horeau MSS 24.2
Title
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Valley of the Queens
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1 watercolour
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(1801-1872)
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One large relief scene from a tomb within the Valley of the Queens, showing the upper body of a queen in an adoring pose. Beneath this is another smaller drawing of a queen in a similar pose, facing in the opposite direction. At the bottom right of the watercolour are small detailed drawings of the jewellery including part of the broad-collar:
- watercolour
- mounted
- [on recto, right side] 'Vallée des Reines boucle d'oreille collier elles ont des sandales'. (pencil notes)
- [on mount, verso] '1-2-3 Peintures des tombeaux Vallée des Reines'. (ink note)
- 16.2 by 28.8 cm
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Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford.
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Publication note
- Published online in 2010 on the Griffith Institute website: 'Watercolours of Egypt made by Hector Horeau in 1838, now in the Archive of the Griffith Institute' (http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4horeau_intro.html).