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Horeau MSS 34.4
Title
Hector Horeau Watercolour - el-Maharraqa
Date(s)
- 1838 (Creation)
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1 mounted watercolour
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(1801-1872)
Archival history
In the possession of Dr T. Staines-Read.
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The estate of Dr T. Staines-Read, 1967.
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Loose mounted watercolour of a plan of the temple at el-Maharraqa. Along the bottom edge of the watercolour are handwritten notes: 'NUBIE.R.O. MEHARRAKAH'. On the left side of the plan is a handwritten note: 'il y a de mauvaises sculptures bien endommagées sur la face du mur A. les lignes rouges expriment les assises du mur tombées regulierement'. On the mount is a short handwritten note: 'Plan de Maharraka'.
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Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
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Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford.
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- 17 by 12.3 cm
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- Published in Porter and Moss vii.51.
- Reproduced in the publication Panorama d'Égypte et de Nubie (1841, fig. on p. 30 [verso middle]).
- 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).
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