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Horeau MSS 4.2
Title
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Mit Rahina
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1 watercolour
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(1801-1872)
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Limestone colossus of Ramesses II from the south gate of the Ptah enclosure at Mit Rahina:
- watercolour
- mounted
- [on recto, bottom left edge] 'colosse de Memphis (SESOSTRIS) [ ] de Cambises Ses[ ]'. (ink note)
- [on mount, bottom edge] 'Colosse de Memphis'. (ink note)
- 34.5 by 25 cm
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Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford.
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Publication note
- Published in Horeau, H. 1841. Panorama d'Égypte et de Nubie: voyage fait en 1838. Reduction du grand ouvrage in 2° par Arosa & Co. Cairo (OEB 141685), plate ix [lower].
- 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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Note
- TopBib iii2.836.