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Horeau MSS 40.5
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Hector Horeau Watercolour - Beni Hasan
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1 watercolour
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(1801-1872)
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Boats from Beni Hasan tomb relief scenes. On the upper half is a boat with several rowers and men at the bow steering, followed by another boat with a larger standing figure at the bow; the second boat on the right within the fourth register at (6) of the tomb of Khnumhotep (Tomb 3, Beni Hasan). The lower left side sketch shows the stern of a boat found on the left within the fifth register at (12) of the tomb of Amenemhat (Tomb 2, Beni Hasan), the lower right side sketch is a detailed boat from the right side within the sixth register at (15) also of the tomb of Amenemhat (Tomb 2, Beni Hasan):
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- [on recto, top right] 'grand prêtre'. (pencil note)
- [on recto, centre] 'culottes et robes blanches (probablement des pretres)', 'barque du defunt'. (pencil notes)
- [on recto, bottom left] 'il y a parfois 2 gouvernails', 'corps mort'. (pencil notes)
- [on recto, bottom right] 'cette surface listé en jaune ressemble à une bandiere (drapeau) ou rideau pr cacher les femmes lorsqu'elles ont besoin d'etre seule'. (pencil note)
- [on recto, bottom right corner] 'BENI HASSAN'. (pencil note)
- 21.6 by 15.7 cm
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Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford.
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- 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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- TopBib iv.145A (upper scene), iv.142A (lower left scene), iv.143A (lower right scene)
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