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Horeau MSS 46.4
Title
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Saqqâra
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.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The estate of Dr T. Staines-Read, 1967.
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Scope and content
Loose mounted watercolour of a view of Saqqara, with the pyramids visible in the distance. On the bottom left corner of the watercolour is a small note: 'Zaqqarah'. Along the lower edge of the mount is a handwritten note: 'Vue des Pyramides de Zaqqarah', and on the verso is another note: '4. Pyramides de Zaqqarah'.
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Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
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Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford.
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- 17.3 by 12.4 cm
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- Published in Porter and Moss iii2.393A.
- 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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Horeau_46_4.jpg
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