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Horeau MSS
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- 1838 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
2 portfolios
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
French architect. Born, Versailles 1801. Died, Paris 1872. Trained at École des Beaux-Arts, 1819-22. Worked on the plates for Cailliaud's publication Voyage à Meroé (1826-7). Visited Egypt and Nubia, 1839. Made mainly architectural drawings and paintings during his time there, some of which were reproduced in his Panorama d'Égypte et de Nubie (1841). Treasurer of the Société Asiatique, 1842. Horeau resumed his architectural career working in Paris and London. He won the best design for the Crystal Palace project in London, which in the event was not realised.
Archival history
In the possession of Dr T. Staines-Read.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The estate of Dr T. Staines-Read, 1967.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Two portfolios with 45 loose sheets of mounted drawings and watercolours.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Kept as received.
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Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Language of material
- French
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
No problems.
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Catalogue.
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Existence and location of originals
These are originals.
Existence and location of copies
None.
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Publication note
-Some of the drawings and paintings reproduced in the publication Panorama d'Égypte et de Nubie (1841).
- 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).
Notes area
Note
- Portrait: Hector Horeau, photograph taken by Adolphe Dallemagne, about 1865, inscribed "H. HOREAU. PORTRAITS BREVETÉS S.G.D.G. Phot. No. 9, Avenue de Ségur.". Copyright Peggy Joy Egyptology Library, Michigan, USA.
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Hector_Horeau.jpg
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