Tomb wall scene, gazelle suckling fawn, Giza
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Tomb wall scene, a gazelle suckling a fawn:
pencil drawing
mounted
17.6 x 10 cm
[Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] illegible pencil note
Detail from a wall scene, gazelle suckling calf, probably from scenes of bringing fowl and young animals in boxes (including hare, hedgehog, gazelles, and gazelle and young, from room I in the tomb of Nebemakhet [LG 86], son of Khephren, in the Central Field at Giza.
Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards Collection
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Edwards, A. A. B. MSS
Collection
1856-1892
Album of drawings and watercolours made during Amelia Edwards's visit to the Dolomites.
Album of drawings and watercolours made during her visit to Egypt in 1873-4.
Album with 26 pencil sketches and one watercolour titled 'Small Egyptian Scraps, 1874', made during same visit to Egypt.
Album, notebook, packet containing an assortment of drawings, letters, and notes, another packet contains copies of deeds and accounts issued following her death.
Two watercolours of the temples on Philae island, assumed to have been painted by A. Edwards.
First edition of Amelia B. Edwards, Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers (1891); Kate Griffith's (née Bradbury) copy, with handwritten dedication to ‘My Katie - Novr. 1891 - A.B.E’.
Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford
Raymond Oliver Faulkner Collection
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Faulkner MSS
Collection
c. 1955-1965
A small group of Faulkner's documentation.
Translation of the stela of King Kamose [Kamosi] (Faulkner MSS 1).
Sections of Faulkner, Raymond O. 1962. A concise dictionary of Middle Egyptian (Faulkner MSS 2).
Original housing for the group (Faulkner MSS 3).
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver
Alan Henderson Gardiner Collection
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Gardiner MSS
Collection
c. 1900-1963
Notebooks, notes, card indexes of the Pyramid Texts and Late Egyptian, copies of inscriptions, corpus of transcribed hieratic ostraca and papyri, photographs, drawings, correspondence, copies of his own publications, and portraits.
Gardiner, (Sir) Alan Henderson
William Gell Collection
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Gell MSS
Collection
c. 1815-1820s
Three notebooks containing Gell's copies of hieroglyphic inscriptions from objects and publications, also drawings (some coloured) of objects seen by Gell in museums and private collections.
Gell, (Sir) William
Oliver Robert Gurney Collection
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Gurney MSS
Collection
1939-2001
Correspondence and notes relating to the geography of the Hittite Empire, Babylonian music, decipherment, and various other topics.
Gurney, Oliver Robert
Hector Horeau Collection
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Horeau MSS
Collection
1838
Two portfolios with 45 loose sheets of mounted drawings and watercolours.
Horeau, Hector
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Alexandria
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View of Alexandria, including Pompey's Pillar:
watercolour
mounted
[on recto, bottom left edge] 'chameau mort devoré par les chiens'. (ink note)
[on recto, bottom right edge] 'hr. 28m 748 tout ensemble compris fond.on colonne dite de Pompée'. (ink note)
[on mount, top edge] 'Alexandrie'. (ink note)
[on mount, bottom edge] 'Colonne de Pompée'. (ink note)
[on mount, verso] 'nº 2'. (ink note)
34.4 by 25 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Alexandria
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Catacomb (also known as the Grand catacomb) within the Wardian area at Alexandria, two individuals visible in the background using candlelight:
watercolour
mounted
[on recto, edges of watercolour] 'la Nécropole bains de Cléopâtre'. (pencil note)
[on mount, bottom edge] 'Alexandrie, Bain de Cléopâtre'. (ink note)
[on mount, verso] 'nº 2'. (ink note)
34.4 by 25 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Luxor
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View from the river Nile of Luxor temple and nearby modern buildings:
watercolour
mounted
[on mount, bottom edge] 'LUXOR'. (ink note)
[on mount, verso] 'nº 20'. (ink note)
34.5 by 19.5 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Luxor
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Relief scene from the Birth Room at Luxor temple, with images of the god Thoth and a queen (birth scenes scenes in II, 1-3 at (152)):
watercolour
mounted
[on recto, lower left side] 'Thoth savoir, Chnouphis puissance force, Venus athor'. (ink note)
[on recto, bottom edge] 'La Reine TMAU-HEM-VA femme du Pharaon THOUTMES IV mettant au monde AMENOPH III (Memnon)'. (ink note)
[on mount, bottom edge] 'LUXOR Auprès du Sanctuaire de Luxor'. (ink note)
30.9 by 11.5 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Luxor
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View from the river Nile of Luxor by Nestor L'Hôte:
watercolour
mounted
[on recto, bottom right edge] 'Luxor dessin de nestor l'hote'. (ink note)
[on mount, verso] 'LUXOR'. (ink note)
21.9 by 10.9 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Ramesseum
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Partial view of the hypostyle hall (reconstruction) of the Ramesseum:
watercolour
mounted
[on mount, verso] 'Grand ordre du Rhamesseion'. (ink note)
30.8 by 35.7 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Ramesseum
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Detailed plan and section (reconstruction) of the Ramesseum:
watercolour
mounted
[on recto, top right edge] 'memnonium par Leper[ ]'. (pencil note)
[on recto, bottom edge] 'PA = plan anglais = dans le plan anglais pas de pentes douces (ce qui est mieux) un peron 1ere cour 3 peron 2e cour 1 pylone beaucoup plus large'. (ink note)
[on mount, bottom edge] 'Plan et Coupe du Rhamesseion'. (ink note)
40.1 by 17.8 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Ramesseum
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Cartouches of Ramesses II from the Ramesseum:
watercolour
mounted
[on recto, top edge] '-Thebes-'. (ink note)
[on recto]'Cartouche du fragment de belle statue calcaire dans l'avenue de sphinx au temple près de -Gournah-'. (ink note)
7.5 by 10.6 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Qurna
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View of the remains of Qurna Temple:
watercolour
mounted
[on mount, bottom edge] 'Temple de Gournah'. (ink note)
18.9 by 9.6 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Ramesseum
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Bust of colossus of Ramesses II originally from the 2nd southern court of the Ramesseum, now in the British Museum (EA 19):
watercolour
mounted
[on recto, bottom edge] 'au British museum'. (ink note)
[on mount, verso] '[ ] British [ ]'. (ink note)
7.5 by 10.6 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Karnak
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View of the pillars and architraves of the great temple at Karnak:
watercolour
mounted
[on recto, top edge] 'Plafond bleu avec étoiles'. (pencil note)
[on recto, top right corner] '6'. (pencil note)
[on mount, verso] 'Comparaison des différents ordres Egyptiens'. (ink note)
11.7 by 14.8 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Karnak
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Partial view of the pillars and architraves of the great temple at Karnak:
watercolour
mounted
[on mount, verso] 'Comparaison des différents ordres Egyptiens'. (ink note)
22.1 by 16.4 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Karnak
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Partial view of the pillars and architraves of the great temple at Karnak with faint details of the relief scenes:
watercolour
mounted
[on recto, top right corner] '5'. (pencil note)
[on mount, verso] 'Comparaison des différents ordres Egyptiens'. (ink note)
10.7 by 13.2 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Karnak
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Partial view of the pillars and architraves of the great temple at Karnak with intricate details of relief scenes and inscriptions:
watercolour
mounted
[on mount, verso] 'Comparaison des différents ordres Egyptiens'. (ink note)
14.5 by 16.8 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Karnak
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Partial view of the pillars and architraves of the great temple at Karnak:
watercolour
mounted
[on recto, top right corner] '1'. (pencil note)
[on mount, verso] 'Comparaison des différents ordres Egyptiens'. (ink note)
20.9 by 19.9 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Karnak
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Pillars and architraves of the great temple at Karnak, with two figures standing at the central base:
watercolour
mounted
[on mount, verso] 'Comparaison des différents ordres Egyptiens'. (ink note)
13.5 by 17.1 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Ramesseum
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Hypostyle and Astronomical Room of the Ramesseum, elevation of the rear wall and relief scenes on columns:
watercolour
mounted
[on mount, verso] '1. Grand ordre du Rhamesseion'. (ink note)
52.5 by 25.9 cm
Hector Horeau Tracing
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Plan of an ideal Egyptian temple based on the plans of the Ramesseum and Karnak:
tracing
mounted
[on mount, verso] '2. Plan de Karnac.'. (ink note)
26 by 7.7 cm
Hector Horeau Engraving - Ramesseum
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Plan of the Ramesseum by J. N. Huyot:
engraving
mounted
[on recto, top edge] 'Plan du Rhamession restauré par l'arche Huyot. le noir indique ce qui reste le gris ce qui est restauré'. (ink note)
[on recto, bottom edge] 'les lignes indiquent les voutes en briques crues dans lesquels etaient conservés les grains pr les famines.' (ink note)
[on mount, verso] '3. Plan du Rhamesseion.' (ink note)
14.9 by 11.9 cm