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Hector Horeau Collection

  • Horeau MSS
  • Collectie
  • 1838

Two portfolios with 45 loose sheets of mounted drawings and watercolours.

Horeau, Hector

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Alexandria

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 - Ramesseum

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

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

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

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

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

Partial view of the pillars and architraves of the west side of forecourt of the Temple of Khons:

  • 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

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

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

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

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

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Valley of the Kings

View of the Valley of the Kings and Western Valley:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, bottom left corner] 'vallée de l'ouest'. (pencil note)
  • [on mount, verso] 'VALLÉE des TOMBEAUX Biban El Molouk ou Vallée des Tombeaux.' (ink note)
  • 34.2 by 24.1 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Valley of the Kings

View of the Valley of the Kings, including a partial view of the entrance to the tomb of Ramesses VII (KV 1):

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on mount, verso] 'VALLÉE des TOMBEAUX, TOMBEAU de RHAMSÈS VI'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, verso] 'nº 25'. (ink note)
  • 21.6 by 18 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Valley of the Kings

Plan of the tomb of Ramesses VII (KV 1, Valley of the Kings):

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top edge] 'le sarcophage a la forme d'un cartouche Rhamsès VI'. (pencil note)
  • [on recto, bottom edge] 'osiris juge de l'amenti genies de l'amenti, la ligne jaune du plafond represente un ventre de femme des soleils [ ] de la matrice.' (pencil note)
  • [on mount, verso] 'VALLÉE des TOMBEAUX TOMBEAU de RHAMSÈS VI.' (ink note)
  • 16.6 by 21 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Valley of the Kings

Relief scene from the tomb of Ramesses III (KV 11, Valley of the Kings), including the seated figure of the god Onuris-Shu before a harpist (16):

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, bottom right] 'OSIRIS (le Nil) Rhamsès Maiamoun'. (pencil note)
  • [on mount, verso] 'Tombeau de Rhamsès Meïamoun'. (ink note)
  • 19 by 17.9 cm
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