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Egypt, desert campsite, memorial portrait of George Lloyd by É. Prisse d'Avennes

Memorial portrait of George Lloyd. Lloyd is portrayed reclining on a rug, wearing Arab clothing and holding the mouth-piece of a hookah-pipe in his right hand. The scene is set in a desert campsite, perhaps fictional, in Egypt, with a man standing with three camels in the background. The drawing this lithograph was based on was created by É. Prisse d'Avennes sometime between 1843 and 1848:

  • three colour tinted lithograph
  • loose item, perhaps not originally with the album but placed with it later
  • 41.5 x 30.5 cm (print area of 36.1 x 27.7 cm)
  • [on recto of lithograph] 'Drawn on stone by Lemoine. [caption]
  • [on recto of lithograph] 'Portrait of the late George Lloyd Esqr' [caption]
  • [on recto of lithograph] 'James Madden_London' [caption]
  • [on verso of lithograph] '330' and enclosed ',1039' (pencil notes)

Prisse d'Avennes, Achilles Constant Théodore Émile

Explanatory note on design

Explanatory note on design:

  • pencil handwritten text
  • loose item, originally a tipped-in page perhaps for this album, with remains of mounting-strip on right side
  • 25.5 x 34.9 cm (including mounting-strip)
  • [text] 'I have drawn this simply as a title for my sketches. / The semicircle at the top, excepting the Cartouches / is from the doorway of the first vaulted Chamber / in the temple of El Assasief erected by Amensä / the mother of Thothmes 3rd. The other part is mere / composition. On the right is Thmai or Truth, and / on the left Safrä, the Goddess of Letters. The characters / are ornamented with the emblems of Lower and / Upper Egypt. The Cartouches are for Our Lady / Victoria, when I can get those from Birche's work. / 27th July sketched / 1st August finished / } / 1843 / { / G Lloyd. / Gurna / Thebes.'

Design for 'Sketches of Ancient Egyptian Sculpture and Painting'

Design for a title-page for Lloyd's 'Sketches of Ancient Egyptian Sculpture and Painting' with the goddess Seshat and Maat, which are based on two other drawings in the same album (see Lloyd MSS 103 and Lloyd MSS 104):

  • pencil drawing
  • loose item, originally a tipped-in page perhaps for this album, with remains of mounting-strip on right side of verso
  • 25 x 34.9 cm (excluding mounting-strip)
  • [on drawing] 'SKETCHES OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SCULPTURE AND PAINTING' (pencil note)

Thebes, unidentified temple or tomb, barque of Amun-Re

[Priests] carrying the barque of Amun-Re, detail of a scene in an unidentified temple or tomb at Thebes:

  • pencil drawing with edges folded in on two sides (top and bottom edges of album page)
  • mounted
  • 68 x 28.8 cm
  • [on verso of drawing] 'No 4' (pencil note)
  • [on verso of drawing] '77' (pencil note)

Thebes, Deir el-Medina, tomb of Kha (TT 8), female lutist

Female lute player, detail from a scene with female musicians performing for guests at a banquet in the tomb of Kha (TT 8), temp. Amenhotep II, Tuthmosis IV and Amenhotep III, at Deir el-Medina in Thebes:

  • pencil tracing with right edge folded in twice [right side of album page]
  • 41.8 x 66 cm
  • [on recto of tracing] 'Woman playing and dancing. / 19th (or perhaps 10th) July 1843 [lower part of date lost]' (pencil note)
  • [on verso of tracing] '9' (pencil note)

Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, tomb of Ptahemhet (TT 77), later usurped by Roy, two female guests with two female attendants

Two female guests with two female attendants pouring water or oil onto the head of one of them, detail from a banquet scene in the tomb of Ptahemhet (TT 77), later usurped by Roy, temp. Tuthmosis IV, at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna in Thebes:

  • pencil tracing with edges folded in on two sides (right <twice> and bottom)
  • mounted
  • 66.2 x 46 cm
  • [on recto of tracing] 'Lady in a bath. / Tomb at Thebes. No. 15 ? / 11th July 1843' (pencil note)
  • [on verso of tracing] 'No. 10 -' (pencil note)
  • [on verso of tracing] '8' (pencil note)

Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, tomb of Amenemhet (TT 82), three musicians

Three musicians (woman with harp, man with lute and woman with double-pipe), detail from a banquet scene in the tomb of Amenemhet (TT 82), temp. Tuthmosis III, at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna in Thebes:

  • pencil tracing with right edge folded in
  • mounted
  • 55.2 x 36.9 cm
  • [on mount] '7' (pencil note)
  • [on verso of tracing] 'No 11.' (pencil note)

Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, unidentified private tomb, two men carrying a large wine-jar

Two men carrying a large wine-jar with painted grape-vine decoration, detail of a scene from an unidentified tomb at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna in Thebes:

  • pencil and watercolour tracing with right edge folded in twice
  • mounted
  • 58.5 x 42.1 cm
  • [on recto of tracing] 'Gurna. / 25th Sept 1843' (pencil note)
  • [on mount] '5' (pencil note)
  • [on verso of tracing] 'No 9 -' (pencil note)

Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, tomb of Haremhab (TT 78), female mourners

Two rows of female mourners squatting on the ground, detail from a funerary scene in the tomb of Haremhab (TT 78), temp. Tuthmosis III to Amenhotep III, at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna in Thebes:

  • pencil tracing with edges folded in on two sides (top and right <twice>)
  • mounted
  • 38.1 x 44.8 cm
  • [on recto of tracing] 'Women mourners wailing. / Tomb at Thebes. / No. 16 ? / 11th July 1843' (pencil note)
  • [on recto of tracing] '4' (pencil note)
  • [on verso of tracing] 'N 7 -' (pencil note)

Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, tomb of Rekhmire (TT 100), two men collecting water from a pool

Two men in a pool collecting water in large jars (for brick-making), detail from a scene in the tomb of Rekhmire (TT 100), temp. Tuthmosis III to Amenophis II, at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna in Thebes:

  • pencil tracing with edges folded in on two sides (top and right)
  • mounted
  • 35.2 x 45.6 cm
  • [on recto of tracing] 'Taking fish out of a tank. / Tomb at Thebes. / No. 35 ? / 10th July 1843.' (pencil note)
  • [on mount] '3' (pencil note)
  • [on verso of tracing] 'No. 12' (pencil note)

Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, tomb of Amenemhet (TT 82), a priest and a priestess

A priest, wearing a long cloak and carrying a staff, and a priestess, from the funeral cortege accompanying the sarcophagus which is being dragged to the tomb, in the tomb of Amenemhet (TT 82), temp. Tuthmosis III, at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna in Thebes:

  • pencil tracing
  • mounted
  • 30.5 x 36.9 cm
  • [on mount] '2' (pencil note)
  • [on verso of tracing] 'No 13.' (pencil)

El-Qantara, Tell Abu Seifa, oblong base of quartzite monument with tapering sides, front - scene

Oblong base of quartzite monument with tapering sides (called 'obelisk'), with dedication texts of Seti I and Ramesses II to Horus of Mesen commemorating Ramesses I, once at Tell Abu Seifa in el-Qantara, and now in Ismailia Museum, 2249; front, with remains of a scene with kneeling Seti I offering water to Horus:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 133
  • 17.8 x 25.8 cm
  • [on recto of drawing] 'The underside of the Obelisk at Abu Saiffie / 13th Feb 1843. / x' (pencil note)
  • [on mount] '76' (pencil note)

Karnak, sphinx fragment

Head (top lost) and shoulders of a sphinx at Karnak; king wearing nemes and broad collar, not inscribed (no text recorded), probably New Kingdom:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 134
  • 8.9 x 12.7 cm
  • [on mount] '75' (pencil note)
  • [on recto of drawing] 'Karnac. 13th June 1843. / G Ll.' (pencil note)

Salhieh (Salhiya), birds on the salt marshes

Flocks of birds upon, and flying above, the salt marshes, with a hunter in the foreground, at Salhieh (Salhiya):

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 130 and Lloyd MSS 131
  • 17.4 x 12.1 cm
  • [on recto of drawing] 'Salhiah' (pencil note)
  • [on mount] '74' (pencil note)
  • [on verso of drawing] 'A position in which one often finds oneself. Salhiah. 4th Feb 1843.' (pencil note)

Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, young shepherd hauling a sheep towards water

Young shepherd hauling a sheep by its forelegs towards a pool of water at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna in Thebes:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 130 and Lloyd MSS 132
  • 12.7 x 8.8 cm
  • [on mount] '73' (pencil note)
  • [on verso of drawing] 'Near the Memnonium / Qurna. Thebes / 6th Oct 1843.' (pencil note)

Abu Zaabal, "The Shady side", men capturing a fox

"The Shady side", two men, one holding a gun and the other a stick, with a captured fox between them, and a third man kneeling on the ground at Abu Zaabal:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 132 and Lloyd MSS 133
  • 17.8 x 12.7 cm
  • [on mount] '72' (pencil note)
  • [on verso of drawing] 'Abu Zaabel. 16th Jan. 1843. / "The Shady side"' (pencil note)

Saqqara, camel standing beneath a palm tree

Camel standing beneath a palm tree, with a tall-necked vessel in the foreground, at Saqqara:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 127 and Lloyd MSS 128
  • 12.2 x 17.5 cm
  • [on recto of drawing] 'Saccara. 4 Dec. 1842' (pencil note)#
  • [on mount] '71' (pencil note)

Salhieh (Salhiya), falcon capturing a teal above the salt marshes

A falcon capturing a teal above the salt marshes at Salhieh (Salhiya):

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 127 and Lloyd MSS 129
  • 12.2 x 17.5 cm
  • [on mount] '70' (pencil note)
  • [on verso of drawing] 'Falcon stooping at a Teal. / Salhiah. 2nd Feb. 1843.' (pencil note)

Salhieh (Salhiya), Rafieah hunting boar in the salt marshes

Rafieah hunting boar in the salt marshes at Salhieh (Salhiya):

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 128 and Lloyd MSS 129
  • 12.2 x 17.4 cm
  • [on recto of drawing] 'Rafieah, Boar Shooting. Salhiah. 3rd Feb. 1843.' (pencil note)
  • [on mount] '69' (pencil note)

El-Qantara, Tell Abu Seifa, oblong base of quartzite monument with tapering sides, fragments from scenes

Oblong base of quartzite monument with tapering sides (called 'obelisk'), with dedication texts of Seti I and Ramesses II to Horus of Mesen commemorating Ramesses I, once at Tell Abu Seifa in el-Qantara, and now in Ismailia Museum, 2249; fragments from [at least] two sides with remains of scenes of kings kneeling before deities:

  • pencil drawings
  • mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 125
  • 25.7 x 17.7 cm
  • [on recto of drawing] 'a / a / Fragments of the Obelisk at Abu Saiffie. / a and a are different sides of the angle. / 12th Feb 1843. / x' (pencil note)
  • [on mount] '68' (pencil note)

Tineh, the ruins of an Islamic building, interior view

The ruins of an Islamic building at Tineh; interior view showing structural arches and doorway with small windows above:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 126
  • 17.8 x 25.8 cm
  • [on recto of drawing] 'Interior of the Ruin at Bir Tiena. / 17th Feb 1843.' (pencil note)
  • [on mount] '67' (pencil note)

El-Qantara, Tell Abu Seifa, oblong base of quartzite monument with tapering sides, left side - right part

Oblong base of quartzite monument with tapering sides (called 'obelisk'), with dedication texts of Seti I and Ramesses II to Horus of Mesen commemorating Ramesses I, once at Tell Abu Seifa in el-Qantara, and now in Ismailia Museum, 2249; left side, right part, with remains of a scene at top with seated deity, and remains of six columns of text below and two lines of text at the bottom [drawn separately]:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 123
  • 18.8 x 25.8 cm
  • [on recto of drawing] 'No 1 a / 1 ft 6 in / x 4 ft. 8 in / a/ a - 1ft. 9 in - 2ft. 6 in' (pencil note)
  • [on recto of drawing] 'Obelisk at Abu Saiffie. 12th Feb 1843. / x' (pencil note)
  • [on mount] '66' (pencil note)

Medinet Habu, Great Temple, Second Court, three officials

Three officials carrying fans, forming part of a procession celebrating the Festival of the god Min, detail from a wall scene in the Second Court of the Great Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 124
  • 18 x 26 cm
  • [on mount] '65' (pencil note)

El-Qantara, Tell Abu Seifa, oblong base of quartzite monument with tapering sides, back

Oblong base of quartzite monument with tapering sides (called 'obelisk'), with dedication texts of Seti I and Ramesses II to Horus of Mesen commemorating Ramesses I, once at Tell Abu Seifa in el-Qantara, and now in Ismailia Museum, 2249; back, with remains of scene at top with a kneeling king offering to a seated [deity], and remains of four columns of text below with two lines of text at the bottom:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 121
  • 17.8 x 25.8 cm
  • [on recto of drawing] 'Upper side. / Obelisk at Abu Saiffie / 12th Feb 1843. / x' (pencil)
  • [on mount] '64' (pencil note)

Thebes, El-Khokha, tomb of Nefersekheru (TT 296), solar disk with dressed djad pillar

The solar disk, emerging above the horizon of the mountains, is held by the arms of Nut and those of a personified ankh, with a dressed personified djad pillar supporting the whole group; this central group is adored by four baboons, kneeling Isis and Nephthys and two ba-birds, from a painted wall scene in the Ramesside tomb of Nefersekheru (TT 296), at El-Khokha in Thebes:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 122
  • 17.7 x 25.7 cm
  • [on mount] '63' (pencil note)
  • [on verso of drawing] 'From a tomb near the Scheich El Beleds. / Gurna. / 15th July 1843. / This is not very correct as I drew it from a rough sketch / in my Note Book, and as the place was extremely hard to / get to, I did not take the trouble of going there again. / It is painted, but I saw no cartouche. The style of the / tomb is bad, as are the statues in it. The tomb is possibly / of the time of Amenoph 3rd but it is impossible to judge / from the style the period. / G Ll.' (pencil note)

Salhieh (Salhiya), Rafieah's camel

Rafieah's camel recumbent in the desert at Salhieh (Salhiya):

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 119
  • 25.8 x 17.8 cm
  • [on recto of drawing] 'Salhiah. 3rd Feb. 1843. Rafieah's Dromedary.' (pencil note)
  • [on mount] '62' (pencil note)
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