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Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards Collection With digital objects English
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Philae from the north

Watercolour in its original mount, showing the temples on Philae Island, viewed from the north-west.

  • The watercolour is captioned on the mount, once below the watercolour and again on the verso. The captions are both the same but are written in two different hands: "Philæ from the North."
  • Although the watercolour is not signed, it was most certainly painted by Amelia A. B. Edwards.

Philae from the south

Watercolour in its original mount, the temples on Philae Island, viewed from the south. Although the watercolour is not signed or annotated, it was most certainly painted by Amelia A. B. Edwards.

Goddess at Abu Simbel

Pencil drawing of goddess:

  • mounted
  • [on drawing] 'Goddess represented on S wall of small temple of Hathor Ihsambool' (pencil note)
  • [on mount] 'Goddess with headdress supposed to represent a sheaf of flax. S. wall. Smaller Temple. Aboo Simbel' (pencil note)

Ramsses II at Abu Simbel

Pencil drawing of Ramesses II:

  • mounted
  • [on drawing] 'Head of last colossus on right interior of Large Temple' (pencil note)
  • [on mount] 'Rameses II. Head of Osiride Caryatid Great Hall - Large Temple. Aboo Simbel.' (pencil note)

Ramesses II at Abydos

Pencil drawing of Ramesses II:

  • mounted
  • [on drawing] 'Abydos. (funeral scene) Rameses as Kings son worshipping Seti borne on throne as Gods' (pencil note)
  • [on mount] 'Ramses II. as Prince. On the S wall of vaulted chamber to left of Great Hall - Abydos.' (pencil note)

Ensign of Horus, Abu Simbel

Pencil drawing of Horus from Abu Simbel:

  • mounted
  • [on drawing] 'Ensign dividing two large pictures on West wall of painted Chamber' (pencil note)
  • [on mount] 'Ensign of Horus Araëris - library - Aboo Simbel' (pencil note)

Scarab at Dendur

Pencil drawing of scarab beetle at the Temple of Dendur:

  • mounted
  • [on drawing] 'Dendoor' (pencil note)
  • [on mount] 'Scarabæus over S. door + Lotus ornament. Dendoor.' (pencil note)
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