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Hector Horeau Drawing - Philae

Detail of a column capital from the Hathor temple at Philae, including faint notes of measurements:

  • ink drawing
  • mounted
  • [on mount, verso] 'Chapiteaux restaurés Temple de Vénus Athor'. (ink note)
  • 26.5 by 24.9 cm

Hector Horeau Drawing - Philae

Detail of a column capital from the Hathor temple at Philae, including faint notes of measurements:

  • ink drawing
  • mounted
  • [on mount, verso] 'Chapiteaux restaurés Temple de Vénus Athor'. (ink note)
  • 26.7 by 25.2 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Philae

Details of six columns from the Hathor temple at Philae, with faint details of the Hathor face and intricate painted details of the capitals. In between the columns on the right side of the paper is a faint pencil sketch of a column structure:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, centre] 'CHAPITEAUX du TEMPLE d'HATOR PHÏÆ 1er au Nord, 2e, 4e, 3e, 5e, 6e au Sud'. (pencil note)
  • [on mount, verso] 'CHAPITEAUX. TEMPLE D'ATHOR Ile de Philae'. (ink note)
  • 35.9 by 45.6 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Saqqara

View of Saqqara with the pyramids visible in the distance:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, bottom left corner] 'Zaqqarah'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'Vue des Pyramides de Zaqqarah'. (pencil note)
  • [on mount, verso] '4. Pyramides de Zaqqarah'. (ink note)
  • 17.3 by 12.4 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Giza

An idealised view of Giza, with the Sphinx, valley temple, and the Great Pyramid visible in the distance:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'Monument à élever sur la grande pyramide'. (pencil note)
  • [on mount, verso] '3. Monument à élever sur la grande pyramide'. (ink note)
  • 17.5 by 12.4 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Giza

View of the Great pyramid at Giza:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'La Grande Pyramide'. (pencil note)
  • [on mount, verso] '2. Pyramides de Gyzeh'. (ink note)
  • 17.6 by 12.5 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Giza

View of the pyramids at Giza and the Nile:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'Vue des pyramides de Gyzeh'. (pencil note)
  • [on mount, verso] '1. Pyramides de Gyzeh'. (ink note)
  • 17.4 by 12.4 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Philae

Restored section of the temple of Isis at Philae:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, bottom right corner] 'restauration de Philae'. (pencil note)
  • [on mount, verso] 'ILE DE PHILÆ'. (ink note)
  • 8.7 by 8 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Aswan

View of the Nile and nearby buildings at Aswan:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, bottom right corner] 'ASSOUAN 5 [ ]'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'Vue d'Assouan (Moyenne Egypte.)'. (pencil note)
  • 17.7 by 12.5 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Thebes

Barque with a naos shrine in the centre, and possibly a barque sphinx at the bow. Possibly from a tomb scene:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top left corner] 'Thebes'. (pencil note)
  • 18 by 7.7 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Thebes

Barque with three men standing inside and wedjat eyes painted on the exterior, possibly from a tomb scene:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top left corner] 'Thebes'. (pencil note)
  • 18 by 6.3 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Beni Hasan

Boats from Beni Hasan tomb relief scenes. On the upper half is a boat with several rowers and men at the bow steering, followed by another boat with a larger standing figure at the bow; the second boat on the right within the fourth register at (6) of the tomb of Khnumhotep (Tomb 3, Beni Hasan). The lower left side sketch shows the stern of a boat found on the left within the fifth register at (12) of the tomb of Amenemhat (Tomb 2, Beni Hasan), the lower right side sketch is a detailed boat from the right side within the sixth register at (15) also of the tomb of Amenemhat (Tomb 2, Beni Hasan):

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top right] 'grand prêtre'. (pencil note)
  • [on recto, centre] 'culottes et robes blanches (probablement des pretres)', 'barque du defunt'. (pencil notes)
  • [on recto, bottom left] 'il y a parfois 2 gouvernails', 'corps mort'. (pencil notes)
  • [on recto, bottom right] 'cette surface listé en jaune ressemble à une bandiere (drapeau) ou rideau pr cacher les femmes lorsqu'elles ont besoin d'etre seule'. (pencil note)
  • [on recto, bottom right corner] 'BENI HASSAN'. (pencil note)
  • 21.6 by 15.7 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Beni Hasan

Boat with rows of men with oars, middle boat from a larger relief scene on the fifth register at (12) of the tomb of Amenemhat (Tomb 2, Beni Hasan). On the upper corners of the watercolour are small separate sketches of the details of shields on the cabin from the boat at the right side:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top] 'la reine dans la barque avec 1 ou 2 femmes' and 'qu'est ce que cela? ne serait ce pas une [ ] pour [ ] du maitre de la barque qui est assis au dessous? ou pr [ ] la voile?'. (pencil note)
  • [on recto, bottom edge] 'chaque marin a un petit cotte ou tablier blanc dans certaines barques on voit quelquefois les marins assis les extremités de la barque sont blanches'. (pencil note)
  • [on recto, bottom right corner] 'BENI HASSAN'. (pencil note)
  • 21.6 by 17.1 cm
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