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George A. Hoskins Drawing - Various Sketches of People

Drawings of groups of people including three men with weapons of spears and swords, a man and woman filling jars of water on the bank of the Nile, and two women carrying jars on their heads, one with a child:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted
  • [on recto, above figures] 'Arabi che si salutano' (top left), 'Arabs lighting a fire to be drawn as fine looking men Arabi che accendono il fuoco' (top right), 'Donne che vanno a prendere acqua'. (lower scene) (pencil notes)
  • [on recto, top right] 'All the figures must be drawn as fine looking men'. (pencil note)
  • 34.0 by 24.1 cm

George A. Hoskins Drawing - Abu Simbel

View of the façade of the temple of Re-Harakhti at Abu Simbel, the colossi in the distance still partially buried in sand:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top right edge] 'Abousimbel Temple of Abou Simbel - Lower Nubia'. (ink note)
  • 52.2 by 41.8 cm

George A. Hoskins Drawing - Luxor

View of a group of dancing girls in the foreground, with Luxor temple and a large warship carrying an obelisk visible in the distance:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'Temple of Luxor Thebes - Alma or dancing girls - French frigate laden with the obelisk'. (ink note)
  • 40.1 by 25.0 cm

George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Thebes. West Bank. Medinet Habu

Relief scene (register 1, scene 1) from the second court area of the temple at Medinet Habu. The scene shows the seated king Ramesses III in procession during the Min festival, as he leaves the palace in a palanquin followed by rows of male figures including fan-bearers:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, bottom left corner] 'No 1 a " 5'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'Grand procession Medenet Abou Thebes'. (ink note)
  • 47.0 by 29.6 cm

George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Thebes. West Bank. Valley of the Kings. Tomb KV 11

Image inspired by a relief scene from side room M of the tomb of Ramesses III (KV11, Valley of the Kings) on the west bank of Thebes. This shows a series of weapons and armour including several swords, spears, and headgear:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'from the tomb of Rameses the 3d Thebes'. (ink note)
  • 40.5 by 24.4 cm

George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Meroe

View of the north group of pyramids at Meroe including the pyramid of Tarekenidal (No. 19) with a detailed relief scene on the entrance exterior:

  • watercolour and pencil drawing
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top left corner] 'P 9'. (pencil note)
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'Pyramids of Meroe capital of Ethiopia'. (ink note)
  • 28.2 by 20.1 cm

George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Thebes. West Bank. Medinet Habu

Relief scene (register 1, scene 3) from the second court area of the temple at Medinet Habu. The scene shows the Queen, chief lector priest and a row of other priests with emblems and standards during the Min festival:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, bottom left corner] 'Plate 4'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'Grand procession Medenet Abou Thebes'. (ink note)
  • 47.6 by 29.9 cm

George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Thebes. West Bank. Medinet Habu

Relief scene (register 1, scene 2-3) from the second court area of the temple at Medinet Habu. The scene shows two rows of priests with statuettes of kings, and at the far end of the scene men releasing birds before the larger image of king Ramesses III during the Min festival:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top left corner] 'No. 5'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'Grand procession Medenet Abou Thebes No 3'. (ink note)
  • 48.0 by 29.7 cm

George A. Hoskins Drawing - el-Kharga

View of the temple of Amun at Hibis, near the el-Kharga oasis:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top left corner] 'Plate 3 Temple Vestibule of the Temple of el Khargeh'. (pencil note)
  • [on recto, bottom left corner] 'Temple of Khargeh - Oasis of Thebes P 43'. (ink note)
  • 32.5 by 23.0 cm
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