A group of pink, yellow and purple flowers (unidentified)

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom edge] 'J. Hoskins - July 1887'. (pencil note)
• 23.0 by 30.3 cm

A small group of red-orange flowers (unidentified) in a short yellow vase, likely painted by J. Hoskins:

• watercolour
• mounted
• 18.0 by 25.5 cm

C. 10,500 colour slides (35mm) mostly of Egypt (temples, tombs and other ancient monuments), but also of different countries in the Middle East (Syria, Persia, Turkey, etc.) as well as the Far East. They are cross-referenced with an extensive card index and cover a period from the early 1980s until the early 2000s. They consist of images from virtually every site in the Egyptian Delta region and the Nile Valley.

• Album of drawings and watercolours made during Amelia Edwards's visit to the Dolomites.
• Album of drawings and watercolours made during her visit to Egypt in 1873-4.
• Album with 26 pencil sketches and one watercolour titled 'Small Egyptian Scraps, 1874', made during same visit to Egypt.
• Album, notebook, packet containing an assortment of drawings, letters, and notes, another packet contains copies of deeds and accounts issued following her death.
• Two watercolours of the temples on Philae island, assumed to have been painted by A. Edwards.
• First edition of Amelia B. Edwards, Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers (1891); Kate Griffith's (née Bradbury) copy, with handwritten dedication to ‘My Katie - Novr. 1891 - A.B.E’.

1) Original measured perspective drawing of the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings (1978) [corrected version].
2) Drawings of Eighteenth Dynasty tombs (incomplete original set and complete sets of photocopies/prints) (1980s).
3) Prints of the measured perspective drawing of the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings (1978) [version with error].
4) Drawings of reconstructions of Egyptian boats (1993-4).
5) Models, plaster and resin moulds and casts for plaque depicting a scene from the lid of box from the tomb of Tutankhamun (c. 1979) - the plaque has been sold in the British Museum shop since the late 1990s (copyright issued in the late 1990s for a while, then reissued c. 2010).
6) Model, plaster and resin moulds and casts for the mask of Tutankhamun (1978).
7) Models, plaster and resin moulds and casts for small figurines (2 seated Isis suckling Horus, Bes amulet and scarab, 1970s).
8) Album of newspaper cuttings titled "Illustrations", mostly from the Illustrated London News, bound in illustrated binding by Harold Parkinson (c. 1930).
9) Copy of Simplified Hieroglyphs arranged according to Gardiner's Signlist. Drawn in both left and right directions together with samples of cursive hieroglyphs and hieratic signs. Hieratic versions are drawn from Möller Hieratische Paläographie Vol. I (6th to 13th dynasties), of which 'Sinuhe' provides the majority of the examples, by R. B. & H. Parkinson (1988-1989).
10) Original measured perspective drawing of the White Chapel at Karnak, by H. & R. B. Parkinson (c. 1989-1990).

Series of panoramic city views of Cairo, central image includes several important mosques:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, middle row of text] 'Prise d'Eau', 'Plaine où eut lieu la Bataille entre les Français et les Mamelouks.', 'Mosquée Sultan Hassan', 'Couvent des Derviches', 'Mosquée Ibrahim Aga', 'Mosquée El-Moyed'. (ink notes)
• [on recto, bottom right side] '2'. (ink note)
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'PANORAMA DU CAIRE'. (ink note)
• [on mount, verso] 'nº 7'. (ink note)
• 56 by 11.4 cm

Bayn el-Qasrain (Between the Two Palaces) street in Cairo, with the madrasas of Sultans Qalawun and Barquq on the left and the madrasa of Sultan al-Zahir Baybars ahead:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Grande rue au Caire'. (ink note)
• [on mount, verso] '1. Grande Rue du Caire'. (ink note)
• 25 by 34.5 cm

Limestone colossus of Ramesses II from the south gate of the Ptah enclosure at Mit Rahina:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom left edge] 'colosse de Memphis (SESOSTRIS) [ ] de Cambises Ses[ ]'. (ink note)
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Colosse de Memphis'. (ink note)
• 34.5 by 25 cm

Entrance to the tomb of Khnumhotep III at Beni Hasan (tomb 3):

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'BENI-HASSAN. TOMBEAUX. Portique à l'entrée d'un Tombeau'. (ink note)
• [on mount, verso] 'nº 11'. (ink note)
• 27.5 by 19.2 cm

View of the hypostyle area of the temple of Khonsu within the Karnak temple complex:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'KARNAC, Temple de Khons'. (ink note)
• [on mount, verso] 'nº 16'. (ink note)
• 16.5 by 24.5 cm

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

View of the remains of Qurna Temple:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Temple de Gournah'. (ink note)
• 18.9 by 9.6 cm

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

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

Partial view of the pillars and architraves of the great temple at Karnak:

• 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

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

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

Section plan of the tomb of Sety I (KV 17, Valley of the Kings), with a detail of outer lintel cartouches of the king between kneeling winged Maats at (8):

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, top right] '2'. (ink note)
• [on recto, right side] 'nº 17 Menefta la déesse Tmei (double verité et justice) protege les cartouches de Menephta Ier et voire detail planche XI ouvrage Lenormant.'. (pencil note)
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Coupe et plan du Tombeau de Ménephta 1er'. (ink note)
• 55 by 17.1 cm

Relief of the king in an adoring pose at (14) ii.3 from the tomb of Ramesses IX (KV 6, Valley of the Kings):

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, left side] 'ceinture [ ]'. (pencil note)
• [on mount, verso] 'Peintures des Tombeaux de la Vallée des Reines'. (ink note)
• 15.9 by 23.3 cm

A set of three small engravings mounted together, representing the names of the twelve calendar months in hieroglyphs:

• engraving
• mounted
• [on engraving, reading right to left] '3', '2' and '1'. (ink note)
• [on mount, verso] 'Peintures des Tombeaux de la Vallée des Reines'. (ink note)
• 27 by 1.7 cm (made up of three engravings, each one 9 by 1.7 cm)

Partial view of the architecture of an Islamic building:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on mount, verso] 'Construction Arabe moderne.' (ink note)
• 13.5 by 19.6 cm

View of the second court of the great temple of Medinet Habu in Thebes:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom right edge] 'Medinet abou'. (ink note)
• [on mount, verso] '1. Temple de Medinet Abou'. (ink note)
• 34.2 by 24.6 cm

Two views of the stone quarries at Tura, both painted on the same sheet:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, right side] 'carrieres de Thora, Au dessus de Thora rive gauche. mirage de soleil'. (ink note)
• 32.2 by 22.7 cm

View of the temple of Horus at Edfu:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on mount, verso] '1. Vue du Temple d'Edfou'. (ink note)
• 33.6 by 22.3 cm

View of the great Ptolemaic temple at Kom Ombo:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on mount, verso] '1 Koum Ombos'. (ink note)
• 33.4 by 22.8 cm

View of the island and temple remains of Philae:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto] 'Ile de Philae Juin 1838'. (pencil note)
• [on mount, verso] 'ILE DE PHILÆ'. (ink note)
• 53.9 by 34.8 cm

View of the remains of the Isis temple at Dabod:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto] 'N.R.O. DEBOUDE'. (pencil note)
• [on mount, verso] 'TEMPLE de DEBOUDE'. (ink note)
• 25 by 16.1 cm

Plan of the New Kingdom temple at el-Sebua:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, top left] 'Plan du temple de Hemi-speos à ouadi-Asseboua (vallée des lions)'. (pencil note)
• [on recto, bottom edge] 'NUBIE.R.O '28 mai'. (pencil note)
• [on mount, verso] '3. Plan et détails'. (ink note)
• 31.1 by 8.7 cm

Drawings of the cartouches of Ramesses II from the New Kingdom temple at el-Sebua (numbered 2 and 3):

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, left side] '1. les figures de la cour pareilles à celles de Ghirché l'embrasemr de porte à droite est plus refouillé pour l'épaisseur de la porte'. (pencil note)
• [on recto, right side] '4. les colosses à droite et à gauche de la porte sont à terre ils sont figurés debout dans la vue pour donner plus d'intéret'. (pencil note)
• [on mount, verso] '3. Plan et détails'. (ink note)
• 31.1 by 7 cm

View of the second cataract at Wadi Halfa, with seated figures in the foreground:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom edge] 'Nubie.R.O. Vue de la 2e cataracte prise du rocher des visiteurs à noms) en regardt le sud. 14 mai 1838'. (ink note)
• [on mount] 'Mr Horeau, arrivé à la 2e Cataracte, inscrit son nom sur un rocher'. (pencil note)
• [on mount, verso] 'Haute-Egypte La 2e Cataracte, limite de l'Exploration de M. H. Horeau'. (ink note)
• 25.2 by 17.2 cm