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Hoskins MSS 3.80 · Item
Part of George Alexander Hoskins Collection

Drawing of a row of baboons found detailed across the base of the east obelisk at Luxor temple. In between the baboons are details of the king's cartouche, and along the edge of the base is a row of hieroglyphs containing the royal titulary:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted
  • [on recto, left side] Several notes of measurements (pencil notes)
  • [on recto, right side] Technical details (pencil notes)
  • 34.2 by 24.2 cm
Hoskins MSS 3.83 · Item
Part of George Alexander Hoskins Collection

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
Hoskins MSS 3.9 · Item
Part of George Alexander Hoskins Collection

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
Iversen - Černý MSS 21.87, 1079-131 · File · 1947-1959
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection

38 letters from Iversen, 13 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Iversen with copies of Sidgwick & Jackson correspondence concerning Iversen's publication plans.
3 letters from Sidgwick & Jackson, concerning a publication of Iversen's (Iversen, E. The Myth of Egypt and its Hieroglyphs in European Tradition (1961) (OEB 8508)).
Iversen's research and publications, but also some references to personal matters:

  • Iversen's study of p. Carlsberg VII
  • Iversen's publications on pigments, paint and Egyptian hieroglyphs used in European tradition
  • stamp collecting; Iversen supplied Danish stamps to Černý
  • Iversen's visits to the UK
Journal 1
J. Lane MSS 1 · File · 4 September 1873 to 24 March 1874
Part of Jenny Lane Collection

Journal covering the period from 4 September 1873 to 24 March 1874.
Dark red cover, 17.5 x 11.5 x 2 cm, 194 pages.