View of Qurna on the west bank of Thebes, unidentified tombs visible in the distance:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'A my residence at Thebes - a tomb the house of a peasant - see foreground -'. (ink note)
• 26.3 by 23.5 cm

View of a stone arch from the Qurna area on the west bank of Thebes:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Stone arch - Gurnah'. (ink note)
• 23.0 by 16.7 cm

View from the south towards the hypostyle hall and third pylon at Karnak temple:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Great Temple Carnak'. (ink note)
• 26.4 by 18.9 cm

View of the first pylon at Karnak temple:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Great propylon - Carnak'. (ink note)
• 33.3 by 23.1 cm

Drawing of a Nubian man holding a stick:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• 14.0 by 27.7 cm

View of the two Osiride colossal statues of Ramesses II from the temple of Amun-Re-Harakhti at Karnak temple:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Great temple Carnak'. (ink note)
• 28.8 by 22.7 cm

View of the facade of the Small Temple of Hathor of Abeshek and Queen Nefertari at Abu Simbel:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on mount] '301 Abousimbel LB'. (ink note)
• 32.7 by 25.5 cm

Diary kept from 4 May 1922 to 20 October 1926 by the wife of the British archaeologist and photographer Harry Burton (1879-1940). The diary contains detailed daily entries recording social engagements and memorable events, including the excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun by Howard Carter’s team, of which her husband was a member. The diary details her life and travels with her husband at home in Florence, their stays in Egypt (especially Luxor, but also Cairo), the trip they made across the US and to Hollywood in 1924, and various holidays in Europe (London, Salzburg, St. Moritz, etc.), as well as trips to friends in Italy. Lined account book, 400 pages, 8vo (179 x 110 x 28 mm).

View of the portico of the temple of Montu at Nag el-Madamud:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Medamut'. (ink note)
• 29.2 by 22.6 cm

View of the ninth and tenth pylons at Karnak temple:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Carnak'. (ink note)
• 32.7 by 21.1 cm

View of the temple of Amun-Re and Re-Harakhti at Amada:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, top left corner] 'Amada'. (ink note)
• 26.3 by 13.1 cm

View of the forecourt area of the colonnade of Taharqa at the Amun temple complex at Karnak:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Temple of Karnak - Thebes'. (ink note)
• 33.3 by 23.4 cm

View of the remaining corner of the Coptic church at Armant with re-used earlier blocks:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Herment'. (ink note)
• 17.8 by 23.4 cm

View of several men gathered at the riverbank while a small boat is prepared at the waters edge:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Ferry at Thebes - Temple of Luxor'. (ink note)
• 34.5 by 23.4 cm

View of the temple of of Isis and Kiosk of Trajan at Philae:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, top right corner] 'Philae'. (pencil note)
• [on mount] '265 Philae'. (ink note)
• 35.7 by 27.7 cm

View of the Amun temple complex at Karnak, with several pylons and an obelisk visible in the distance:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'General view of the Temple of Karnak Thebes'. (ink note)
• 46.6 by 24.4 cm

View of the rock temple of Beit el-Wali:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• 30.5 by 20.6 cm

View of the Island of Elephantine:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Elephantine & Syene'. (ink note)
• 36.5 by 23.5 cm

View of a landscape in Lower Nubia:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, top left corner] 'Lower Nubia'. (pencil note)
• 26.1 by 18.2 cm

View of the bank of the river Nile at Elephantine:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom left corner] 'Elephantina'. (ink note)
• 27.2 by 13.0 cm

Image inspired by a relief scene from side room I of the tomb of Ramesses III (KV11, Valley of the Kings) on the west bank of Thebes. The scene includes two harpist figures dressed in white robes, and damage to the original scene is noted by the omission of one figures' face and a lower part of the left side harp:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom left corner] 'G. A. Hoskins'. (pencil note)
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'painted in the tomb of Rameses 3d (Called Bruces tomb) Thebes'. (ink note)
• 32.3 by 21.5 cm

A tomb relief scene from the hallway of the early 18th Dynasty tomb of Neferhotep (TT50) at the west bank of Thebes. This scene comes from register I, and shows a group of male figures with servants before the royal figure of Horemheb and Neferhotep being rewarded:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, top left corner] 'Plate 4'. (pencil note)
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Tomb of King Amulek or Horus Thebes opened by G A H'. (ink note)
• 37.8 by 19.4 cm

Image inspired by a relief scene from the right wall of side room L of the tomb of Ramesses III (KV11, Valley of the Kings) on the west bank of Thebes. This scene is now destroyed within the tomb, and shows a series of five decorated chairs and accompanying stools:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Chairs painted in the tomb of Rameses the 3d Thebes'. (ink note)
• 40.8 by 26.4 cm

Three registers of agricultural scenes from the hallway area of the 18th Dynasty rock-cut tomb of Paheri (rock tomb 3) at el-Kab:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, top left corner] '101'. (ink note)
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Agricultural scene Elythias'. (ink note)
• 38.7 by 21.0 cm

Two men with a raised weapon and shield:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom left corner] 'P38'. (ink note)
• [on recto, bottom edge] 'Arabs of the Shageea tribe fighting' (ink note)
• [on recto, bottom right corner] 'spears to be [...]'. (pencil note)
• 25.4 by 19.0 cm

A man wearing a white kilt and detailed armlets on both elbows:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, top right corner] '4'. (pencil note)
• [on recto, bottom left corner] 'L B'. (pencil note)
• [on recto, bottom left corner] 'P 16' (ink note)
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Shageea of the desert'. (ink note)
• 18.9 by 26.4 cm

A seated man with a sword:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom left corner] 'P 2'. (ink note)
• [on recto, bottom edge] '[...] Sheakh [...] Melek of Shendy'. (pencil note)
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Sheakh Besher now Melek of Shendy'. (ink note)
• 18.9 by 23.5 cm

View of the river Nile, with the island of Philae and the temple remains visible in the distance:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Island of Phil[ae]'. (ink note)
• 29.5 by 22.7 cm

View of a large tree with the island of Philae, the temple remains and Trajan's kiosk visible in the distance:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, top right corner] 'File. primo giorno'. (pencil note)
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Island of Philae'. (ink note)
• 29.0 by 21.5 cm

Relief scene from Hall E and Corridor C of the tomb of Sety I (KV17, Valley of the Kings) on the west bank of Thebes. The upper scene shows part of the relief scenes and text from the Book of Gates, including several male figures of different races. Other figures are partially outlined in pencil, while others include bright coloured details. The lower scene shows a large serpent figure and text from the Book of Imi-Duat, with two male figures on either side only partially outlined in pencil:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Tomb of King Osirei Thebes'. (ink note)
• 29.7 by 29.4 cm