View of the South group of pyramids at Meroe:

• print
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom edge] 'G. A. Hoskins. Esqu. del. P Branston. sc.' (ink note)
• 20.0 by 14.5 cm

Egyptian stela of Niankh-tet from the necropolis at Saqqara, probably of late 3rd / early 4th Dynasty:

• print
• mounted
• [on recto, top edge] 'G. W. Hoskins Esqu [in pencil] B Cranwell. Sc'. (pencil note)
• [on recto, bottom edge] 'Ancient Egyptian monument, with figures, Inscriptions, &c, part of which are beautifully cut in relief and part in Intaglio. It is supposed to be historical. The subtance is marble - a circumstance of very rare occurrence for a monument of this kind. Another is perhaps not in the Kingdom. Size, length 2ft, 5in, breadth 1ft. 11, thickness 10 inches. It forms part of the extensive and choice Egyptian collections in the possession of J. Sams. 1837.' (ink note)
• 41.3 by 26.6 cm

View of the hypostyle hall area of the temple of Sety I at Qurna on the west bank at Thebes:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom left corner] 'small temple going down to [...] all the [...]'. (pencil note)
• [on mount, bottom left corner] 'portico of the temple of Gurnah - Thebes'. (ink note)
• 33.5 by 23.3 cm

View of the landscape of the west bank at Thebes during the Nile inundation, towards the right side in the distance are the two colossi of Memnon partially submerged in the water:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom left corner] 'Nº2'. (ink note)
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Nº2 Medinet Abou View of the western mountain & south end of the plain of Thebes - taken during the time of the inundation of the Nile'. (ink note)
• 31.6 by 23.2 cm

View of the site of Kerma in the lower (Western) Defufa area:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, top left corner] '¼ V 12 p 9 vol II Ruin of an Ethiopian fortress nr Argos [...]'. (pencil note)
• 23.1 by 15.2 cm

View looking north-east to the remains of the temple of Amun and Amenhotep III at Soleb:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• 33.5 by 27.5 cm

View of the pyramids at Gebel Barkal (Napata):

• print
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom edge] 'G. A. Hoskins Esqu. del. P. Branston. Sculp'. (ink note)
• 17.9 by 11.9 cm

View of a desert landscape, unidentified location:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• 25.6 by 16.5 cm

View of the royal residence at Shendi:

• print
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom edge] 'L. Bandoni. del P. Branston. sculp'. (ink note)
• 16.5 by 11.7 cm

View of the temples at Medinet Habu and the terrain of the west bank of Thebes:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom left corner] 'Nº1'. (ink note)
• 34.0 by 24.7 cm

View across the great temple at Medinet Habu with several brick buildings in the foreground. At the top right corner are two small drawings of funerary cones, one for a woman named Merytptah and another for Amenhotep who bears the title 'Royal butler, pure of hands':

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom left edge] 'Medinet Abou'. (ink note)
• 34.2 by 22.5 cm

View of the remains of several Late Period tombs in the Asasif area on the west bank of Thebes, including Montuemhat (TT34), Harwa (TT37), Padineit (TT197), and Pabasa (TT279):

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, top left corner] 'View of the brick propylons leading to the Temple of Athor - with foreground buried deep in the ground ruins of a tomb -'. (pencil note)
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Valley of the Hassaseef - brick propylons - tombs in the foreground'. (ink note)
• 34.4 by 24.0 cm

View across the great temple at Medinet Habu towards the pavilion, and in the distance on the left side the colossi of Memnon are visible:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom left edge] 'Medinet Abou'. (ink note)
• 43.1 by 28.3 cm

View of the first court area of the Ramesseum on the west bank at Thebes, including the first pylon and to the left side the remains of a toppled colossal statue of Ramesses II:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, top left corner] 'Memmonium Nº.2'. (pencil note)
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'fragment of the colossus statue - Memnonium'. (ink note)
• 28.6 by 22.5 cm

View across the great temple at Medinet Habu, with several brick buildings in the foreground:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom left edge] 'Medinet Abou - Thebes'. (ink note)
• 33.9 by 22.9 cm

View of the Ptolemaic temple of Hathor at Deir el-Medina on the west bank of Thebes:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom left corner] 'Temple of Isis - Thebes'. (ink note)
• 34.2 by 23.2 cm

View of the Ramesseum on the west bank at Thebes:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom left corner] 'Memmonium Nº.4'. (ink note)
• 28.9 by 22.5 cm

Scene from the chapel of pyramid 5 at Gebel Barkal on two separate sheets of paper, showing a seated prince, his name lost, with fan bearers and a winged goddess standing behind his chair, possibly Hathor. To the right are rows of various deities and offering bearers carrying goods for the tomb owner. This section of the scene includes painted details in watercolour:

• watercolour/pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom left side] 'P 29' (ink note)
• [on recto, bottom left side] 'Gibel el Birkel p 1' (pencil note)
• [on recto, bottom right side] 'Gibel el Birkel p 2 - to be reduced 1/5th'. (pencil note)
• [left] pencil drawing 31.5 by 27.8 cm, [right] pencil drawing/watercolour 21.2 by 28.3 cm

Section of the large rock-temple of Amun ('Typhonium', B300) at Gebel Barkal, through temple from pylon to central sanctuary:

• watercolour/pencil/ink drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom left side] 'P 22' (ink note)
• [on recto, bottom left side] 'Temple partly excavated out of the rock Gebel el Birkel L B -'. (pencil note)
• [on mount] '[...] Gebel el Birkel'. (ink note)
• 28.7 by 19.8 cm

Detail from a relief scene from the west wall of the chapel area of the pyramid of Arqamani (North Group N.7) at Meroe, of a barque of the god Re with several deities and a ba bird on either side, one on the right wearing the sun disc, from above the false door at the west wall:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom right corner] 'Pyramids of Meroe'. (ink note)
• 27.2 by 21.0 cm

View of two Bes-columns from the birth house at the temple of Isis at Wad Ban Naga in Meroe:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, top left corner] 'v 7 p 195 Temple of Abou Naga' (pencil note)
• [on recto, bottom left corner] 'G A H'. (ink note)
• 25.6 by 21.5 cm

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