Hector Horeau Watercolour - Ramesseum
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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
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Karnak
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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
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Karnak
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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
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Valley of the Kings
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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
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Valley of the Kings
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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
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Valley of the Kings
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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
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Valley of the Kings
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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
Hector Horeau Printed Engraving
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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)
Hector Horeau Watercolour
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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
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Medinet Habu
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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
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Tura
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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
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Edfu
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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
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Kom Ombo
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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
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Philae
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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
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Dabod
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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
Hector Horeau Watercolour - el-Sebua
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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
Hector Horeau Drawing - el-Sebua
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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
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Wadi Halfa
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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
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Faras
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Sketch of Nubian men:
watercolour
mounted
[on recto] 'FARAS nubie'. (pencil note)
[on mount] 'Types Nubiens'. (pencil note)
15.8 by 10.5 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Thebes
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Barque with three men standing inside and wedjat eyes painted on the exterior, possibly from a tomb scene:
watercolour
mounted
[on recto, top left corner] 'Thebes'. (pencil note)
18 by 6.3 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Thebes
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Barque with a naos shrine in the centre, and possibly a barque sphinx at the bow. Possibly from a tomb scene:
watercolour
mounted
[on recto, top left corner] 'Thebes'. (pencil note)
18 by 7.7 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Nubia
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View of the Nile at Nubia:
watercolour
mounted
[on mount, bottom edge] 'Vue du Nil'. (pencil note)
17.7 by 12.4 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Aswan
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View of the Nile and nearby buildings at Aswan:
watercolour
mounted
[on recto, bottom right corner] 'ASSOUAN 5 [ ]'. (ink note)
[on mount, bottom edge] 'Vue d'Assouan (Moyenne Egypte.)'. (pencil note)
17.7 by 12.5 cm
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Abu Simbel
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View of both rock-cut temples at Abu Simbel from the river Nile:
watercolour
mounted
[on mount, verso] 'Vue d'ensemble des temples d'Isamboul'. (ink note)
48.3 by 36.8 cm
Enclosure 2
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Handwritten note regarding Mrs May C Buckton (see Lane MSS 8.0a), who was one of the former owners of the album.
blue ink, ballpoint
14 x 9 cm
[annotation] 'Mrs May C Buckton / died 1950ish age 100 yrs / widow of Bishop / Buckton, sometime / Bishop of Gibraltar / (or Malta?)'
Photograph - portrait bust of E. W. Lane
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Photograph of the portrait bust of Edward William Lane now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Black and white (sepia) photographic print
Mounted with gilded frame and borders
15.2 x 12.5 cm
Egyptian village of Rasheed
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General view of the Egyptian village of Rasheed (Rosetta) with a mosque in the centre and the Nile beyond.
black ink, monochrome watercolour
mounted
17.6 x 9.7 cm
[Lane's annotation on verso of album page, at top left corner]: 'The Southern Entrance to Rasheed, or Rosetta.' (pencil note)
Colonnade, Mosque of Amr ibn al-As, Cairo
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View of the colonnade and minbar in the Mosque of Amr ibn al-As in Cairo, with a figure leaning against a column in the foreground and two men in conversation at the far end of the colonnade:
pencil, black ink, monochrome watercolour
mounted
17.5 x 10 cm
[Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'The Place of Prayer in the Mosque of 'Amir.' (pencil note)