View of several residences in the distance:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, top left corner] 'Houses in Upper Nubia'. (pencil note)
• 28.5 by 18.5 cm

View of a fortified royal residence at Shendi in northern Sudan:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, top edge] 'V 5 p 146 Part of the residence of the ancient Meleks or kings of Shendy'. (pencil note)
• [on recto, bottom left corner] 'L.B.' (ink note)
• [on recto, bottom] 'B6581 of 8756'. (pencil note)
• 20.6 by 13.5 cm

View of the temple of Khonsu at the Karnak temple complex:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'No 1 General view of Carnak No 1'. (ink note)
• 29.8 by 18.8 cm

View from near the temple of Khonsu towards the main temple at Karnak:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'do - No 2 Karnak'. (ink note)
• 30.0 by 16.4 cm

View towards the southern pylons of the Karnak temple complex:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'No 3'. (ink note)
• 32.0 by 16.5 cm

Drawings of groups of people including three men with weapons of spears and swords, a man and woman filling jars of water on the bank of the Nile, and two women carrying jars on their heads, one with a child:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, above figures] 'Arabi che si salutano' (top left), 'Arabs lighting a fire to be drawn as fine looking men Arabi che accendono il fuoco' (top right), 'Donne che vanno a prendere acqua'. (lower scene) (pencil notes)
• [on recto, top right] 'All the figures must be drawn as fine looking men'. (pencil note)
• 34.0 by 24.1 cm

Drawing of a range of men and women inside a straw house with a timber frame in Dongola:

• watercolour and ink drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom edge] 'Interior of a Dongolah Cottage'. (pencil note)
• 26.4 by 18.9 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

The flowering plant Cleome, also known as a spider plant:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, top right edge] 'the flower of this is white with a pinkish hue'. (pencil note)
• [on recto, bottom left corner] 'Cleome'. (pencil note)
• 13.2 by 26.6 cm

The flowering plant Senna, also known as Alexandrian senna:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on paper, bottom left edge] 'P4'. (ink note)
• [on paper, bottom left edge] 'L B P 4 3'. (pencil note)
• [on paper, bottom right edge] 'I have [...] this drawn [...] [...] for some remarks on it - Senna'. (pencil note)
• 12.1 by 17.2 cm

An unidentified plant with yellow flowers and spiky leaves:

• watercolour
• mounted
• 11.9 by 10.2 cm

View of a fortified royal residence at Shendi in northern Sudan:

• watercolour
• mounted
• 15.0 by 14.9 cm

A man and two cattle:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, top edge] 'introduce to be in the exterior of Dongolah Cottage'. (pencil note)
• [on recto, bottom left corner] 'L B'. (pencil note)
• 18.7 by 14.6 cm

A black bull:

• watercolour
• mounted
• [on recto, top edge] 'introduce to be in the exterior of Dongolah Cottage'. (pencil note)
• [on recto, bottom left corner] 'L B'. (pencil note)
• 18.7 by 14.6 cm

View of the hypostyle hall at Karnak temple, with the obelisk visible in the foreground:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] '[Great] Temple Carnak'. (ink note)
• 28.7 by 22.5 cm

View of the temple of Sety I (Qurna temple) on the west bank of Thebes:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, top left corner] '110'. (pencil note)
• 23.4 by 17.0 cm

Plan of the north group pyramid-field at Meroe:

• ink drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, bottom left edge] 'L B Plate 6'. (pencil note)
• [on recto, bottom edge] 'Plan (crossed out) The principal group of the pyramids of Meroe'. (pencil note)
• 54.5 by 40.0 cm

View of the standing obelisks of Tuthmosis I and Hatshepsut in the foreground, and the remains of the fourth pylon at Karnak temple:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, top left corner] (faded pencil note)
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'Obelisks great temple Carnak -'. (ink note)
• 33.4 by 23.1 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 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

View of a Nubian village with several structures in the distance:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, top left corner] 'Lower Nubia'. (pencil note)
• 28.5 by 18.4 cm

View of a desert landscape, likely Nubia, with a pitched tent in the centre:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• 29.2 by 17.5 cm

View of an area in Nubia with a pitched tent in the background.

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, top right corner] 'Lower Nubia'. (pencil note)
• 28.8 by 17.8 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

Cover of the Lane presentation album.

• 26.3 x 20 cm
• Embossed gold note on spine exterior reads: 'Egypt C.W. Lane'.

View of the gate of the temple of Amun-Re-Harakhti at Karnak temple:

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on mount, bottom edge] 'East propylon - Carnak'. (ink note)
• 29.0 by 22.6 cm

Note with annotations in two different hands referencing the album's contents and previous ownership.

• 12.4 x 10 cm
  • Upper annotation, later than the following note
    • blue ink, ballpoint
    • [Note] 'Pictures by C W Lane Edward Lane? / or Richard Ladd? / some pictures of his in Tate'
  • Lower annotation, earlier than the preceding note
    • Black or dark blue ink
    • 'Passed on with much / pleasure to Kitten and / Rosemary from May C / Buckton, knowing the / book will have such a / good home'