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Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards Collection Angličtina
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Ali the Nubian; Riskalli; Salame; Reïs Hassan; unidentified people

Nine pencil sketches:

  • top left: person with staff
  • top middle: man sitting and smoking
    • [on mount] 'Ali, the Nubian.' (ink note)
  • top right: veiled woman with jars
  • middle left: head of man
    • [on mount] 'Riskalli' (ink note)
  • middle middle: group of men with boat near Manfalut
    • [on mount] 'Group of Natives (waiting for the Ferry) Manfaloot' (ink note)
  • middle right: Man sitting
    • [on mount] 'Riskalli' (ink note)
  • bottom left: Reïs Hassan
    • [on mount] 'Reïs Hassan' (ink note)
  • bottom middle: man reclining on ?carved block
  • bottom right: man standing
    • [on mount] 'Salame' (ink note)

Mountains above Thebes; mountains above Moramballa Marsh

Two images:

  • upper: watercolour of the mountains above Thebes
    • [on mount] 'Mountain range above Luxor. East Bank.' (ink note)
  • lower: clipping with engraving of landscape with caption: 'Mansanga, looking east from Moramballa Marsh'
    • [on clipping] Extraordinary resemblance to mountain range near Thebes, R. Bank. See sketch by ABE. S. East Africa. On the river [illegible], flowing out of Lake Nyassa, + into the Zambesi. This is near the mouth of the [illegible].' (pencil note)

Dolomites album

Album containing drawings and watercolours made by Edwards when travelling through the Dolomites, Italy, in 1872. Many of the preliminary sketches and watercolours in the album were used to illustrate her book Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys, published in 1873.

  • Contains 29 numbered pages with 44 mounted items
  • Watercolours, drawings and sketches made in Italy, some accompanied by Edwards' annotated captions

Front end paper

  • [on label] 'This volume was re-bound through the generosity of AEMES (Ancient Egypt & Middle East Society, Lincolnshire), Manchester Ancient Egypt Society and the Society for the Study of Ancient Egypt (Derbyshire) in August 2002' (printed)

Blank page with label

  • [on label] 'With the compliments of the Acting Keeper of the Department of Western Art, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford' (printed) '3 Albums brought down from upper Library by Mrs. Gunn. They seem to be Griffith, one having F.II. G. (underlined) inside.' (pencil note)

Woman and crocodile

Ink drawing of woman and crocodile:

  • [on drawing] 'The Larches, Westbury-on-Trym, Nr. Bristol.' (printed) 'Act the Third (underlined) "''Tis distance lends enchantment to the view." May 1. 1888.' (ink note)

St Gallus Portal from the Basel Munster

Envelope and pencil drawing of carving of people dressing themselves:

  • [on drawing] From the Portal of St Gallus. Basel Minster - Aug 26th /62. The Dead putting on their clothes at the sound of the last Trumpet.' (pencil note)
    [on envelope] 'Miss Amelia B. Edwards, The Larches, Westbury-on-Trym, Near Bristol. NOT to be sealed.' (printed).
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