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Bound manuscript on Egyptian hieroglyphs and related topics (Roman obelisks, Iseum in Rome, Isiac pomp described by Apuleius, Egyptian rites, mummies, etc.). Left unfinished.

Statue group of the Three Graces:

• ink and pencil sketch on paper
• loose
• 19.7 x 23.2 cm

Three notebooks containing Gell's copies of hieroglyphic inscriptions from objects and publications, also drawings (some coloured) of objects seen by Gell in museums and private collections.

Studies of feet:

• ink and pencil sketches on card
• loose
• 8.1 x 15.9 cm
• [on sketch] '31 Decem 1916' (ink note)

Two men wrestling:

• pencil and carbon drawing on paper
• mounted
• 18.7 x 27.2 cm
• [on drawing] 'An 1816' (pencil note)

Free-standing sculpture of youth in tunic, partially erased study of right hand on left:

• pencil drawing on paper
• mounted
  -19.4 x 26.0 cm
• [on sketch] 'Sep 1817' (pencil note)

Oedipus led by his daughter, and sketches of two female figures holding vases:

• ink sketches on paper
• mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 52.21
• 13.3 x 11.2 cm
• [on sketch] 'Oedipus led by his daughter / October 1817' (ink note)

Profile view of standing male nude with hands upraised, with frontal sketch of face and other figures:

• ink and pencil sketches on paper
• mounted
• 17.1 x 26.5 cm
• [on sketch] '1817' (pencil note)

Woman in dress from behind:

• pencil sketch on paper
• loose
• 25.4 x 42.5 cm
• [on sketch] '[R].B / August (?) 17'
• [on sketch] 'very good indeed' (pencil note)

Group of people inside a structure (not identified):

• pencil sketch on paper
• loose
• 7.7 x 11.6 cm

Free-standing sculpture of Athena with helmet and shield:

• pencil sketch on paper
• mounted
• 20.2 x 25.4 cm
• [on sketch] 'Sep 1817' (pencil note)

• 3 copies (1 typescript and two carbon copies) of a transcript made from Linant de Bellefonds' diary (1821-1822).
  • Titled: "Journal d'un Voyage en Ethiopie dans les Annees 1821 & 1822."
  • 279 typescript pages
  • Not Griffith Institute copyright. See below for details.
• 14 glass plate negatives, two sizes, with a set of modern prints made from the larger-sized negatives (1818-1826). Not Griffith Institute copyright. Negatives made from the originals in the Louvre.
• The negatives are copies of the following MSS:
• B.15 (parts A and B)
  • Triple statue (same as following), not identified, with texts
• B.26
  • Maison du Melek d'Argos
• B.30
  • Gebel Barkal. View of Pyramid field (North and South groups)
  • TopBib vii.208, 203
  • = Bankes MSS XV.C.7
• B.32
  • Gebel Barkal. Temple B.300. View of interior
  • TopBib vii.209
  • = Bankes MSS XV.C.2
• B.32 bis
  • Gebel Barkal. Great Temple B.500. Sketch, general view showing granite stand of Taharqa, with Nile-gods binding sma-symbol etc.
  • TopBib vii.216A & 209(43)
• B.36
  • Gebel Barkal. Great Temple B.500. Inner Court. Meroitic battle scene, including man on horseback and archer
  • TopBib vii.219(30)
  • = Bankes MSS XV.A.28
• B.38 bis
  • Gebel Barkal. Temple B.700. Pylon (destroyed). West wing, outer face, Senkamanisken smites captives before Amun-Re
  • TopBib vii.214
  • = Bankes MSS XV.C.8 [middle]
• B.45
  • Gebel Barkal. Temple B.300. Third Hall. View
  • TopBib vii.209
• B.62
  • Musauwarat el-Sofra. Great Temple. Views
  • TopBib vii.264
  • = Bankes MSS XVII.B.15
• B.68
  • Musauwarat el-Sofra. South-East Temple. Interior. North-East row of columns. Column 2, three registers
  • TopBib vii.267
  • = Bankes MSS XVII.B.6
• B.69
  • Musauwarat el-Sofra. South-East Temple. Interior. North-East row of columns. Column 1, two registers
  • TopBib vii.265
  • = Bankes MSS XVII.B.5
• B.73
  • Naga'. General view
  • TopBib vii.267
• B.105
  • Naga'. Lion Temple of Apedemak. Exterior. King, Queen and Prince, before Isis holding captives, Mut, Hathor and Satis
  • TopBib vii.269(21)-(22)
  • = Bankes MSS XVII.C.7-8

Two albums containing plans and drawings of Egyptian monuments.

Standing male nude stretching leg:

• inked pencil sketch on paper
• mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 52.20
• 6.0 x 11.2 cm
• [on sketch] 'May the 4 / 1820' (ink note)

Hero holding fainting woman:

• ink tracing on tracing paper
• mounted
• 9.8 x 15.3 cm
• [on tracing] 'March 1821' (ink note)

Seated Diana:

• ink sketch on tracing paper
• mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 46.16
• 17.5 x 16.2 cm
• [on sketch] 'JB / 1821' (ink note)

Fragment of a seat from the amphitheatre at Catania in Sicily (Italy), with measurements:

• pencil drawing on paper
• mounted
• 21.4 x 29.8 cm
• [on drawing] '2 palmi / 3 palmi meno 4 onci / 4 palmi meno 2 onci / 2 palmi 6 onci / 2 " 2 / 1 1/2' (pencil notes)
• [on drawing] 'Catania destroyed by an eruption from Monte Rose / il villaggio di Nicolosi anno 669 / Catania. Sunday august 29 1824 / Fragment of a seat found in the amphitheatre' (pencil notes)

1) Bonomi drawings and paintings: 52 handmade ‘portfolios’ containing pencil and pastel drawings, watercolours, tracings and commercial prints, almost certainly arranged by Bonomi, some later rearrangement was done by Bonomi's descendants [Bonomi MSS 1-52].
2) Typescript of diary: carbon-copy(?) typescript of extracts from Joseph Bonomi’s diary, entries for periods in Egypt dating between 25th March 1829 to 26th May 1834 [Bonomi MSS 53].

View of the Tomb of Archimedes with boy at Syracuse in Sicily (Italy):

• pencil sketch on paper
• loose
• 42.7 x 26 cm
• [on sketch] '1 The Sepulchre of Archimedes' (pencil note)
• [on sketch] '2 also supposed to be - Sycruse September 1st 1824' (pencil note)