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Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards Collection

  • Edwards, A. A. B. MSS
  • Coleção
  • 1856-1892
  • Album of drawings and watercolours made during Amelia Edwards's visit to the Dolomites.
  • Album of drawings and watercolours made during her visit to Egypt in 1873-4.
  • Album with 26 pencil sketches and one watercolour titled 'Small Egyptian Scraps, 1874', made during same visit to Egypt.
  • Album, notebook, packet containing an assortment of drawings, letters, and notes, another packet contains copies of deeds and accounts issued following her death.
  • Two watercolours of the temples on Philae island, assumed to have been painted by A. Edwards.
  • First edition of Amelia B. Edwards, Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers (1891); Kate Griffith's (née Bradbury) copy, with handwritten dedication to ‘My Katie - Novr. 1891 - A.B.E’.

Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford

Title page

Pencil and watercolour sketch of Cairo mosque:

  • mounted
  • [on mount] '"In the name of The Prophet - Cakes!" Moskee. Cairo.' (in ink)

The Damascus Gate; men riding donkeys; a shaduf; camels; and water bearers

Nine mounted pencil sketches:

  • top left: man on donkey
  • top middle: shaduf
    • [on mount] 'The Shadoof' (ink note)
  • top right: man on donkey
  • middle left: man
  • middle middle: Damascus Gate, Cairo
    • [on mount] 'The Bab en Nasr - or Damascus Gate. Cairo' (ink note)
  • middle right: man
  • bottom left: two camels
  • bottom centre: man
  • bottom right: camel, man and three women with water jars
    • [on mount] 'Going to fetch water from the Nile' (ink note)

Dahabiyya, shadoof, Sheik Cotton, Mehemet Ali, water collection

Five mounted pencil or pencil and wash sketches:

  • top: Dahibyya
    • [on mount] 'native boat' (ink note)
  • middle left: Sheik Cotton
    • [on mount] 'Holy Sheyk Cotton' (ink note)
  • middle middle: a shaduf
    • [on mount] 'The Shadoof.' (ink note)
  • middle right: Mehemet Ali
    • [on mount] 'Mehemet Ali.' (ink note)
  • bottom: woman collecting water.

Front end paper

Front end paper:

  • [On pasted note] '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)

Head of Ti; water sellers; donkeys; Sheik Salîm

Five pencil sketches:

  • top: Head of Ti
    • [on mount] 'Head of Ti. (a statue of IVth Dynasty in the Boolak Museum.) B.C. 4235.' (ink note)
  • middle left: water seller
    • [on mount] 'Water seller of Cairo' (ink note)
  • middle middle: donkeys
    • [on sketch] 'Cairo donkeys' (pencil note)
  • middle right: water sellers
    • [on mount] 'Water sellers' (ink note)
  • bottom: Sheik Salîm, Farshut
    • [on mount] 'Sheyk Saleem. (Farshoot)' (ink note). Sketch has additions in ink.