Albums
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This group consists of four albums.
Edwards MSS 2.1: Watercolours and drawings made in Egypt, 1874.
Edwards MSS 2.2: Watercolours and drawings made in the Dolomites, 1872.
Edwards MSS 2.3: Ephemera, including some Egypt- and Dolomite-related material, 1872-1891.
Edwards MSS 2.4: Watercolours and drawings made in Egypt, 1874.
Egypt large album
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Album containing drawings and watercolours made by Edwards when visiting Egypt in the winter of 1873-1874. Many of the preliminary sketches and watercolours in the album were used to illustrate her book A Thousand Miles Up the Nile , published in 1877.
Annotated on the first page: "Egyptian Scraps: 1874"
Containing 38 numbered pages with 107 mounted items
Watercolours, drawings and sketches made in Egypt, many with Edwards' annotated captions
Title page
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Pencil and watercolour sketch of Cairo mosque:
mounted
[on mount] '"In the name of The Prophet - Cakes!" Moskee. Cairo.' (in ink)
Arab tombs near Siout
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Pencil sketch of marabouts near Siout
mounted
[on mount] 'Arab tombs near Siout' (ink note)
Human figures
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9 pencil sketches:
top left: man leaning on staff and woman with jar
top middle: man
top right: two women, one with a child
middle left: woman with jar
middle middle: man sitting
middle right: woman with child
bottom left: woman collecting water
bottom middle: man with pipe
bottom left: two men
Necropolis of Abydos and Kom es Sultan
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Watercolour and pencil sketch of necropolis of Abydos and Kom es Sultan:
mounted
[on mount] 'Necropolis of Abydus and Kom es Sultan' (ink note)
Coptic convent near Naqadah
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Watercolour and pencil sketch of Coptic convent near Naqadah:
mounted
[on mount] 'Coptic Convent - near Negada'
Waterwheel, Sîut
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Watercolour and pencil sketch of remains of structure and dahabiyyas:
mounted
[on sketch] 'Near Siout. Jany 1 1874' (painted note)
[on mount] 'Waterwheel. Siout' (ink note)
Ali the Nubian; Riskalli; Salame; Reïs Hassan; unidentified people
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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)
Dendarah landscape, human figures, Nerghaileh
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Nine sketches:
top left: pencil sketch of donkey
top middle: pencil sketch of mountains above Denderah
[on mount] 'Mountains above Denderah.' (ink note)
top right: pencil sketch of man wading
middle left: pencil sketch of two figures
middle middle: pencil sketch of three men at Beni Suef
[on sketch] 'Benisouf' (pencil note)
middle right: pencil sketch of seated figure
bottom left: pencil sketch of male figure standing
[on mount] 'Georgi Hassan' (ink note)
bottom middle: pencil and watercolour sketch of dahabiyyas
[on mount] 'Nerghaileh. W. Bank.' (ink note)
Hypostyle hall at Karnak
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Watercolour and pencil sketch of hypostyle hall at Karnak:
mounted
[on mount] 'Hypostyle Hall. Karnac. Looking East.'
Hypostyle hall at Karnak
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Watercolour and pencil sketch of Hypostyle Hall at Karnak:
mounted
[on mount] 'Hypostyle Hall. Karnak. Looking West.' (ink note)
Mountains above Thebes; mountains above Moramballa Marsh
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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)
The Damascus Gate; men riding donkeys; a shaduf; camels; and water bearers
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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 middle: man
bottom right: camel, man and three women with water jars
[on mount] 'Going to fetch water from the Nile' (ink note)
Two men with camel
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Pencil sketch with two men and camel in foreground and remains of structure in the background.
mounted
[on mount] 'Bargaining for a Camel. Assouan.' (ink note)
Human figures
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Four pencil sketches:
top centre: two men with staffs; one standing, one sitting
middle left: man standing
middle middle: five men sitting and standing
middle right: man standing
bottom: three men and two camels
Palace Gateway, Medinet Habu
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Watercolour and pencil sketch of palace gateway, Medinet Habu:
mounted
[on mount] 'Palace Gateway: Medinet Haboot.' (ink note)
Dahabiyya, Aswan
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Pencil and watercolour sketch of dahabiyya near Aswan:
mounted
[on mount] 'Native Boat. Assouan.' (ink note)
The traders' landing place at Aswan
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Watercolour and pencil sketch of landing place at Aswan:
mounted
[on mount] 'Assouan. (The traders landing place.)' (ink note)
Ruins of Coptic Convent near Philae and traders' camp at Manhatta
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Two pencil and watercolour sketches:
upper: building next to river
[on mount] 'Ruins of Coptic Convent. (near Philae.)'
lower: structure with two male figures
[on sketch] 'Soudan traders at Manhatta. Jan 21.' (pencil note)
[on mount] 'Trader's Camp: Manhatta.' (ink note)
Camels
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Pencil and watercolour sketch of two camels.
Rock inscriptions at Philae
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Watercolour and pencil sketch of rock inscriptions at Philae:
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[on mount] 'Inscribed Rock. Philae.' (ink note)
Christian altar at Philae
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Pencil drawing with Christian altar in the first hypostyle hall at Philae temple complex:
mounted
[on mount] 'Early Christian Shrine. Temple of Isis. (Philae)' (ink note)
Human figures
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Nine mounted pencil sketches:
top left: seated male figure
top middle: male figure from behind
[on mount] 'Shellalee' (ink note)
top right: male head
middle left: head of woman
[on mount] 'Woman of Derr' (ink note)
middle middle: male figures
[on mount] 'Cataract Nubians. (Shellalee)' (ink note)
middle right: head of woman
[on mount] 'Woman of Derr' (ink note)
bottom left: standing male figure
bottom middle: male figure
[on mount] 'Shellalee' (ink note)
bottom right: standing male figure
Head of Ti; water sellers; donkeys; Sheik Salîm
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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.
Human figures; camel; dahabiyya
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Seven pencil sketches:
top left: dahabiyya
top middle: five figures
top right: standing male figure
middle: skeleton of camel
[on sketch] 'In the Desert. March 11th 1874' (in pencil)
[on mount] 'Skeleton of a Camel.' (ink note)
bottom left: standing male figure
[on mount] 'Shellalee' (ink note)
bottom middle: three male figures
[on mount] 'Cataract Nubians.' (ink note)
bottom right: reclining male figure
[on mount] 'Cataract Nubian' (ink note)
Coptic ruins near Kalabshuh; Temple of Gertasseh; ruins of town near Maharrakeh
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Three mounted pencil and watercolour sketches:
top: pencil sketch of landscape near Kalabsha
[on mount] 'Island & Coptic Ruins near Kalabsheh. (Nubia)' (ink note)
middle: pencil and watercolour sketch of Temple of Gertasseh
[on mount] 'Temple of Gertasseh (Nubia)' (ink note)
bottom: pencil and watercolour sketch of town near Maharraqa
[on mount] 'Ruins of ancient fortified Town (unknown) near Maharrakeh. (Nubia)' (ink note)
Temple of Amada; Temple of Dakkeh
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Two watercolour and pencil sketches:
upper: Temple of Amada
[on mount] 'Temple of Amada (Nubia)' (ink note)
lower: Temple of Dakka
[on mount] 'Temple of Dakkeh' (ink note)
Cleaning statue at Abu Simbel
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Watercolour and ink sketch of men on scaffolding cleaning one of the statues at Abu Simbel:
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[on mount] 'Cleaning the Colossus (Aboo Simbel)' (ink note)