Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards Collection
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Edwards, A. A. B. MSS
Collection
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
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
Front end paper
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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)
Front cover
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Leather binding created in 2002.
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.
Dahabiyya, shadoof, Sheik Cotton, Mehemet Ali, water collection
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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.
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)
Gebel Abu Foda. Middle Egypt.
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Gebel Abu Foda, Middle Egypt:
mounted
watercolour
[on mount] 'Gebel Aboofayda. Middle Egypt.' (ink note)
Dahabiyyas at Roda
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Two dahabeeyahs at Roda:
watercolour
mounted
[on mount] 'Native Dahabeeyahs. Roda' (ink note)
Camels
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5 mounted pencil sketches: 4 depict camels; bottom sketch depicts the remains of a boat.
Market Boat at Minieh
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Market boat at Minieh:
mounted
watercolour
[on mount] 'Market Boat. Minieh' (ink note)
Sunset; Kasr es Syad and Gebel Tookh; near Siout
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Three pencil and watercolour sketches:
top: sunset
[on mount] 'Sunset (near Magada)' (ink note)
middle: dahabiyya on the Nile
[on mount] 'Kasr es Syad & Gebel Tookh' (ink note)
bottom: dahabiyya on the Nile
[on mount] 'Near Siout' (ink note)
Arab tombs near Siout
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Pencil sketch of marabouts near Siout
mounted
[on mount] 'Arab tombs near Siout' (ink note)
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)
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)
Coptic convent near Naqadah
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Watercolour and pencil sketch of Coptic convent near Naqadah:
mounted
[on mount] 'Coptic Convent - near Negada'
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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.
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)
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)