Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards Collection
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Edwards, A. A. B. MSS
Sammlung
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
Head of Ti
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Printed invitation to the Egypt Exploration Fund's Annual General Meeting with pencil drawing of head of Ti pasted on reverse:
[on mount] 'Ti (underlined) - a priest + landowner of Memphis. Vth Dynasty.' (ink note)
Woman and crocodile
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Ink drawing of woman with crocodile:
[on drawing] 'The Larches, Westbury-on-Trym, Nr. Bristol.' (printed) 'The delights of sketching 1000 miles up the Nile, Scene the Second (Rapid disappearance of A.B.E.) April 24 / 88. (underlined) Here is Scene the Second in this terrible Tragedy for you - + I' (ink note)
Unidentified head
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Ink sketch of head:
[on drawing] 'Poor Ribert has just heard her step-son died at 9.30 this morning.' (ink note)
My first love
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Ink drawing of man in profile:
[on drawing] 'Pictorial Biography of A. B. E. (underlined) My first (underlined) Love. No 1.' (ink note)
Drawing of woman
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Ink drawing of woman:
[on drawing] 'She's all my fancy painted her' (ink note)
Percy Shelley's grave
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Pencil drawing of Percy Shelley's grave:
[on drawing] 'Shelley's grave. Rome. Feby. 20th 1857.' (pencil note)
[on mount] 'Shelley's grave, Rome. 1857.' (pencil note)
Greek male torso; Greek female head
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Two drawings:
left: pencil sketch of statue of man.
[on drawing] 'Archaic Greek torso (male figure) showing extreme development of muscles.' (pencil note)
right: ink drawing of Greek head.
[on drawing] 'This is a rude attempt at a female figure - the "wings" are arms. Archaic Greek head female - circa B. C. 600. curls represented by [drawing of curls] + tresses as ropes. The eye, though face is profile, is always given as in full face - as in Egyptian paintings' (ink notes)
Portrait of Ramesses II, Karnak
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Pencil drawing of Ramesses II:
mounted
[on drawing] 'Portrait of Rameses II. Karnac.' (pencil note)
[on mount] 'On the wall of a corridor leading to the Sanctuary - Karnak.' (pencil note)
Scene at Interlaken
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Pen and wash sketch of scene at Interlaken mounted on reverse of invitation to Jolly & Son's Annual Winter Sale:
[on sketch] 'A.B.E. Interlaken Oct. 18th. 1872.' (ink note)
Statue from Kom Firin
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Ink drawing of statue of seated figure from Kom Firin:
[on drawing] 'Limestone statuette from Kom Afrin. in ABE's collection. Such work - archaic.' (ink note)
Mr Facing-Both-Ways
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Ink drawing of man:
[on drawing] 'Mr Facing-Both-Ways' (ink note)
A Castle in the Air
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Ink drawing of castle:
[on drawing] 'A Castle in the Air, Hastings, July 28th 1888. A. B. E.'
Mock Hall
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Ink sketch of building:
[on drawing] 'Mock Hall. May 1888' (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).
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).
Head of Kushite captive at Abu Simbel
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Pencil drawing of Kushite captive at Abu Simbel:
[on drawing] 'Head of captive to right of Entrance. Ibid: Aboo Simbel' (pencil note)
[on mount] 'Head of Cushite captive. East wall w sight of entrance. Great Hall. Aboo Simbel.'
King marking out foundations at Edfu
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Pencil drawing:
mounted
[on drawing] 'Edfoo. Ma' (pencil note)
[on mount] 'King marking out the foundations of a Temple. South wall. Great Hall. Edfoo.' (pencil note)
Head of captive at Medinet Habu
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Pencil drawing of head of captive at Medinet Habu:
mounted
[on drawing] 'Pylon left of gateway' (pencil note)
[on mount] 'Head of Captive. Pylon to S. of Palace Gateway - Medinet Haboo.' (pencil 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.
Shrine of arm of Osiris at Philae
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Pencil drawing of shrine of arm of Osiris:
mounted
[on mount] 'Shrine of arm of Osiris: Osiris chamber - Philae.' (pencil note)
Back cover
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Back cover with green leather binding.
Djed at Philae
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Pencil drawing of djed at Philae:
mounted
[on mount] Shrine of Head of Osiris - Osiris Chamber - Philae' (pencil note)
Sistrum
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Pencil drawing of sistrum.
mounted
[on mount] 'Finis' (ink note).
Camels
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Pencil and watercolour sketch of two camels.
Back cover
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Back cover bound in red leather.
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).