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Watercolour of dormer window with washing in Basel:

• [on drawing] 'Basle July 16th 1891' (ink note)

Handwritten letter with ink drawing of carving:

• [on drawing] 'Corner of the Via Augustales Pompeii. May 14th 1891. A.B.E. Saville Villa. August 25th /91. My own darling one - Tomorrow will be thy birthday, + a littly sketch is all a poo' Owl has to send thee - but Owl thinks that perhaps a wee littly sketch from Pompeii, done from the one made when poo' Owl was such a very very poo' Owl, will please thee more than a more valuable gift. My precious one, I am so glad thou art in a beautiful place for thy birthday, + getting fine air, + mountains, and good walks - even though thou art far distant from thy poo' poo' Owl. God bless thee my own oney - + I hope thou wilt have many, many birthdays, + happy years between each, + that thy Owl may live ~~thee~ to give thee less anxiety + more happiness for the future. I have walked to the end of the promenade this morning, + back, before luncheon - the first time I have taken a real good walk so early. It had been pouring in torrents all the morning, + I thought, as it was then holding up, I had better make the most of it. I felt all the better for it, + ate a capital luncheon when I came in. ' I enclose a very satisfactory letter from Petrie - satisfactory both as to the [?] + the Haworths. I [?] hope he will stick to it (woodside, I mean) + not put it off till he has no time left for it. I tried, in writing to him, to let him see by a sort of sidelight, that I deemed it of real importance - + yet not to make too much of it. I did not want to make him feel the painful weight of obligation - + yet I tried that he should gather that I was grave about it. He is so very sharp, that I fancy he wd. not fail to seize a shade of meaning, however slight. He has returned Goodyear's cutting, so I now send it to thee - but I want it back for the Haworths, who have not yet seen it. Baby's little drawing of the tablet is very good - very good indeed. I am sure the oney could draw well with a little teaching + application. How curious the recumbent figure in the "pinked" shroud is, at the bottom!' (ink note)

Ink drawing of man:

• [on drawing] 'Sketch from life. Nast [?]. (underlined) Listening to the Band. West[?] [?] [?] 1889.' (ink note)

Ink sketch of building:

• [on drawing] 'Mock Hall. May 1888' (ink note)

Handwritten letter with ink drawing of Venice:
'My darling - You ask me the history of my [?]. Well - the Rhodian Apollo is Roman gem, cut in carnelian,' (ink note)

Ink drawing of castle:

• [on drawing] 'A Castle in the Air, Hastings, July 28th 1888. A. B. E.'

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)

Ink drawing of woman and crocodile:

• [on drawing] 'The Larches, Westbury-on-Trym, Nr. Bristol.' (printed) 'Act the Third (underlined) "''Tis distance lends enchantment to the view." May 1. 1888.' (ink note)

Ink drawing of woman sketching with crocodile:

• [on drawing] 'The Larches Westbury-on-Trym Nr. Bristol.' (printed) 'April 20th. 1888. The delights of sketching from Nature, 1000 miles up the Nile.' (ink note)

Ink drawing of Sion in Switzerland above beginning of letter:
'April 9th / 88 My own love - I have first verified the addresses on about 200 Reports - + done up a lot of copies of [?]' (in ink)

Watercolour in its original mount, the temples on Philae Island, viewed from the south. Although the watercolour is not signed or annotated, it was most certainly painted by Amelia A. B. Edwards.

Watercolour in its original mount, showing the temples on Philae Island, viewed from the north-west.

• The watercolour is captioned on the mount, once below the watercolour and again on the verso. The captions are both the same but are written in two different hands: "Philæ from the North."
• Although the watercolour is not signed, it was most certainly painted by Amelia A. B. Edwards.

Ink drawing of bells ringing.

Handwritten, unsigned letter with drawing of Capri:

• 'April 11 / 80 My darling, The queer looking object above is the island of Capri - from Naples. It looks like a whale with a broken back - or a Kraken - or any other sea monster you please. Round the corner to the right is the Blue Grotto, + the high cliff in the middle is Tiberius's cliff, over wh. he had people thrown for his entertainment. I have first been writing to Mrs Hawarth[?], + have made her an elaborate Syrian country house on the slopes of Lebanon. The original is a coloured sketch, done at the luncheon halt, in my [?] sketch book. When you go to see her again ask her if she has any [?] + miles[?] of mine[?]' (ink)

Pencil and watercolour sketch of Cairo mosque:

• mounted
• [on mount, top] 'Egyptian Scraps: 1874' (ink note)
• [on mount] 'In the name of The Prophet - Cakes!" Moskee. Cairo.' (ink note)

Five mounted 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, with further additions in ink
  • [on mount] 'Sheyk Saleem. (Farshoot)' (ink note)

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).

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.

Pencil and watercolour sketch of dahabiyya near Aswan:

• mounted
• [on mount] 'Native Boat. Assouan.' (ink note).

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).

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).

Two mounted watercolour and pencil sketches:

• upper: landscape between Derr and Abu Simbel
  • [on mount] 'Extinct Volcano, between Derr & Aboo Simbel.' (ink note)
• lower: river and dahabiyyahs at Wadi Halfa
  • [on mount] 'Wady Halfah' (ink note).

Sketch missing.

• [on mount] 'Small Egyptian Scraps,, 1874. T'ih: A Priest & noble of Memphis. IVth Dynasty.' (ink note)

Pencil drawing of king and queen embracing:

• Mounted
• [on sketch] 'King + Queen embracing. Temple of Amada. Nubia' (pencil note)
• [on mount] 'To left of entrance. East wall Temple of Amada. Nubia.' (pencil note)

Pencil drawing of Ramesses II:

• mounted
• [on drawing] 'Abydos. (funeral scene) Rameses as Kings son worshipping Seti borne on throne as Gods' (pencil note)
• [on mount] 'Ramses II. as Prince. On the S wall of vaulted chamber to left of Great Hall - Abydos.' (pencil note)

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)

Pencil drawing of goddess:

• mounted
• [on drawing] 'Goddess represented on S wall of small temple of Hathor Ihsambool' (pencil note)
• [on mount] 'Goddess with headdress supposed to represent a sheaf of flax. S. wall. Smaller Temple. Aboo Simbel' (pencil note)

Pencil drawing of the headdress of a king at Kalabsha:

• mounted
• [on drawing] 'Back of Gt. Temple Kalabshah.' (pencil note)
• [on mount] 'Headdress of a King. Back of Great Temple - Kalabsheh.' (pencil note)

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)

Pencil drawing of Ta-urt:

• mounted
• [on drawing] 'Philae March 9th 1874.' (pencil note)
• [on mount] 'Goddess Ta-urt: Philae - facade of Mammisi' (pencil note)