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’.
[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)
[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)
[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).