FRAGMENTS OF THE GREAT COLOSSI AT THE MEMNONIUM - THEBES
The 'Memnonium' is the Ramesseum, the mortuary temple of Ramesses II (1304-1237 B.C.) on the west bank at Thebes (modern Luxor). This view is across the Second Court (looking west) with the colossal standing statues of Ramesses II against pillars of the Hypostle Hall. He is represented in the form of the god of the dead Osiris and, to the right, is the fallen colussus which weighs an estimated 1000 tons and was the largest statue ever carved by the ancient Egyptians. It was the inspiration (based on Diodorus Siculus' description) for Shelley's sonnet 'Osymandias'.
Image size: 32 x 48 cm
Mounted size: 52 x 68 cm
Inland: £750.00
Export: £638.00
Egypt & Nubia
DAVID ROBERTS R.A.
1796-1864
EGYPT AND NUBIA
Original antique lithographs
After David Roberts. Handcoloured.
Engraved by Louis Haghe.
Published for the First Public Edition
By F.G. Moon, 1849.
Mounted in cream with a gold line.
GROUP OF NUBIANS - WADY KARDASEY
Roberts recorded that this group posed specially for him and he noted that their shields and weapons were not Nubian but those used in Dongola and Abyssinia. The natives had brought them with the intention of selling them to Roberts. In the background, right, is the little kiosk of Kertassi, which has now been re-erected on the south side of High Dam at Aswan, alongside the rebuilt temple of Kalabsha.
Image size: 25 x 35 cm
Mounted size: 40 x 50 cm
Inland: £85.00
Export: £72.50
Roberts recorded that this group posed specially for him and he noted that their shields and weapons were not Nubian but those used in Dongola and Abyssinia. The natives had brought them with the intention of selling them to Roberts. In the background, right, is the little kiosk of Kertassi, which has now been re-erected on the south side of High Dam at Aswan, alongside the rebuilt temple of Kalabsha.
Image size: 25 x 35 cm
Mounted size: 40 x 50 cm
Inland: £85.00
Export: £72.50
MIDINET ABOU, THEBES DECEMBER 8TH 1838
A distant view of Medinet Habu, the great mortuary temple of Ramesses III (1198-1166 B.C.) at the foot of the Theban hills. In front of the huge Ramesseid pylon entrance is a smaller Eighteenth Dynasty temple of Tuthmosis III (1504-1450 B.C.)
Image size: 32 x 48 cm
Mounted size: 52 x 68 cm
Inland: £350.00
Export: £298.00
A distant view of Medinet Habu, the great mortuary temple of Ramesses III (1198-1166 B.C.) at the foot of the Theban hills. In front of the huge Ramesseid pylon entrance is a smaller Eighteenth Dynasty temple of Tuthmosis III (1504-1450 B.C.)
Image size: 32 x 48 cm
Mounted size: 52 x 68 cm
Inland: £350.00
Export: £298.00
PORTICO OF THE TEMPLE AT KALABHE
The second largest temple in Nubia after Abu Simbel, Kalabsha was built mainly under Augustus (27 B.C.-A.D.14). It was dedicated to Mandulis, a Nubian form of the Egyptian god of the dead, Osiris. It was taken down block by block before the area was flooded. For many years it lay like a giant jigsaw puzzle laid out on Elephant Island. Now it has been re-built on a promontory just south of the new High Dam at Aswan on the west bank alongside with several others of the saved Nubian temples.
Image size: 32 x 48 cm
Mouted size: 52 x 68 cm
Inland: £725.00
Export: £617.00
The second largest temple in Nubia after Abu Simbel, Kalabsha was built mainly under Augustus (27 B.C.-A.D.14). It was dedicated to Mandulis, a Nubian form of the Egyptian god of the dead, Osiris. It was taken down block by block before the area was flooded. For many years it lay like a giant jigsaw puzzle laid out on Elephant Island. Now it has been re-built on a promontory just south of the new High Dam at Aswan on the west bank alongside with several others of the saved Nubian temples.
Image size: 32 x 48 cm
Mouted size: 52 x 68 cm
Inland: £725.00
Export: £617.00