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EXCAVATING EGYPT
WATERCOLOURS: Archaeology or art?
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This booklet has been compiled by Carl Graves, John Wyatt
and Katherine Piper for use in Excavating Egypt, 2015
© The Egypt Exploration Society
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CONTENTS
WATERCOLOURS: Archaeology or art? ................................... 1
BACON, Henry (1839-1912) ......................................................... 3
BLACKDEN, Marcus Worsley (1864-1934) .............................. 5
CALVERLEY, Amice Mary (1896-1959) .................................... 15
CARTER, Howard (1874-1939) .................................................. 17
EDWARDS, Amelia Ann Blanford (1831-1882) ...................... 27
CARTHEW, Alice Grace Elizabeth (1867-1940) ..................... 29
NEWBERRY, Percy Edward (1868-1949) ................................. 33
PAGET, Rosalind Frances Emily (1844-1925) ........................... 35
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WATERCOLOURS:
Archaeology or art?
The collection of watercolours housed in the Egypt
Exploration Society Lucy Gura Archive were painted by
members of early missions, and served two functions: firstly,
the watercolours formed accurate colour copies of reliefs
and inscriptions, preserving a record of the archaeology
against possible future damage in the days before colour
photography; secondly, and more practically, they were
created to be copied and printed as colour plates in
publications.
Watercolour by Amice Calverley showing an unfinished painting in
the temple of Seti I at Abydos
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Many of the watercolours in
the collection were painted
in the course of the
Archaeological Survey of
Egypt by Marcus Blackden
and Howard Carter. More
still were painted by
Howard Carter and his
assistants, including his
brother Vernet and Rosalind
Paget, during the Fund’s
work at the Hatshepsut
temple at Deir el-Bahari;
there are also some from
the Society’s work at Amarna in the 1920s and 30s (top
right). Watercolour paint was a good medium for epigraphic
work; it required speed, before the paint dried up, and
allowed the artist to achieve a very close match in shades and
strength of colour to accurately represent several thousand
years’ worth of damage and fading. The front cover of this
booklet shows Howard Carter’s downed painting tools in the
chapel at Deir el-Bahari.
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BACON, Henry
(1839-1912)
Entrance to temple at Abu Simbel (ART.223)
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The temple of Abu Simbel (ART.217)
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BLACKDEN, Marcus
Worsley (1864-1934)
Priest wearing a leopard skin from the tomb of Amenemhat at
Beni Hasan, 1891 (ART.215)
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Flying pintail duck hieroglyph from the tomb of Amenemhat at
Beni Hasan, 1891 (ART.001)
Swallow hieroglyph from the tomb of Amenemhat at Beni Hasan,
1891 (ART.005)
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Table with offerings from the tomb of Amenemhat at Beni Hasan,
1891 (ART.011)
Servant of the Ka
hieroglyph [Gardiner
D31] from the tomb
of Amenemhat at Beni
Hasan, 1891
(ART.029)
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Various hieroglyphs, including a boat from the tomb of
Amenemhat at Beni Hasan, 1891 (ART.013)
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Bead necklace with counterpoise hieroglyph [Gardiner S18] from
the tomb of Amenemhat at Beni Hasan, 1891 (ART.021)
Village with crossroads hieroglyph
[Gardiner O49] from the tomb of
Amenemhat at Beni Hasan, 1891
(ART.057)
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Seated woman hieroglyph [Gardiner B1] from the tomb of
Amenemhat at Beni Hasan, 1891 (ART.060)
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Was sceptre hieroglyph [Gardiner R19] from the tomb of
Amenemhat at Beni Hasan, 1891 (ART.051)
Symbol of the West hieroglyph [Gardiner R14] from the tomb of
Amenemhat at Beni Hasan, 1891 (ART.014)
Adze chopping wood hieroglyph [Gardiner U21] from the tomb of
Amenemhat at Beni Hasan, 1891 (ART.056)
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Detail of knife cutting meat from the tomb of Amenemhat at Beni
Hasan, 1891 (ART.082)
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Priest pouring a liquid offering from the tomb of Amenemhat at
Beni Hasan, 1891 (ART.214)
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Birds in acacia tree (ART.218)
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CALVERLEY, Amice Mary
(1896-1959)
Seti I offers food to the gods, Abydos
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Seti I offers to the
barque of Amun,
Abydos
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CARTER, Howard
(1874-1939)
Detail from marsh scene of sacred ibis on papyrus from the tomb
of Khnumhotep II at Beni Hasan, 1895 (ART.231)
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African Jabiru hieroglyph from the tomb of Amenemhat at Beni
Hasan, 1895 (ART.003)
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Wigeon (?) hieroglyph from the tomb of Amenemhat at Beni
Hasan, 1895 (ART.007)
Arm hieroglyph [Gardiner D36] from the tomb of Amenemhat at
Beni Hasan, 1895 (ART.043)
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Goose hieroglyph from the tomb of Amenemhat at Beni Hasan,
1895 (ART.008)
Five jars/vessels varying in form and material from the tomb of
Amenemhat at Beni Hasan, 1895 (ART.072)
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Hoopoe in left Acacia tree from the tomb of Khnumhotep II at
Beni Hasan, 1895 (ART.211)
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Vine on Props hieroglyph [Gardiner M43] from the tomb of
Amenemhat at Beni Hasan, 1895 (ART.017)
Herders driving goats from the tombs of Djehutyhotep at Deir el-
Bersheh (ART.213)
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Man spinning from the tomb of Khnumhotep II at Beni Hasan,
1895 (ART.216)
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The head of Queen Ahmose from the Temple of Queen
Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, 1896 (ART.221)
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Detail from marsh scene of swamp cat on papyrus from the tomb
of Khnumhotep II at Beni Hasan, 1895 (ART.230)
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Hieroglyph for Khnum [Gardiner E10] from the tomb of
Khnumhotep II at Beni Hasan, 1895 (ART.245)
Detail of Hippopotamus from marshland scene from the tomb of
Khnumhotep II at Beni Hasan, 1895 (ART.244)
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EDWARDS, Amelia Ann
Blanford (1831-1882)
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Arab tombs near Siout (East Bank of the Nile) in Middle Egypt ,
1877 (ART.212)
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CARTHEW, Alice Grace
Elizabeth (1867-1940)
Decorated tile from Deir el-Bahari (ART.174)
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Six broken pieces of faience with hieroglyphs from Deir el-Bahari
(ART.170)
Two broken pieces of faience with hieroglyphs from Deir el-Bahari
(ART.172)
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Four pieces of decorated faience including two beads from Deir el-
Bahari (ART.180)
Six decorated broken pieces of faience from Deir el-Bahari
(ART.177)
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NEWBERRY, Percy
Edward (1868-1949)
Priest and Anubis Baboon from the tomb of Khnumhotep I at Beni
Hasan (ART.061)
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PAGET, Rosalind Frances
Emily (1844-1925)
Winged sun disc from the Temple of Hatshepsut
at Deir el-Bahari (ART.229)
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Scene from Punt including palm tree, baboon, cattle and giraffe
from Deir el-Bahari (ART.219)
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