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Loculi Conspectus anterior, auctior aliquantum, quo Figurae clarius et distinctius appareant
PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
print
Gordon, Alexander
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London
1737
paper; wood; glass
outer frame: 467 mm x 331 mm; print: 365 mm x 223 mm
1999.820
PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
Gordon, Alexander
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London
1737
paper; wood; glass
outer frame: 467 mm x 331 mm; print: 365 mm x 223 mm
Monochrome print depicting a set of Egyptian hieroglyphs on the wooden inner-coffin of Irtyru, including the eye of Horus as a repeated motif. Plate no. 3 from Gordon's 'An Essay towards Explaining the Hieroglyphical Figures on the Coffin of the Antient Mummy belonging to Capt. William Lethieullier'. In a modern antique-style black wooden fluted and glazed frame with bespoke-moulded WIngs of Hours and for scarab beetles picked out in gold.
1999.820