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Title:
Fowling and fishing scenes, east wall of the tomb of Chnemotap [i.e. Khnumhotep II), Beni hasan (12th dynasty)
Object name(s):
Picture
Collection:
Senate House Library
Comments:
Signed with initials; dated 1902. Framed and glazed. Formerly described as: "Egyptian frieze with figures and hieroglyphics surrounding the entrance to a tomb" and as "Fishing and hunting scene". See Lepsius, Abth. II, Bl. 130. The artist, Reginald Rye, was the second and the longest-serving Librarian of the University of London (1906-1944).
Dimension:
37 x 66 cm
Material:
pen and watercolour
Normal location:
Senate House
Object history note:
Reginald Arthur Rye; given by his widow as a memorial (offer 1946; rec. 1948. See LC min. 242, 13 May 1948)
Object name:
Picture
Object number:
PW-0068
Object production date:
1902
Object production person:
Rye, Reginald Arthur
Person's association:
Artist
Person's birth date:
1876-1945
Person's gender:
M
Person's nationality:
English

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/e8c0064a-bae9-3565-9a1f-63afd57a85b1

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/e8c0064a-bae9-3565-9a1f-63afd57a85b1, Senate House Library, CC BY-NC

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