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Illustrations of Pharaonic Egypt


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0117 MS 827

Held at: Royal Society

Title: Illustrations of Pharaonic Egypt

Date(s): late 19th century

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 24 sheets

Name of creator(s): Unknown

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CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Illustrations of Pharaonic Egypt: plates (nos 25-36) and corresponding text sheets for a publication (volume 2) by American Polytechnic Co (Limited), Buffalo, NY (Publishers), depicting mummies, obelisks and a map of Thebes.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Numerically by plate number.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

Physical characteristics:

Chromolithographs and two steel engravings.

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Egyptology | Ancient civilizations | Ancient history | Historical periods

Personal names

Corporate names

Places
Egypt | North Africa