Drawings Egyptian mummy case or coffin
Object number
LDSAL2020.19.91
Artist/Designer/Maker
Fitzpatrick, Daniel - Attributed To
Production date
1838
Material
Paper
Watercolour
Silk
Watercolour
Silk
Technique
Drawing
Painting (Image-Making)
Painting (Image-Making)
Dimensions
Height: 1804mm
Width: 420mm
Width: 420mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Copied by Daniel FitzPatrick
under my directions
J. [illegible]
Lt Colonel R Engineers
Jersey 11 Janry 1837
under my directions
J. [illegible]
Lt Colonel R Engineers
Jersey 11 Janry 1837
References
Reference (free text)
T J Pettrigrew, 'Account of the Examination of the Mummy of Pet-Maut-Ioh-Mes, Brought from Egypt by the late John Gosset, Esq. and Deposited in the Museum in the Island of Jersey', Archaeologia 27 (1838): 262-73.Illustration (Engraving), pl. XIX, opp. p. 264.
Watercolour on paper, showing the painted inner surface of the bottom of a mummy case found in Thebes in 1835. The coloured drawing depicts a full-length standing figure, surrounded by symbols, gods, and hieroglyphics. The paper on which the watercolour study is drawn has been mounted on silk.
Watercolour on paper, showing the painted inner surface of the bottom of a mummy case found in Thebes in 1835. The coloured drawing depicts a full-length standing figure, surrounded by symbols, gods, and hieroglyphics. The paper on which the watercolour study is drawn has been mounted on silk.
The mummy case was brought from Egypt to Jersey by John Gosset in 1835. This is one of four drawings of the mummy case and its contents in the Society's 'Eastern Antiquities' album. The others are
LDSAL2020.19.90, LDSAL2020.19.99, and LDSAL2020.19.101.
A handwritten inscription on the drawing reads:
Copied by Daniel FitzPatrick
under my directions
J. [illegible]
Lt Colonel R Engineers
Jersey 11 Janry 1837
The mummy case was brought from Egypt to Jersey by John Gosset in 1835. This is one of four drawings of the mummy case and its contents in the Society's 'Eastern Antiquities' album. The others are
LDSAL2020.19.90, LDSAL2020.19.99, and LDSAL2020.19.101.
A handwritten inscription on the drawing reads:
Copied by Daniel FitzPatrick
under my directions
J. [illegible]
Lt Colonel R Engineers
Jersey 11 Janry 1837
