Drawings etc.
MS. Wilkinson dep. a. 21
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
From Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts
This is an extract only. For more information, see the catalogue record in Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts.
Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts contains descriptions of the Bodleian Libraries’ archival collections, including post-1500 manuscripts. Some manuscripts with records in other catalogues are also described here as part of a description of a larger archive. Learn more.
Title
Drawings etc.
Shelfmark
MS. Wilkinson dep. a. 21
Summary
Volume, c.1825-37, containing wash, pencil, and ink drawings and sketches, water-colours, and occasional engravings (a few not by Wilkinson) of ancient Egyptian tomb paintings and objects, and other Egyptological subjects, taken from ancient sites and collections of objects, with:
(fols. 497-9, 500v-508) sketches and water-colours of Chinese bottles, n.d., related letters, 1843, 1855, and notes, n.d.
(fol. 522) pencil sketches of Japanese objects, n.d. [Many of the Egyptological drawings, sketches and water-colours in this volume are the originals for illustrations in Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians.]
Date
c.1825-37, n.d.
Language
English
Physical facet
Binding: half red calf, gilt-stamped, marbled paper over boards, detached from binding.
Physical extent
537 Leaves
View full record in Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts
Collection contents
Archive of Sir John Gardner Wilkinson
General academic and antiquarian papers
Egypt and the Near East
Drawings etc.
