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James Bruce, 1730–1794, British, No.1 A Table of Hieroglyphics found at Axum, 1771
- Title:
No.1 A Table of Hieroglyphics found at Axum
- Date:
- 1771
- Medium:
- Gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (34.3 × 26.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower center: "The Hieroglyphics on the ... not Cejille"; inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, upper center: "To be reduced to quarto size No. 1. | No 7 | all the hieroglyphics must be traced distintly on reducing the plate"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8712
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- hieroglyphics | historical subject | ruins
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15623
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