Coloring: Shown here in original lithographic colors, with added hand coloring of highlights.

Comments: The finest of the three Egypt & Nubia Title Vignettes, this shows the center of the exterior of the Temple of Aboo Simbel, depicting the god Ra-Harakhti with a sparrow hawk's head. In this sketch, the main entrance to the temple is still almost entirely blocked by sand.

Catalog Number: EK 122

Price: $850 uncolored, $950 colored.

 

Title: Title Vignette: Entrance to the Great Temple of Aboo Simble

Edition: Standard First Edition, 1842-49

Condition: Excellent

Dimensions:

Paper : 16 5/8" x 23 15/16"
Image: 13 7/8" x 19 5/8"