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Head of Menmare Seti I: copy of a low relief in the Great Temple of Seti I, Abydos

Watercolour
ca. 1913 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour drawing


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleHead of Menmare Seti I: copy of a low relief in the Great Temple of Seti I, Abydos (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pink watercolour, on Whatman board
Brief description
Watercolour, Head of Menmare Seti I: copy of a low relief in the Great Temple of Seti I, Abydos, about 1913, by Major George Henry Benton Fletcher
Physical description
Watercolour drawing
Dimensions
  • Height: 38cm
  • Width: 27.3cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Signed with monogram HBF; inscribed on the back Seti I By Benton Fletcher 38 Wilton Pl. S W [crossed through] 6 Buckingham St. Buckingham Gate S W and in a different hand Sold to Mrs. Garnett Salwarpe Rectory Droitwich and on a label attached to the back Head of Seti I in Temple of Abydos painted by Benton Fletcher
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Object history
According to Rodney Searight: - `Bt.fr. G. Noel Butler, Honiton Nov. '[19]61, 10/- [10 shillings] '. Probably exhibited at the Fine Arts Society, Water-Colours of Egypt and its Temples, July 1914 (38).
Historical context
Menmare Seti (Sethos) I was Pharaoh 1318-1304 BC.
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Collection
Accession number
SD.384

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Record createdJanuary 18, 2008
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