Head of Queen Makare Hatshepsut: copy of a painted low relief in the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Deir al-Bahri
Watercolour
1893-1896 (painted)
1893-1896 (painted)
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Carter began excavating in Egypt thirty years before his famous discovery in 1922 of the Tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings. One of his earliest assignments was as draughtsman accompanying the investigations of the Swiss archaeologist, Henri Edouard Naville, at the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri. Between 1893 and 1899 Carter made copies of all the visible wall paintings and inscriptions, and these were later photographically reproduced in Naville's six folio volumes, The Temple of Deir el Bahari (1895-1908). This watercolour is a copy of one of the few representations of Queen Hatshepsut (who reigned as a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, 1503-1482 BC) to survive defacement by her successor. Her portrait is a detail of the scene, Offering of Vases to Amon, which is Plate CXXXI of Part V in Naville's publication.
Object details
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| Title | Head of Queen Makare Hatshepsut: copy of a painted low relief in the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Deir al-Bahri (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour heightened with white |
| Brief description | Watercolour, Head of Queen Makare Hatshepsut: copy of a painted low relief in the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Deir al-Bahri, 1893-6, by Howard Carter |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed Howard Carter |
| 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.Christie's, 20.V.75, [128; with SD210] £52:50'. It once belonged to Lady Loch, daughter of the 5th Marquess of Northampton. |
| Historical context | As draughtsman to H.E.Naville's expedition at Deir al-Bahri, 1893-9, Carter copied all the scenes and inscriptions then visible on the Temple of Hatshepsut, for reproduction in collotype in Naville's folio volumes, The Temple of Deir el Bahari, 6 parts, 1895-1908. This watercolour is a detail of Offering of Vases to Amon, Pl.CXXXI, Part V (1906). Queen Makare Hatshepsut (18th Dynasty) reigned as Pharaoh 1503-482 BC. |
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| Summary | Carter began excavating in Egypt thirty years before his famous discovery in 1922 of the Tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings. One of his earliest assignments was as draughtsman accompanying the investigations of the Swiss archaeologist, Henri Edouard Naville, at the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri. Between 1893 and 1899 Carter made copies of all the visible wall paintings and inscriptions, and these were later photographically reproduced in Naville's six folio volumes, The Temple of Deir el Bahari (1895-1908). This watercolour is a copy of one of the few representations of Queen Hatshepsut (who reigned as a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, 1503-1482 BC) to survive defacement by her successor. Her portrait is a detail of the scene, Offering of Vases to Amon, which is Plate CXXXI of Part V in Naville's publication. |
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| Accession number | SD.209 |
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| Record created | December 22, 2007 |
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