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Fowling and Fishing Scenes, East Wall of the Tomb of Chnemotap (i.e. Khnumhotep II), Beni Hasan (12th Dynasty) (previously described as 'Egyptian Frieze with Figures and Hieroglyphics Surrounding the Entrance to a Tomb' and as 'Fishing and Hunting Scene')

Reginald Arthur Rye (1876–1945)

Senate House, University of London

Fowling and Fishing Scenes, East Wall of the Tomb of Chnemotap (i.e. Khnumhotep II), Beni Hasan (12th Dynasty)

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A copy of an older picture: see Lepsius, Abth. II, Bl. 130. The artist, Reginald Rye, was the second and the longest-serving Librarian of the University of London (1906–1944). The work is framed and glazed.

Senate House, University of London

London

Title

Fowling and Fishing Scenes, East Wall of the Tomb of Chnemotap (i.e. Khnumhotep II), Beni Hasan (12th Dynasty)

Date

1902

Medium

pen & watercolour

Measurements

H 37 x W 66 cm

Accession number

PW-0068

Acquisition method

given by the artist's widow as a memorial (offer 1946; rec. 1948. See LC min. 242, 13th May 1948)

Work type

Drawing

Signature/marks description

signed with initials; dated 1902

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Senate House, University of London

Malet St Bloomsbury , London, Greater London WC1E 7HU England

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Artist or maker

Reginald Arthur Rye

1876–1945

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