Egyptian Ladies 1886 Drawing
by Phil Cardamone
Title
Egyptian Ladies 1886 Drawing
Artist
Phil Cardamone
Medium
Digital Art - Digitally Edited Scan
Description
Artwork is a line drawing produced in 1886. It shows details of a painting found in an ancient Egyptian tomb at Thebes. A group of women are seated apart from the men at the celebration. A woman on the left serves the seated women. The drawing showing a scene of daily life clarifies a fragment of a tomb paintings found at the Egyptian site. The fragile ancient fragment itself is held by the British Museum. This 1886 rendition superbly clarifies the details of the ancient painting.
This 19th century image was digitally restored and rendered suitable for display. Source is an 1886 publication now in the public domain as released by the British Library. Image is from: "Popular History of Egypt. ... (The Egyptian War.) Illustrated, etc" Author: WATKINS, John Westrop. Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 061.f.13." Place of Publishing: London. Date of Publishing: 1886.
The image source was the British Library�s collection on Flickr Commons. These images are designated as public domain images, and the British Library encourages re-use.
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