After Luigi Mayer - Views in Egypt: Head of the Colossal Sphinx; Egyptian Girls dancing; Sepulchres of Arabian Saints

aquatints with hand colouring by Thomas Milton, published by R.Bowyer, 1802 - 38.8 x 31 cm. (15¼ x 12¼ in.) plate size - unframed - together with ten others, similar (13) - Sold for £400 plus Premium and tax

Footnote: Published in Views in Egypt from the Original Drawings in the Possession of Sir Robert Ainslie taken during his Embassy to Constantinople (London, 1802), the Sphinx is described as having been "sculptured out of the solid rock" into a "chimerical figure [with] the head of a woman, the paws of a lion, and the body of a dog". Reference is made to the writings of Pliny, who wrote that in his time there was a secret passageway between the Sphinx and one of the Pyramids "through which the priest ascended to it’s head, whence he issued oracular responses to the multitude below".

After David Roberts, RA - Egypt, a set of eight lithographs by Louis Haghe with hand-colouring

1. Pyramids of Geezeh;
2. View of the Island of Philae, Nubia;
3. Interior of the Temple of Aboo Simbel;
4. Cairo, looking west;
5. Kom Ombo;
6. Approach of the Simoom, Desert of Gizeh;
7. View from under the portico of Temple of Edfou, Upper Egypt;
8. Statues of Memnon at Thebes, during the Inundation

approx. 13 x 20in each (33 x 51cm) (8) - Sold for £5,800 plus Premium and tax

Provenance: Agnews, London W1.

The above works form part of the David Roberts's publication The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia (London, F G Moon & Son, 1842-1849).

After David Roberts, RA - Six coloured tinted lithographs by Louis Haghe

1. Tombs of the Khalifs, Cairo
2. Interior of the Mosque of Sultan Hassan
3. Thebes, Great Hall at Karnac
4. View under the Grand Portico, Philae
5. Lybian chain of mountains, from the Temple of Luxor
6. Temple on Gebel Garabe, called Surabit el Khadim

51 x 33 cm. (20 x 13 in.) and smaller (6) - Sold for £800 plus Premium and tax

Footnote: The above works form part of the David Roberts's publication The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia (London, F G Moon & Son, 1842-1849).

After David Roberts, RA - Alexandria

coloured tinted lithograph by Louis Haghe - 37.5 x 51.5cm (14¾ X 20¼in) - together with six other lithographs of various sizes (7) -
Sold for £700 plus Premium and tax

Footnote:
1. Alexandria
2. Title page, Egypt Volume I
3. View on the Nile - Ferry to Gizeh
4. The Coffee Shop
5. Entrance to the Temple of Amun, Thebes
6. Hebron, 18th March 1839
7. Jacob's Well at Shechem

The above works form part of the David Roberts publication The Holy Land: Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia (London, F.G. Moon & Son, 1842-1849).
Alexandria is the only print in the series featuring western ships of the time. It was sketched upon Roberts’ arrival in Alexandria to begin his journey in Egypt.

Circle of Carlo Bossoli (Swiss, 1815-1884) - View of Cairo looking west

gouache - 32.5 x 50 cm. (12¾ x 19¾ in.) - Sold for £500 plus Premium and tax

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928) - The entrance of the Temple of Luxor, showing the Eastern Obelisk; Kom Ombo; A figure resting by a burial temple

inscribed 'Luxor', dated '15 March 1874' (lower left) and bears gallery stamp (lower right); inscribed 'Egypt/Kom Ombo' (lower right) and dated '2 March 1874' (lower left); bears gallery stamp (lower right) - pencil and wash heightened with white; pencil and watercolour (2) - 19 x 12.7 cm. (7½ x 5 in.); 16 x 12.7 cm. (6¼ x 5 in.); 12.7 x 19.5 cm. (5 x 7¾ in.) - (3) - Sold for £950 plus Premium and tax

Footnote: The pink granite obelisk seen here to the left is one of a pair which were erected by Ramesses II in front of the entrance pylons of the temple. It is 25 metres in height. The western obelisk was removed and re-erected in the Place de la Concorde, Paris, in 1836.

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928) - Tombs of the Kings, Thebes; A doorway; Grottoes, El-Maragha

extensively inscribed, dated 'March 27 1874' (lower right) and bears gallery stamp (lower left); inscribed with title, dated '15 Jan 1874' (lower left) and bears gallery stamp (lower right); dated '29 March 1874' (lower left), inscribed with title and bears gallery stamp (lower right) - pencil and watercolour (2); pencil and watercolour heightened with white - 12.7 x 9 cm. (5 x 3½ in.); 9.5 x 15.3 cm. (3¾ x 6 in.); 10 x 16 cm. (4 x 6¼ in.) - together with two smaller watercolours by the same hand (5) - Sold for £900 plus Premium and tax

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928) - The Temple of Isis, Philae

inscribed 'Philae' and dated '28 Feb 74' (lower right); bears gallery stamp (lower left) - watercolour - 12.5 x 19 cm. (5 x 7½ in.) - Sold for £600 plus Premium and tax

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928) - The Colossi of Memnon at Thebes

inscribed 'Thebes' and dated 'March 1874' (lower left); bears gallery stamp (lower right) - watercolour heightened with white - 12.7 x 19 cm. (5 x 7½ in.) - Sold for £600 plus Premium and tax

Footnote: The so-called colossi of Memnon are in fact seated statues of Amenophis III (1390-1352 BC), originally situated in front of the entrance pylons of his vast mortuary temple, of which they are now virtually all that remains. Each colossus was carved from a single block of quartzite and originally, with its pedestal and crown, measured over 21 metres in height.

Unusually, this temple was situated on what is now fertile land, as Bridgman's watercolour shows. Another temple, that of Ramesses II (the Ramesseum), is visible to the right, where the desert rises towards the cliffs behind which lies the Valley of the Kings. El-Qurn (the horn), a natural rock pyramid which dominates that valley, is seen to the left.

A set of twelve Egyptian character, costume and frieze studies - French School, circa 1900

unsigned - pencil and watercolour - 43 x 53cm (17 x 21in) each - unframed - together with two smaller watercolours and one etching (15) - Sold for £300 plus Premium and tax

Bonhams. The Egyptian Revival Sale, 23 Jan 2008. New Bond Street