Artist
Stephen Thompson(British, about 1830–1893)British, about 1830–1893
CultureBritish
Titles
- Wood Board with Hieratic Inscription
- 280. XII DYNASTY. B.C. 1800. Wood board with Hieratic inscription. Treatise on grammar and rhetoric for the use of a school, written about B.C. 1800
Datec. 1870
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 7 1/4 × 10 13/16 in. (18.4 × 27.4 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/4 × 10 13/16 in. (18.4 × 27.4 cm)
Mount: 14 × 17 15/16 in. (35.5 × 45.6 cm)
Mat: 15 15/16 × 20 in. (40.5 × 50.8 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/4 × 10 13/16 in. (18.4 × 27.4 cm)
Mount: 14 × 17 15/16 in. (35.5 × 45.6 cm)
Mat: 15 15/16 × 20 in. (40.5 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro
Object number2022.338
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed label affixed to mount, recto, BLC: "280. XII DYNASTY. B.C. 1800. Wood board with Hieratic inscription. Treatise on grammar and rhetoric for the use of a school, written about B.C. 1800". Stamped in blue ink on mount, recto, BRC: "The Library, // Clifton College."
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