Scene of the Great Find of Mummies

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Photography by David Revette.
Scene of the Great Find of Mummies
Photography by David Revette.
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College. Photograph by David Revette.
Artist/Maker (American, 1838 – 1903)
Publisher (American, 1838 – 1903)
Datec. 1882
MediumStereocard
DimensionsImage (each): 4 × 3 1/8 in. (10.2 × 7.9 cm) Sheet (each): 4 × 3 1/8 in. (10.2 × 7.9 cm) Mount: 4 1/4 × 7 in. (10.8 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of William C. Winslow, Class of 1862
Object number2004.5.2
Not on view
DescriptionSterocard with Egyptians, Egyptologists and Archaeologists standing near well. SCENE OF THE GREAT FIND OF MUMMIES, 1881. In July, 1881, Hon Emil Brugsch Bey, of the Boolak Museum Cairo, discovered the place where some Arabs have hidden a lot of royal mummies. Down a well 60 feet, then along a passage 235 feet, which widened at its end, led by the Arab holding the rope on his hand, Mr. Brugsch went, and there found kings, queens, princes, and priests, some 36 in all, in their mummy cases. Among them was the King Pharaoh who oppressed Israel. A palm-log is thrown across the well. Near it, in dark clothing, is the great discoverer, Mr. Brugsch, In light clothing, reclining, is Mons. Mospero, the famed Egyptologist. The mummies are in the Boolak Museum.
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Provenance c. 1943: Hamilton College, by gift of William C. Winslow.
Markings Blind stamp: "Wilson Copyrighted 1882" bottom right and left corners.
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "Edward L. Wilson Philada. [floral motif]" on mount along left side typeset in black ink; "Scenes in the Orient [floral motif]" on mount along right side typeset in black ink; "Wilson Philadelphia [written in Arabic]" on mount center typeset in black ink; "246 SCENE OF THE "GREAT FIND OF MUMMIES"-1881." in negative at lower left.
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Edward L. Wilson
Date: c. 1882
Medium: Stereocard
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George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.127
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Date: c. 883-859 B.C.E.
Medium: Gypsum with remnants of red pigment
Object number: 1868.5
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Date: published August 27, 1883
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Stereocard
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Edward L. Wilson
Date: c. 1882
Medium: Stereocard
Object number: 2004.5.1
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Date: c. 1882
Medium: Stereocard
Object number: 2004.5.4
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Date: 1929
Medium: Rotogravure
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Medium: Albumen print, mounted on paper
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Date: 1902
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1994.104
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Medium: Halftone engraving
Object number: 1971.52
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Medium: Woodcut
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