Topographical survey of Thebes, Tápé, Thabe, or Diospolis Magna
Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797 - 1875)
Category
Maps
Date
1826
Materials
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3046176.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
Top half of map. [1] folded sheet, map. 73.x.166 cm. folded to 15 x 17 cm. With manuscript amendments and annotations by Wilkinson on map and a sheet titled 'Memnonia', with manuscript plan of buildings etc. and notes on recto and verso, pasted bottom left. Dissected and mounted on cloth, with blue cloth backing. Provenance: inscribed 'J. G. Wilkinson 1835' [i.e. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1795-1875)]. Binding: blue leather slipcase, tongue closure gilt-lettered 'Thebes & the Pyramids. G. Wilkinson'
Makers and roles
Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797 - 1875)