Roman portraits and Memphis (IV)

Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), Sir, 1853-1942, British School of Archaeology in Egypt, Egyptian Research Account · 1911 · London : School of Archaeology in Egypt, University College : B. Quaritch · 42 pictures

Flinders Petrie's 1911 excavation report for the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, publishing mummy portraits and tomb finds from Hawara and Memphis for archaeologists and museum readers in London. Halftone plates group four painted panel faces per page, numbered, shot in raking light so linen wrappings, cracked wood and encaustic brushwork read as texture in grey.

Portraits, Roman · Tombs -- Egypt · Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt Memphis (Extinct city) · Memphis (Extinct city) · Egypt -- Antiquities

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