Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in Egypt. For the use of students and travellers (1914)
Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916, Johns, Agnes Sophia Griffith, 1859- · New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons; London, H. Grevel and Co. · leaf 247
, and drew in their figureswithout any sort of guide ; this was done by the 220 PAINTING AND SCULPTURE. artists who decorated the tomb of Seti I. and thesouthern walls of the temple of Abydos. Their lineis so pure and their facility of execution so amazingthat it has been supposed that they made… … Fig. 193.—Sculptors sketch fromOld Kingdom tomb. chest are more accentuated in others, or the legs arefarther apart. The master did not find much tocorrect in the work of these assistants. Here andthere he altered a head, he flattened or accentuateda knee, or modified the arrange- ment of some…
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