February 9 - March 8, 1930
Scope and Contents
Watercolor of the Temple Deir El Bahari; description of marketplace scenes; description of a functioning potter’s wheel; details about an elaborate dinner at the home of an army officer and German consul, a friend of Mr. Capart’s; account of a dream, annotated with watercolors; painting of the entrance to the temple in Thebes; arrival at Assuan; sketch of the Temple of Kom Ombo; arrival in village of Bichareen; description of a visit to an 8th or 9th century Coptic (Kopt) church in the Libyan Desert; details about being lifted through six different locks to get through a dam in the Nile; description of a visit to the caves of the Anchorites (holy hermits); description of passing a ruined Roman city, and a city of the dead (tombs); passed through the town of Deroua; arrival in Wadi halfa in Sudan, Gutmann’s final destination; visit to the Castle of Ibrahim and Abusimbel, a temple of Ramses II; small watercolors from a visit to the Temple of the Sun; letter written in script to Elizabeth on stationary from the Hotel Vouillemont in Paris.
Dates
- February 9 - March 8, 1930
Creator
- From the Collection: Bernhard Gutmann (1869-1936) (Person)
Extent
From the Series: 0.1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Brooklyn Museum Archives Repository