Author: Dorothy U. Seyler
Publisher:
ISBN: 1633880362
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Scholarly, mischievous, and driven by curiosity about the unknown, William John Bankes (1786-1855) was a complex and talented member of England's landed gentry. A friend of Lord Byron, he achieved recognition on several fronts- as a daring explorer of ancient lands, notably Egypt and Petra; as a brilliant art collector, illustrator, and remodeler of Kingston Lacy, his family estate in Dorset; and, unfortunately, as the focus of a homophobic sex scandal, which forced him to leave his homeland. Bankes made key discoveries as he explored the archeology and history of Egypt and Syria. He traveled deeper into Egypt and Nubia than any other European before him and prepared over 1,400 site plans and drawings of temples, many now lost to the sand or under the waters of the Nile. At the Abydos Temple he discovered the King List-a wall of cartouches listing Egyptian kings in chronological order-which was vital to the decoding of Egyptian hieroglyphs.a At Philae he uncovered a fallen obelisk, which he arranged to be transported back to England. And in modern-day Jordan he was the first European to make sketches and site plans of the olosto city of Petra. William's life was rich and full, if not always comfortable and secure. In an era when homosexuality was a capital offense, he was persecuted for being gay and threatened with imprisonment and execution. But his pioneering work on ancient temples now enriches the knowledge of modern Egyptologists, and his art collection and decorative talents can be enjoyed by those who visit his home-with the obelisk from Philae still raised on the south lawn. Enhanced by many of Bankes's drawings and paintings, this engaging story is full of vivid detail about the beginnings of Egyptology, Regency England, and a fascinating, multifaceted individual.
The Obelisk and the Englishman
Author: Dorothy U. Seyler
Publisher:
ISBN: 1633880362
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Scholarly, mischievous, and driven by curiosity about the unknown, William John Bankes (1786-1855) was a complex and talented member of England's landed gentry. A friend of Lord Byron, he achieved recognition on several fronts- as a daring explorer of ancient lands, notably Egypt and Petra; as a brilliant art collector, illustrator, and remodeler of Kingston Lacy, his family estate in Dorset; and, unfortunately, as the focus of a homophobic sex scandal, which forced him to leave his homeland. Bankes made key discoveries as he explored the archeology and history of Egypt and Syria. He traveled deeper into Egypt and Nubia than any other European before him and prepared over 1,400 site plans and drawings of temples, many now lost to the sand or under the waters of the Nile. At the Abydos Temple he discovered the King List-a wall of cartouches listing Egyptian kings in chronological order-which was vital to the decoding of Egyptian hieroglyphs.a At Philae he uncovered a fallen obelisk, which he arranged to be transported back to England. And in modern-day Jordan he was the first European to make sketches and site plans of the olosto city of Petra. William's life was rich and full, if not always comfortable and secure. In an era when homosexuality was a capital offense, he was persecuted for being gay and threatened with imprisonment and execution. But his pioneering work on ancient temples now enriches the knowledge of modern Egyptologists, and his art collection and decorative talents can be enjoyed by those who visit his home-with the obelisk from Philae still raised on the south lawn. Enhanced by many of Bankes's drawings and paintings, this engaging story is full of vivid detail about the beginnings of Egyptology, Regency England, and a fascinating, multifaceted individual.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1633880362
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Scholarly, mischievous, and driven by curiosity about the unknown, William John Bankes (1786-1855) was a complex and talented member of England's landed gentry. A friend of Lord Byron, he achieved recognition on several fronts- as a daring explorer of ancient lands, notably Egypt and Petra; as a brilliant art collector, illustrator, and remodeler of Kingston Lacy, his family estate in Dorset; and, unfortunately, as the focus of a homophobic sex scandal, which forced him to leave his homeland. Bankes made key discoveries as he explored the archeology and history of Egypt and Syria. He traveled deeper into Egypt and Nubia than any other European before him and prepared over 1,400 site plans and drawings of temples, many now lost to the sand or under the waters of the Nile. At the Abydos Temple he discovered the King List-a wall of cartouches listing Egyptian kings in chronological order-which was vital to the decoding of Egyptian hieroglyphs.a At Philae he uncovered a fallen obelisk, which he arranged to be transported back to England. And in modern-day Jordan he was the first European to make sketches and site plans of the olosto city of Petra. William's life was rich and full, if not always comfortable and secure. In an era when homosexuality was a capital offense, he was persecuted for being gay and threatened with imprisonment and execution. But his pioneering work on ancient temples now enriches the knowledge of modern Egyptologists, and his art collection and decorative talents can be enjoyed by those who visit his home-with the obelisk from Philae still raised on the south lawn. Enhanced by many of Bankes's drawings and paintings, this engaging story is full of vivid detail about the beginnings of Egyptology, Regency England, and a fascinating, multifaceted individual.
The Englishman
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
The New Monthly Magazine
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist
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ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
The New Monthly Magazine and Universal Register
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ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
The Englishman's Illustrated Guide Book to the United States and Canada ...
Author: Englishman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The Englishman's Illustrated Guide Book to the United States and Canada, Etc
Author: Montgomery Gibbs
Publisher: London : Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Publisher: London : Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
The Englishman's illustrated guide book to the United States and Canada [by M. Gibbs]. With appendix containing the shooting and fishing grounds of North America
Author: Montgomery Gibbs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register
Author:
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
The Englishman's Illustrated Guide Book to the United States and Canada
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385235197
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385235197
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.