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The Great Temple of Abu Simbel
About the Artwork
The British artist Walter Frederick Roofe Tyndale made repeated trips to Egypt beginning in the late 19th century. While there, he was inspired by the Abu Simbel temples, seen in this drawing, which feature relief portraits of Ramses the Great and his queen Nefertari. Here, Tyndale contrasted the massive temple with figures standing before it to give a sense of its epic scale.
Inscriptions
Lower left, in brown watercolor: Walter Tyndale
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Walter Frederick Roofe Tyndale (British, born Belgium, 1855–1943)
- Date
- before 1943
- Medium
- Watercolor and wash, with white highlights
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 46.3 x 33.9 cm (18 1/4 x 13 3/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Bequest of William Kelly Simpson
- Accession no.
- 2018.73
Provenance
April 19, 2006: Christie's, New York, NY 2006-2018: William Kelly Simpson, Katonah, NY June 4, 2018: the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00011701
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