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Tomb walls, copied by hand

Egyptian Tomb Painting

Copies, not the ancient walls. Between about 1907 and 1937 the artists of the Met’s Egyptian Expedition, Nina and Norman de Garis Davies, Charles K. Wilkinson, Lancelot Crane and Hugh R. Hopgood, painted them in tempera on paper, copying tombs at Thebes and Beni Hasan that were decorated about 1900 to 1300 BCE. Weavers at a loom, a carpenter making a chair, geese and ducks, men gathering papyrus, and the king with Anubis, Isis and Horus.

17 pictures, pick one to build

Weavers, Tomb of Khnumhotep Norman de Garis Davies, ca. 1897–1878 B.C. Leaders of the Aamu of Shu Norman de Garis Davies, ca. 1887–1878 B.C. Funeral Ritual in a Garden, Tomb of Nakhtmin Charles K. Wilkinson, 1921; original ca. 1479–1425 BCE Nebamun Supervising Estate Activities, Tomb of Nebamun Charles K. Wilkinson ca. 1928–1930, 1928; original ca. 1396–1347 BCE North Wall of Nakht's Offering Chapel Lancelot Crane, 1909–1910; original ca. 1410–1370 BCE Priestesses and Dancers Hugh R. Hopgood, 1914–1915; original ca. 1961–1917 BCE Foreigners, Tomb of Menkheperraseneb Nina de Garis Davies, 1925; original ca. 1479–1425 BCE Carpenter Making a Chair, Tomb of Rekhmire Nina de Garis Davies, ca. 1479–1396 BCE Detail of a Desert Animal, Tomb of Khnumhotep Nina de Garis Davies or, ca. 1897–1878 B.C. Detail of a Wild Feline, Tomb of Khnumhotep Nina de Garis Davies or, ca. 1897–1878 B.C. Detail of a Fish, Tomb of Khnumhotep Nina de Garis Davies or, ca. 1897–1878 B.C. Geese and Ducks Hugh R. Hopgood, 1914–1916; original ca. 1473–1458 BCE The King with Anubis, Tomb of Haremhab Lancelot Crane, 1910–1911; original ca. 1314–1300 BCE The King with Isis, Tomb of Haremhab Lancelot Crane, 1910–1911; original ca. 1314–1300 BCE Men Preparing Fish Hugh R. Hopgood, 1914–1915; original ca. 1473–1458 BCE The King and Horus, Tomb of Haremhab Lancelot Crane, 1910–1911; original ca. 1314–1300 BCE Men Gathering Papyrus Hugh R. Hopgood, 1914–1916; original ca. 1473–1458 BCE