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PORTRAIT-PAINTING IN ANCIENT EGYPT.
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pian queen herself, in a chariot drawn by spotted oxen. Her
face is wofully damaged, and the head of the groom-boy who
stands before the oxen has been cut out from the wall by
some unscrupulous traveller; but her Majesty's charioteer
and her attendant chiefs are in excellent preservation.
The Queen's arms are loaded with bracelets, and round her
neck she wears a splendid necklace, consisting of many rows
TROCKSSION OF NKGROES.
From a wall-painting in the tomb of Hui at El Kab. reproduced from a photograph
by Mr. W. M. Flinders Petrie.
of beads and pendants. Her head-dress is a stupendous work
of art, consisting of a framework decorated with ostrich
plumes mounted on a golden crown. Plumed negroes carry-
ing trays piled with gold rings and bags of gold dust, and
others bearing tribute of elephant tusks, logs of ebony, and
other products of the Soudan, bring up the rear.*
Although the ancient Egyptian artist was naturally most
See Mr. Petrie's series of photographs of " Racial Types."
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pian queen herself, in a chariot drawn by spotted oxen. Her
face is wofully damaged, and the head of the groom-boy who
stands before the oxen has been cut out from the wall by
some unscrupulous traveller; but her Majesty's charioteer
and her attendant chiefs are in excellent preservation.
The Queen's arms are loaded with bracelets, and round her
neck she wears a splendid necklace, consisting of many rows
TROCKSSION OF NKGROES.
From a wall-painting in the tomb of Hui at El Kab. reproduced from a photograph
by Mr. W. M. Flinders Petrie.
of beads and pendants. Her head-dress is a stupendous work
of art, consisting of a framework decorated with ostrich
plumes mounted on a golden crown. Plumed negroes carry-
ing trays piled with gold rings and bags of gold dust, and
others bearing tribute of elephant tusks, logs of ebony, and
other products of the Soudan, bring up the rear.*
Although the ancient Egyptian artist was naturally most
See Mr. Petrie's series of photographs of " Racial Types."