The Great Temple of Abu Simbel
Medium
Watercolor and wash, with white highlights
Dimensions
46.3 × 33.9 cm
Classification
Drawing
Department
Drawings
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of William Kelly Simpson
Accession Number
2018.73
Tags
male
About this 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.