item details
Namewall paintings, Tomb of Queen Nefertari, wife of Ramses II, Thebes (from a series on Egypt)
ProductionBrian Brake; photographer; 1966-1968; Thebes
Classificationcolour transparencies, documentary photographs
Materialsphotographic gelatin, dye, cut film, reversal film
Materials Summarycolour transparency
Techniquesphotography, colour photography, chromogenic processes
Registration NumberB.076696
Credit lineGift of Wai Man Lau, 2010
Overview
Depicts a room with a flat ceiling painted midnight blue or black with stars. The walls are covered by paintings of people and gods on a white background, with hieroglyphics around them. There is a doorway in the centre of the image, with a vulture painted above it - through the door, a painting of two figures seated back to back is visible.