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EGHPTIAN WaX PORTRAITS.

.■■'.■ ■■ . • - ! . > .; . .. ■ ■ When the moderns read itf Plinf d§U&> extrame degree of (xoellenoa to, whf 1 Greek »r Llata had attained In his day - 7 of the prioea Borne of their works to" Jj equivalent to. £10,000 or £12.000 , money, aoholars and ; other w r^M™l aathorltlei dllmloiaj !theae •*> m P?. tel^ tale.. They could riot Win? .f™ 11 "" *o believe that these ato^w^ themaelvea that Rabaoa, Holbein. &$ J? r \ UQ ** ot and other later oele^t!^ .^^"T olpated, if not wpmrf ■ *. n »fbeen antibefore the OhriatfS ™ >' ' 1 \% B " n ? flei ao, and PUn^ mr ' J Md J B^V a otF»fjum. These /oonalsfc of a nambef ihEh ?l • < i lb S? d ' fl the Mnd * fc BnfiSjSJ Graf In* Viet 6 . P°"T'«'"«* Theodor' GKeoo-Boinum epoch of E?ypt, butinatead had beea alone m use, a painting was the decfased. These portrait, which were painted on a thin panel of wood! were laid over the face of the mummS theont r bandagea of the flhrouds betag then wrapped aboat them ao ai to cover over the margin of the pfeitfee, the latter fi° Qe u^ingJeft vleibie. A mammy S thw kind, therefore, presented the appW ance of a Jiving body, looking oat of"* opening m the bandages f or the aiirviJoS to jg aze upon m the coffina, the Uda if which were made to be thrown baofc for that purpoae. The only other grart* where these curious pictorial worka have been found were opened m the wintnof 1887-88 by th 6 P Bngliah o O |JnSS Mr Petne, at Haward, bnt the pTotarS dißcoveeed m them ace aald to be not nearly equal to the apeolmem . dlaoorwed •t Babaljat, The .fcomba : ihSSSf built m me rookn, were rana>oked mm ago by thieves, who,, In their Beiwhlar gold, deatroyed both ooffioa and maoinileiv. Luokily, thepilferera deemed the plbtoraa. tobeoino value, ao they ware thrown, •way— but not to perlah^-ln the dcv dn.t of the desart. . Here Grafi o?S.tt numbera 95 ipeolmena of varylnc Interest In point of exeoatlon, but &?s&}£'£ worka of art. They are portrait* oa OFpreia wood, the more ancient belne painted m w.x oolow, laid on Vita thai ceatram or epatnia, a lanoet-ahaped inatrumeDt—the latter speolmena being produot/ by water oolora, to which waa added. Vt l yolk and nh«e of e ggß , or other teak, " binding Babstanoeß. Tbe paintlne J 55 wax waa done without tbe empbr ""* of heat, »nd wlthoat ualng. -B^fiS* the anolentß being igoorW" n f "ffc proceaa of dlßuolving wax. I* ',„,.«.««!.. On examining theae rowToiH (o JP entl P fc ,th... anolentpor^X ?& ?£"'.* tne dUtlnotion ef tbe orlglnala. There ia • .very moiorn heid of m old lady with short grey looka. The fidelity of exeon«o^ m tbeae paintings 1b bo great tha aootora have been ablo. to dflteofc the existence of dropsy. Tbe Frenoh GoTerament Is In treaty for the collection, tht n,J?°« of whlch h eitlmated at about 3690,000, ■ :,'■:;

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2265, 28 October 1889, Page 2

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EGHPTIAN WaX PORTRAITS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2265, 28 October 1889, Page 2

EGHPTIAN WaX PORTRAITS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2265, 28 October 1889, Page 2

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