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The Altar of Hymen by Edward Burne-Jones, circa 1874

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Girl with lute. 1905. George Lawrence Bulleid

Gentle Spring (pre 1865). Frederick Sandys (English, 1829-1904). Oil on canvas. The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1865 accompanied in the catalogue by a sonnet by the artist’s friend, Charles Algernon Swinburne. The figure was painted in the garden of the poet and novelist, George Meredith. She represents Proserpina returning from the land of the dead. Sandys joined Rossetti’s circle in 1857 and lived with him in Cheyne Walk for most of 1866.

Canopic Jars of Maiherpri

Four canopic jars, from the tomb of Maiherpri (KV36), made of alabaster. 

Used to hold viscera after mummification. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479-1425 BC. Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

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Portrait of Anna Pitt as Hebe, by Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, 1792 (detail) 

Mummy of a Monkey

This sad-looking young baboon is seated with its knees drawn up to its chest, and its tail curving around the right side of its body.

The monkey appears to have been mummified through an enlarged cut in the anal area rather than evisceration through enema; radiographs show that a series of large packets that appear to contain soil were inserted into the animal’s torso to help hold its original shape. Traces of resin, natron, and exterior bandages are still visible on the animal.

Excavated by Mr. Theodore M. Davis in 1906 from Tomb (KV51) nearby the Tomb of Amenhotep II (KV35), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 38747; CG 29837