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An Egyptian Priest and Scribe, in Egypt more
art, paintings, priests, stairs, scribes, ancient egypt, religion, rituals
Scribes in ancient egypt seem to have been valued and inportant; a scribe was a high-ranking job, unlike in the Levant in the first century, when they were often slaves.
The picture shows the bare-headed priest in a white robe walking down some steps. On the other side of him the scribe.
The sketch here omits a lot of the detail of the painting, which included three barefoot and topless children at the top of the steps and a lot of flowers. However, it does convey much of the atmosphere of the original.
Mr. F. A. Bridgman, who follows somewhat on the successful lines of Mr. Edwin Long, A.R.A., contributes two striking works [to the annual Dudley Gallery exhibition], entitled respectively “In the Sand” and “An Egyptian Priest and Scribe,” the latter being the subject of one of our sketches. (p. 120)