Title

Egyptian wax portrait of a lady, 2nd century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Roman period Egyptian wax portrait of a lady painted for her coffin from Hawara. Note her Roman hairstyle and jewellery. From the British Museum's collection, 2nd century.

Date

Nov 30, 1999

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/CM Dixon

Reference

HRM19B79_154

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,1Mb) / 10,8in x 17,9in / 3247 x 5384 (300dpi)

Keywords

portrait female women woman people country Egypt museum color colour Egyptian necklace jewellery jewelry location British Museum century earrings earring hairstyle lady artefact wax artifact hairdo hairdressing CM Dixon 2nd century object Hawara Unknown Dixon wax CM CM Dixon Mike Dixon CM Dixon wax object