Carter Gallery

Carter's Lion Chariot Feat, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Carter's Lion Chariot Feat, 1844. Circus act at Astley's Amphitheatre in London: Mr. Batty, the enterprising proprietor of this popular establishment, has recently added to its attractions, a spectacle entitled Mungo Park, in which Mr. Carter as "Karfa, the Lion Tamer of the Niger", introduces many extraordinary feats with his trained troop of wild animals'. Here we see Mr. Carter, the American Lion King, in ...a scene is of a more classical character...the "Tamer" driving a lion at full speed across the stage, reined with a garland of flowers'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V

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Details from Tutankhamuns shrine in the form of the sactuary of the feast of Sed

Details from Tutankhamun's shrine in the form of the sactuary of the feast of Sed. The shrine is decorated with the double tyet-knot amulets of Isis signifying protection, the djet pillars symbolising stability and the god of the dead Osiris holding the ankh, symbol of life. The Sed festival was held to celebrate the continued rule of the pharaoh. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Date/Period: 18th dynasty c.1357 - 1349 BC. Material/ Size: Gold gilded wood and lapis lazuli L=5.08m W=3.28m H=2.75m. Place of Origin: Thebes, Valley of the Kings. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Location: 44

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Chalice-shaped lamp from the tomb of Tutankhamun

Chalice-shaped lamp from the tomb of Tutankhamun. The cup is in the shape of an open lotus flower flanked by two carvings of the god Heh kneeling on papyrus plants. The cup was intented to be filled with oil and when the whick was lit then the scene of Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamun was visible. Back view. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Date/Period: New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, 1333 - 1323 BC. Material/ Size:Calcite, H=51.4 cm. Place of Origin: Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Tomb TV62. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Location: 44

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