Mummies/ Belzoni exhibition poster (poster)
A poster printed on now yellowed paper, in black ink. It was folded twice and now is in a frame.
It reads:
The Nobitilty and Gentry, Visiters and Inhabitiants of BATH and its Vicinity, are respectfully informed, that TWO EGYPTIAN MUMMIES, A MALE AND FEMALE, In the highest State of Preservation, with various other Relics, BROUGHT TO THIS COUNTRY BY MR. Belzoni,
The celebrated Traveller, are now open for Exhibition at 10, New Bond-Street.
The MUMMIES are of the first Class: the Inspection of them it is presumed must
be highly satisfactory to every Person, as exhibiting two distinct Specimens; the
Bandages of the Male having been entirely removed from the Body, which is prefect,
while the mode of applying them is beautifully illustrated in the Envelope of the Female.
The CASES are covered with Hieroglyphics, enriched with Ornaments most
elaborately executed ; the Interiors containing the Histories of the Lives of their very
ancient Occupiers, in Egyptian Characters, as fresh as when inscribed by the Hand of
the Artist, after a Lapse of probably
THREE THOUSAND YEARS.
"Perchance that very Hand, now pinioned flat,
"Has hob-a-nob'd with pharaoh glass to glass,
"Or dropp'd a halfpenny in Homer's hat,
"Or doff'd its own to let Queen Dido pass,
"Or held, by Solomon's own invitation,
"A torch at the great Temple's dedication."
AMONG THE OTHER RELICS WILL BE FOUND
A MUMMY OF THE IBIS,
THE SACRED BIRD OF EGYPT;
An urn with Intestines from Elei; an inscription on the far-famed Paper of Egypt (the
Papyrus); a massive Fragment of Granite with Hieroglyphics from Memphis; a variety of Idols in
Stone, Clay and Wood, from the Tombs of the Kings in the Valley of Beban-el-Malook, and the
Ruins at Carnac; Urns, Vessels of Libation, Bronzes, Coins, &c. &c.
N.B. A few EGYPTIAN and other ANTIQUITIES for SALE.
Admittance, One Shilling each.
PURCHASERS WILL BE ALWAYS RE-ADMISSIBLE.
A DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT of this COLLECTION will be published in a few Days.
WOOD and CO. Printers of the Bath and Cheltenham Gazette, UNION-STREET, BATH.
