Comments on: Wilbour: One Man’s Obsession with Egypt

By: Deirdre

Deirdre — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:06:49 +0000

Yes indeed lots of information and so little time to see and visit such wonderful places. Both Wilbour and William Henry Goodyear (Brooklyn Museum’s First Curator of Fine Arts)travelled extensively and documented what they saw in words and images. Check out Goodyear’s collection of images of Egypt:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brooklyn_museum/sets/72157605038624179/?page=2

By: dykning egypten

dykning egypten — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:00:15 +0000

There is alot of touristinformation out there about Egypt, such as where to go diving in Egypt and alot of other things. Just so much information and so little time :)

By: Brooklyn Museum: Community: bloggers@brooklynmuseum » Wilbour in Egypt: The Maiden Voyage of The Seven Hathors

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:23:00 +0000

[…] her introductory blog Deirdre discussed Charles Edwin Wilbour, the American Egyptologist whose collections form the […]

By: Deirdre

Deirdre — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:49:38 +0000

Indeed Blashfield is an American painter and illustrator who is well represented in the Brooklyn Museum collection. You can search under his name under Collections in American Art and find several images. In addition to books and files on Blashfield, the Museum Library holds several of his diaries that contain wonderful sketches documenting the people and places he encountered during his travels in Egypt and Europe.

By: Clem Labine

Clem Labine — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:15:50 +0000

It’s so interesting to see the name of Edwin Blashfield pop up in connection with Egyptology. Those of us interested in classical architecture know Blashfield as one of the greatest muralists this country has produced. It’s fascinating to learn about Blashfield in an entirely different context: As a companion to Wilbour on these Nile excursions.

By: Dr. John M. Lundquist

Dr. John M. Lundquist — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:42:26 +0000

I want to thank Deirdre Lawrence so much, along with her associates at the Brooklyn Museum library, for the delightful afternoon on March 6, when I gave the presentation that Deirdre describes in her blog entry.
The Wilbour Library of Egyptology is probably the world’s greatest, premier library collection relating to ancient
Egypt. It is one of New York City’s greatest treasures. It was such a great honor for me to be invited to lecture there.
My lecture dealt with ancient Egyptian funerary, after-life beliefs and practices, and was illustrated from the thousands of 19th century Egyptological prints and photographs from the New York Public Library Website Digital Gallery, at http://www.nypl.org.
As Deirdre mentions, the Brooklyn Museum Library–Wilbour Library of Egyptology hold the greatest majority of these 19th century treasures of the then-developing field of Egyptological exploration, and many of them were displayed at the time of the lecture for the attendees to see and admire. Among others, Deirdre brought out a volume of Wilbour’s own personal set of Lepsius’ “Denkmaler” for examination. It was a very memorable day!
I want to encourage everyone who has interests in the field of Egyptology to get to know the riches of the Wilbour Library of Egyptology, to visit, and to experience the excellent and highly professional service that all visitors and library users will receive there.