Lot 422

OF GARNET WOLSELEY (1ST VISCOUNT WOLSELEY) INTEREST
FRAMED PIECE OF MUMMY CLOTH, DATED 1882

Auction: 27 February 2019 at 10:00 GMT
£938
Description
in a giltwood and shadow box frame, the section of cloth fixed above the handwritten inscription 'This piece of cloth was taken from inside the mummy of the pharoh [sic] who was Moses' friend and protector. It was given to me by the curator of the British Museum by order of the Khedive, October 1882, Cairo', and signed Wolseley General
Dimensions
Shadowbox frame 21cm x 18.5cm
Footnote
Provenance: An English Collection of Works of Art
