Art, Symbol & Imagination
Winged Isis: Protective Statuette
A standing Isis wears a disc between curved horns and lowers broad wings beside her body. The slight angle of the photograph gives the wing surfaces depth beneath the clear silhouette of the headdress. The book describes the wings as protecting Horus, although no separate child figure appears in this view. W. A. Mansell and Co. are credited for the photograph.
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Ancient Egyptian makers (unrecorded); historical photographs. "Winged Isis: Protective Statuette" [editorial title]. In Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt, Lewis Spence. September 1923 Harrap reprint; first published August 1913, 1923, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Source scan leaf 123. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/egypt-object-123
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Historical photograph of an ancient object; printed caption reviewed. Ancient maker unrecorded. Photographer credit recorded individually where printed. Orientation corrected where necessary; no retouching or reconstructed detail.
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Ancient Egyptian makers (unrecorded); historical photographs. Winged Isis: Protective Statuette. Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt. Scan leaf 123. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/egypt-object-123