Lawrence E. Steele Collection
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Lawrence E. Steele Collection
Date
1895-1914
Description
Lawrence E. Steele (1855-1945) was Vice President of the RDS and a passionate Egyptologist. He served as Secretary of the Egypt Exploration Fund and travelled extensively around Egypt. On his death, he bequeathed his collection of glass slides to the RDS Library & Archives. This collection comprises over 1500 glass slides depicting scenes of Egypt in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including images of temples, tombs, statues and landscapes. There are also drawings and maps collected from books in the collection. Steele used the glass slides to educate the people of Ireland, as he travelled around the island delivering lectures on Egypt. Steele's collection of books on Egyptology is available to browse via the RDS online library catalogue.
The Lawrence E. Steele Collection digitisation and cataloguing project has been funded through the generosity of Deirdre and Neil Naughton, and the Heritage Council's Community Heritage Grant Scheme 2025.
Archaeology scrapbook
Archaeology notebook
Newspaper cuttings
Diary of Second Visit to Egypt No. 1
Diary of Second Visit to Egypt No. 2
Diary of Second Visit to Egypt No. 3
Diary of Second Visit to Egypt No. 4
Diary of Third Visit to Egypt
Diary of Fourth Visit to Egypt No. 1
Diary of Fourth Visit to Egypt No. 2
Notes regarding Charles C. Coffin's "Our New Way Around the World"
A Winter's Day Ride in Egypt, first draft
A Winter's Day Ride in Egypt, second draft
An Old Egyptian Traveller: the Story of Herkhuf
The Story of Two Statues
List of Robert Murray's photographs, taken by Flinders Petrie Esq.
Letter from W. M. Flinders Petrie
Letter from W. M. Flinders Petrie
Letter from W. M. Flinders Petrie
Chamber of Amon
Relief of King Ramesses III
Statues of Ramesses II
The chair of Princess Sitamun
Statue lying face-down
Relief carving
Bust of Khonsu
Colonnade of Amenhotep III
Stone structures with hieroglyphs
Colonnade of Amenhotep III
Seventh pylon at the Karnak Temple Complex
Karnak Temple Complex
Small island on the Nile
Columns at the Karnak Temple Complex
Stone wall
Karnak Temple Complex
Karnak Temple Complex
Bust of Akenhaten
Temple of Venus
Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek
Acropolis at Baalbek
Temple of Jupiter
Trilithon of Baalbek
Temple of Bacchus
Temple of Jupiter
Circular exedra
Valley of the Kings
Valley of the Kings
Road through desert
Statues in a museum
Wall carving
Tomb of Ramose wall painting
Tomb of Ramose wall carving
Family tree 
Relief portrait
Basket
Scarab with hieroglyphs
Relief portrait
Relief of half of face
Relief of Akhenaten
Bas-relief of Bintanath
Statue of Nefertari
Bust of Meritaton
Mural from Tell el-Amarna
Plan of craft studio complex
Amarna King statue
Head of statue of Queen Thyi
Mummy
Throne of Tutankhamun
Two statues of pharaohs
Bust of Hatshepsut
Drawing of Temple of Amenhotep IV wall carving
Temple of Amenhotep IV wall carving
Temple of Amenhotep IV wall carving
Cliff and sea
Cliff and sea
Cliff and sea
Desert hill
Temple doorway
Temple
Bust of Amenhotep III
Arches at Qasr Imbrim
Stone structure beside the sea
Temple on cliff edge
Map of the Nile
Temple of Khonsu
Temple of Khonsu
Wall painting
Great Temple of Ramesses at Abu Simbel
Great Temple of Ramesses at Abu Simbel
Falcon statues
Structure with hieroglyphs
Structure with designs
Sudan Government Radio train
Temple of Nefertari
Desert and pyramids
Statues at the Great Temple of Ramesses II
Sea and cliff
Kiosk of Taharqa
Two stone podiums
Group of people walking on structureCollection Tree
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