Annie Abernethie Pirie Quibell
Annie Abernethy Pirie Quibell (1862–1927) was a Scottish artist and archaeologist.
Early life and education
Annie Abernethy Pirie Quibell was born in 1862 in Scotland. Her father was minister and Principal at the University of Aberdeen. As a young woman, she originally trained as an artist and her work was exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy.[1]
She was one of
Career
In 1895, Pirie was chosen by Petrie to join his field team in Egypt at Saqqara and the Ramesseum, Thebes. She went to work as a copyist with another artist Rosalind Frances Emily Paget. At Saqqara they worked in the Fifth Dynasty tomb of Ptahhotep.[2]
She was a part of the excavation team at
Quibell and her husband curated the Egyptian exhibit for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.[8]
Annie Quibell was also an author, as well as an artist. Her first publication was an English translation of the Guide to the
Death and legacy
Annie Pirie Quibell died in England in 1927[4] of leukaemia, when she was 65 years old.[1][2] Her husband and her friends were shocked by this death, and he never fully recovered.[2] Annie's archaeological drawings are still used by researchers and students, and can be viewed at the Ancient Egypt Rediscovered Gallery[13] of the National Museum of Scotland.
Published works
- Maspero, Gaston C. C, James E. Quibell, and Annie A. Quibell. Guide to the Cairo Museum. Cairo: Printing Office of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology, 1910.
- Quibell, Annie A. The Pyramids of Giza. Cairo: CMS Bookshop, 1915.
- Quibell, Annie A. P. Some Notes on Egyptian History & Art: With Reference to the Collections in Cairo Museum. Cairo: C.M.S. Bookshop, 1919.
- Quibell, Annie A. P. Egyptian History and Art: With Reference to Museum Collections. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1923.
- Quibell, Annie A. P. A Wayfarer in Egypt. London: Methuen, 1939.
References
- ^ a b Annie Pirie Quibell, TrowellBlazers, Retrieved 30 April 2016
- ^ a b c Young, Lee (February 2014). "Annie Abernathie Quibell". Ancient Egypt. 14:4 (82): 16–23.
- ^ a b "Excavation illustrations by Annie Pirie Quibell". National Museums Scotland. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ a b Bierbrier, M. L. Who Was Who in Egyptology (London: EES, 2012), pp. 450
- ^ Quibell, James E. (1907). Excavations at Saqqara. Le Caire: Institut français d'archéologie orientale.
- ^ Quibell, James E; Spiegelberg, Wilhelm; Paget, R F. E.; Pirie, A A.; Griffith, F L. (1898). The Ramesseum. London: B. Quaritch.
- ^ Quibell, James E; Petrie, W M. F. (1900). Hierakonpolis: Part I. London: Bernard Quaritch.
- ^ "World's Fair Department of Anthropology". The St. Louis Republic. 6 March 1904. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ Maspero, Gaston (1910). Guide to the Cairo Museum. Translated by Quibell, James; Quibell, Annie P. Cairo: Printing Office of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology.
- ^ Quibell, Annie A. (1915). The Pyramids of Giza. Cairo: CMS Bookshop.
- ^ Quibell, Annie A. (1925). The Tombs of Sakkara (2nd ed.). Cairo: CMS Bookshop.
- ^ Thornton, Amara (24 May 2014). "The Wayfarer: Annie Pirie Quibell". Reading Room Notes. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- ^ "Ancient Egyptian Gallery Tour". Archived from the original on 20 May 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2021.