This illustration from Walters manuscript W.666 depicts the story of a Muslim boy who fell in love with a Christian girl. Unable to unite with her, he dies of grief. His friend delivers the bad news to her, and she converts to Islam in the hopes of being united with her Muslim lover in heaven.
This set of canopic jars was made to contain the internal organs removed from the body during the mummification process. The four sons of the god Horus were believed to protect these organs. The jackal-headed Duamutef protected the stomach; the falcon-headed Qebehsenuef, the intestines; the baboon-headed Hapi, the lungs; and human-headed Imsety, the liver.
Partridge, an English-born artist, painted portrait miniatures in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from 1817 to 1822. He may also have been active in Providence, Rhode Island.This drawing, showing a fashionably dressed couple seated in a parlor, is dated August, 1817.