Two Princesses

Davies employed precise line work to delineate the figures, using clean edges and geometric detailing such as dots and squares to enrich the textile patterns. The palette relies on strong primary hues contrasted with metallic gold, while the background is rendered with softer, less defined washes, allowing the foreground figures to dominate the visual field.

Nina M. Davies, together with her husband Norman de Garis Davies, contributed extensively to the documentation of Egyptian wall paintings during the early‑mid twentieth century. This particular piece entered the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it remains part of the museum’s holdings of Egyptian art documentation.

The work reflects the broader scholarly effort of the Davies couple to record and reproduce ancient Egyptian imagery for academic study. By creating faithful copies of original tomb and temple scenes, they provided accessible visual resources that support the interpretation of Egyptian iconography and social hierarchy.