she studied music,and in 1926 started to teach herself drawing for archaeology
Egypt
Alan Henderson Gardiner (ed.) Sethos 1. The Temple of King Sethos I at Abydos, Vol. I: The Chapels of Osiris, Isis and Horus Copied by Amice M. Calverley, w. assistance of Myrtle F. Broome (1933); Sethos 2. The Temple of King Sethos I at Abydos, Vol. II: The Chapels of Amen-Re', Re'-Harakhti, Ptah, and King Sethos Copied by Amice M. Calverley, w. the assistance of Myrtle F. Broome; Sethos 3. The Temple of King Sethos I at Abydos, Vol. III: The Osiris Complex Copied by Amice M. Calverley, with the assistance of Myrtle F. Broome; Sethos 4. The Temple of King Sethos I at Abydos, Vol. IV: The Second Hypostyle Hall Copied by Amice M. Calverley, w. the assistance of Myrtle F. Broome (1958).
involved with the Egyptian Exploration Society since 1927
-> Myrtle F. Broome
archaeological drawing, watercolour, and photography
Janet Leveson Gover: Amice Mary Calverley, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 45 (1959): 85–87; Excavating Egypt. Watercolours: Archaeology or Art, Egypt Exploration Society, 2015: 15-16 ;
A. M. C. was hired by the Egyptian Exploration Society in 1928 for a project to record the decoration in the temple of King Sethos I at Abydos. Calverley's draughtsmanship was instrumental in allowing an ambitious publication to be realised. In 1929, Broome was hired as Amice M. Calverley's assistant. During eight seasons at the Temple, the two women were responsible for all the paintings and replications, with the help of a small staff of artists. Besides using large photographs to record the reliefs, the artists penciled over lines and inscriptions for a completely accurate rendering. Broome & Calverley also used watercolor paintings to provide color to the reproductions, because only black and white photography was available at the time. 4 volumes with coloured plates were published by the University of Chicago 1933-1958. Cf. also Amice Calverley recordings of Cretan and Egyptian music.
Further Places of Activity: Greece and Canada.
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