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Seminar: Egyptologist Robert Hay (1799–1863) and Friends in Egypt
Robert Hay was born in Duns Castle, Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders, and first visited Alexandria in 1818. In November 1824 he set off for Egypt again to record inscriptions and make architectural plans of all the major monuments there. Hay stayed in Egypt until 1828 and lived there again from 1829 to 1834. With a wide circle of interesting friends, he employed many now famous artists and was a fine water-colourist himself.
