a much higher salary) along with a French artist, Dupuy. After Hay left Egypt in 1834, Bonomi undertook tours of Syria and Palestine (with Francis Arundale and Frederick Catherwood). In 1839 he prepared illustrations for Sir John Gardiner Wilkinson's Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians. Architectural diversions No doubt influenced by his family's architectural associations, Bonomi designed the entrance to Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington, London (in collaboration with William Hosking), built in Egyptian style with hieroglyphics signifying the Abode of the Mortal Part of Man. He also designed an Egyptian facade for John Marshall's Temple Works in Leeds (opened in 1841). The latter was undertaken shortly before Bonomi returned to Egypt as part of a Prussian expedition (1842–1844) led by Karl Richard Lepsius. An 'Egyptian Spring' in Hartwell, Buckinghamshire was designed by Bonomi in 1850 for Dr John Lee of Hartwell House. Work in England On his return to England in 1844, Bonomi married Jessie Martin, daughter of artist John Martin (1789–1854). Now based in London, Bonomi's work focussed upon his knowledge of Egypt and the Middle East and included cataloguing and illustrating many Egyptian collections (including that of Samuel Birch); he also set up with Owen Jones the Egyptian Court at The Crystal Palace, when it was rebuilt at Sydenham in 1854, and helped to arrange the Egyptian exhibits in the British Museum in London. He published Nineveh and its Palaces and works on Egypt, Nubia, and Ethiopia, illustrated with his own drawings. From 1861, Bonomi was Curator of the Sir John Soane's Museum in central London and retained this post until death. With his brother Ignatius, he built a house, The Camels, at Wimbledon in south-west London. He also invented a machine for measuring the proportions of the human body, and wrote a treatise, The Proportion of the Human Figure published in 1856. Later life He died at The Camels in Wimbledon on 3 March 1878 and was buried in Brompton Cemetery. Family He married Jessie Martin (6 April 1825 – 10 September 1859), daughter of the artist John Martin. They had twelve children, the first four of which died in April 1852 of whooping cough within a few weeks of each other. The family grave in Brompton Cemetery (originally created for the infant deaths but later accommodating Bonomi and his wife) is abnormally plain for a sculptor of his skill. Sculptural works Bonomi exhibited