Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph Print of Elethyia

1809 A.D.

51 1/4 x 26 1/2 in. (360 grams, 130.5 x 87 cm).

Charlin - El Kab (Elethyia) - Bas-relief sculpté sur l'une des faces de la grotte principale - Proof etching on laid paper of plate 68 from La Description de l’Égypte (first volume) with later backing sheet.

Provenance

From the collection of a North American priest.
Acquired between 1981-1996.
Property of a North American collector.

Footnotes

Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte; published between 1809 and 1828. Just 1,000 copies were distributed to various institutions, printed on on laid paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark. The book is subtitled Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’Armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l’Empereur Napoléon le Grand (Gathering of observations and discoveries which were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French army, published on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great). It was the world's first encyclopaedia devoted exclusively to the remains of ancient Egypt. The image depicts wall-carvings from the main chamber.

CONDITION

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