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Visite Au Canal D'Amrou

Print
1847 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lithograph, tinted with one tint stone, depicting a caravan of camels made on a tour of the Mediterranean.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleVisite Au Canal D'Amrou (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph, tinted with one tint stone
Brief description
Lithograph after a drawing by André Louis de Sinety from the plate volume to Antoine de Latour, 'Voyage de S.A.R. Monseigneur le Duc de Montpensier, Tunis, en Egypte, en Turquie et en Grece'. Paris, 1847.
Physical description
Lithograph, tinted with one tint stone, depicting a caravan of camels made on a tour of the Mediterranean.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.4 cm
  • Width: 38.5cm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Bibliographic reference
André Louis de Sinety was a French naval officer, second in command of the ship 'Gomer', in which the Duc de Montpensier was touring the Mediterranean. Sinety produced sketches of the journey, later lithographed for the publication of these prints.
Collection
Accession number
SP.559

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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