Portrait of Ibrahim Bey, an Egyptian Lady of Rank, and a Female Water Carrier and Child

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Artist/Maker	Dominique Vivant Denon (artist) John Chapman (engraver)
Place of origin	Britain (published)

Etching, stipple and roulette, coloured by hand depicting a portrait of Ibrahim Bey flanked by two women and a child. Lettered 'Denon del. J.Chapman sc.' and 'London Published as the Act directs July 7t.h 1804 by J.Wilkes'.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Stipple engraving
Title	Portrait of Ibrahim Bey, an Egyptian Lady of Rank, and a Female Water Carrier and Child (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Etching, stipple and roulette, coloured by hand Paper Etching Printing
Brief description	Etching, stipple and roulette, coloured by hand, engraved by John Chapman after a drawing by Baron Dominique Vivant Denon, entitled 'Portrait of Ibrahim Bey, an Egyptian Lady of Rank, and a Female Water Carrier and Child'. Published in Britain, 1804.
Physical description	Etching, stipple and roulette, coloured by hand depicting a portrait of Ibrahim Bey flanked by two women and a child. Lettered 'Denon del. J.Chapman sc.' and 'London Published as the Act directs July 7t.h 1804 by J.Wilkes'.
Dimensions	Trimmed to height: 23.6 cm Width: 18.8cm 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
Subject depicted	Portraits
Place depicted	Egypt
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	SP.208

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Record created	July 1, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1107242/portrait-of-ibrahim-bey-an-stipple-engraving-dominique-vivant-denon/

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