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

Stipple Engraving
1804 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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'.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitlePortrait 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
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
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
SP.208

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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