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Les Puits de Birsabé (Désert d'Hébron)

Lithograph
ca. 1851 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lithograph, tinted with one tint stone, entitled 'Les Puits de Birsabé', depicting a caravan of travellers in the Hebron desert, resting.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleLes Puits de Birsabé (Désert d'Hébron) (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph, tinted with one tint stone
Brief description
Lithograph by Nanteuil, after a drawing by Charles Louis Frédy Coubertin entitled 'Les Puits de Birsabé (Désert d'Hébron)', plate 158 from the series 'Les Artistes anciens et modernes'. Printed in Paris, ca. 1851.
Physical description
Lithograph, tinted with one tint stone, entitled 'Les Puits de Birsabé', depicting a caravan of travellers in the Hebron desert, resting.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.9 cm
  • Width: 25.6cm
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
Production
Coubertin exhibited 'Halte des caravanes aux puits de Szabéa (Birzabé) dans le désert au sud d'Hébron' at the Salon in 1851.
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Collection
Accession number
SP.178

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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