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Album De Douze Planches Extrait du voyage d'Egypte Fait Par Albert Bertin

Print
1831-2 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lithograph, coloured by hand, depicting a Nubian ruin in Egypt. Each plate lettered with title, and lithographer's details.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Album De Douze Planches Extrait du voyage d'Egypte Fait Par Albert Bertin (series title)
  • Vue De Ruine En Nubie (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph, coloured by hand
Brief description
Lithograph depicting a ruin in Nubia from a volume of plates (12) by Albert Henri Bertin entitled 'Album De Douze Planches Extrait du voyage d'Egypte Fait Par Albert Bertin', with a descriptive text, in publisher's wrappers and modern portfolio. French School, ca. 1831-2.
Physical description
Lithograph, coloured by hand, depicting a Nubian ruin in Egypt. Each plate lettered with title, and lithographer's details.
Dimensions
  • Size of covers height: 49.5 cm
  • Width: 33.9 cm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Marks and inscriptions
'Lith. de Benard, rue de l'Abbaye No.4.' or 'Lith. de Benard' (Lettered)
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Production
According to information on the front cover, the volume was lithographed by Bertin's friends in his memory. Bertin died in Rome aged 29.
Subject depicted
Places depicted
Collection
Accession number
SP.97:13

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Record createdJanuary 21, 2013
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