Voyages Au Soudan Oriental Et Dans L'Afrique Septentrionale
Print
1863 (published)
1863 (published)
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Volume of plates entitled 'Voyages Au Soudan Oriental Et Dans L'Afrique Septentrionale', (56 from a set of 57) and maps (4) after drawings and photographs made in 1847-54. Plates 36, 38, 44, 46, 47, 50, 52, 55 and 56 with accompanying original calotype photographs (9) laid down under lithographs. Quarter bound in brown morocco. Each plate numbered. Most plates lettered with 'Voyage Au Soudan Oriental', title of individual plate, name of original artist, name of lithographer and of lithographic firm responsible for plate.
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| Materials and techniques | Lithograph, uncoloured, with tint-stones, coloured by hand, or printed in colour. |
| Brief description | Lithograph depicting a squirrel with fruit from the Baobab tree, from a volume of plates (56 from a set of 57) and maps (4) after drawings and photographs made in 1847-54 by Pierre Tremaux entitled 'Voyages Au Soudan Oriental Et Dans L'Afrique Septentrionale'. Published in Paris, 1863. |
| Physical description | Volume of plates entitled 'Voyages Au Soudan Oriental Et Dans L'Afrique Septentrionale', (56 from a set of 57) and maps (4) after drawings and photographs made in 1847-54. Plates 36, 38, 44, 46, 47, 50, 52, 55 and 56 with accompanying original calotype photographs (9) laid down under lithographs. Quarter bound in brown morocco. Each plate numbered. Most plates lettered with 'Voyage Au Soudan Oriental', title of individual plate, name of original artist, name of lithographer and of lithographic firm responsible for plate. |
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| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
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| Accession number | SP.585:25 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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