Description De L'Egypte, Histoire Naturelle, Planches, Vol.1

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Artist/Maker	Marie Jules César Lelorgne De Savigny (editor)
Place of origin	France (printed)

Etching from Volume I of 'Description De L'Egypte, Histoire Naturelle, Planches'. Each plate lettered variously 'H.N. Zoologie Oiseaux. par J.C.Savigny', or 'H.N. Zoologie. Reptiles. (Supplément) par J:Cs.Savigny', and with names of artists. Some plates lettered with title. Each plate numbered with plate number, and most plates numbered '2' beneath artists' names.

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Categories	Animals and Wildlife Prints
Object type	Print
Title	Description De L'Egypte, Histoire Naturelle, Planches, Vol.1 (series title)
Materials and techniques	Etching Paper Etching Printing
Brief description	Etching from 'Description De L'Egypte, Histoire Naturelle, Planches, Vol.1', by Jules César Savigny, drawn and engraved by various artists. Paris, 1809-1813.
Physical description	Etching from Volume I of 'Description De L'Egypte, Histoire Naturelle, Planches'. Each plate lettered variously 'H.N. Zoologie Oiseaux. par J.C.Savigny', or 'H.N. Zoologie. Reptiles. (Supplément) par J:Cs.Savigny', and with names of artists. Some plates lettered with title. Each plate numbered with plate number, and most plates numbered '2' beneath artists' names.
Dimensions	Size of covers height: 71.4 cm Width: 52.6 cm 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
Subjects depicted	Natural Zoology
Place depicted	Egypt
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	SP.539:9

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O512633/description-de-legypte-histoire-naturelle-print-marie-jules-césar/

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