Sketches In Egypt

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Artist/Maker	Dickinson (publishers) Pilleau (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (published)

Lithograph with one tint stone, coloured by hand, depicting a view in Egypt. Plates lettered with title and, variously, 'H. Pilleau Delt.', 'Dickinson & Son Lith.'.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Print
Titles	Sketches In Egypt (series title) Temple At Medinet Abou. Thebes (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Lithograph with one tint stone, coloured by hand Paper Lithography Hand-Colouring
Brief description	Lithograph by the Dickinson Brothers depicting a temple at Luxor, after a drawing by Henry Pilleau for a volume entitled 'Sketches In Egypt', consisting of plates (11) from a set of 12, with descriptive text. Great Britain, 1845.
Physical description	Lithograph with one tint stone, coloured by hand, depicting a view in Egypt. Plates lettered with title and, variously, 'H. Pilleau Delt.', 'Dickinson & Son Lith.'.
Dimensions	Height: 55 cm Width: 37cm 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
Place depicted	Egypt
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	SP.457:8

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O513009/sketches-in-egypt-print-pilleau/

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