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Egyptian Sketches

Print
1799 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hand-coloured etching depicting a Coptic inaugration, from a series entitled 'Egyptian Sketches'. Each plate lettered with title, publication date, and publisher's name and address.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Egyptian Sketches (assigned by artist)
  • "Praetor Urbanus;" Inauguration of the Coptic Mayor of Cairo, preceded by the Procureur de la Commune. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured etching
Brief description
Hand-coloured etching by James Gillray depicting the inauguration of the Coptic Mayor of Cairo, from a series of 7 plates entitled 'Egyptian Sketches', published by H. Humphrey. Great Britain, 1799.
Physical description
Hand-coloured etching depicting a Coptic inaugration, from a series entitled 'Egyptian Sketches'. Each plate lettered with title, publication date, and publisher's name and address.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.4 cm
  • Width: 37.6cm
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
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
SP.294:4

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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