Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypte
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1802 (published)
1802 (published)
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Etching, engraving, and brown wash depicting a portrait of a seated man with two children. One of the children is climbing on his shoulder and the other is in the shadows behind him. The man is smoking a long pipe with a pot of coffee brewing to one side. There is also a cat stretching at his feet. On the back, rough pencil sketches. Lettered 'Denon Del., Coiny Sculp.', numbered 4 and inscribed on the back in pencil with calculations.
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| Materials and techniques | Etching, engraving, and brown wash |
| Brief description | Etching and engraving by Coiny entitled 'Portrait of a turbaned man with two children', from a volume of 20 plates after drawings by Baron Dominique Vivant Denon, entitled 'Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypte'. Paris, 1802. |
| Physical description | Etching, engraving, and brown wash depicting a portrait of a seated man with two children. One of the children is climbing on his shoulder and the other is in the shadows behind him. The man is smoking a long pipe with a pot of coffee brewing to one side. There is also a cat stretching at his feet. On the back, rough pencil sketches. Lettered 'Denon Del., Coiny Sculp.', numbered 4 and inscribed on the back in pencil with calculations. |
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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.204:19 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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