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Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypte

Print
1802 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etchings depicting two portraits, the first of a sheik wearing a large cloak and seated cross legged on the ground, and the second of an Egyptian barber grooming a man's beard. Signed 'Malbeste aqua forti', lettered with title and 'Malbeste Sculp.'. Numbered '1. 2.'.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypte (series title)
  • 1. Un Cheykh. 2. Barbier Egyptien (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Two etchings by Malbeste on one sheet, entitled '1. Un Cheykh' and '2. Barbier Egyptien', 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
Etchings depicting two portraits, the first of a sheik wearing a large cloak and seated cross legged on the ground, and the second of an Egyptian barber grooming a man's beard. Signed 'Malbeste aqua forti', lettered with title and 'Malbeste Sculp.'. Numbered '1. 2.'.
Dimensions
  • Trimmed to height: 46cm
  • Width: 25cm
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.204:18

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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