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Souvenirs D'Egypte

Print
1851 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lithograph, tinted with one tint stone, with additional colouring by hand, depicting a Coptic writer. Half bound in red morocco, in a modern portfolio. Each plate (apart from title page) lettered with title in French, Arabic and English, artists' names, and variously, 'Egypte. Imp. Lemercier, Paris', R'.Colas, Bibliographie Générale du Costume et de la Mode, 2 vols, Paris, 1933', and dated ca. 1850.



Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Souvenirs D'Egypte (series title)
  • Copte (écrivain) (assigned by artist)
  • A Copt writer (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph
Brief description
Hand coloured lithograph entitled 'Copte (écrivain)' by Alexandre Bida from 'Souvenirs D'Egypte', a volume of plates (25) including title-page, with descriptive text. Published in Paris, ca. 1851.
Physical description
Lithograph, tinted with one tint stone, with additional colouring by hand, depicting a Coptic writer. Half bound in red morocco, in a modern portfolio. Each plate (apart from title page) lettered with title in French, Arabic and English, artists' names, and variously, 'Egypte. Imp. Lemercier, Paris', R'.Colas, Bibliographie Générale du Costume et de la Mode, 2 vols, Paris, 1933', and dated ca. 1850.

Dimensions
  • Size of covers height: 57.3 cm
  • Width: 38.9 cm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Marks and inscriptions
Alex. Bida (Signed)
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
Bibliographic reference
A Copt is a member of the Coptic Church, the native Christian church in Egypt, governed by a patriarch and characterized by an adherence to Monophysitism and the use of the Coptic language in its liturgy.
Collection
Accession number
SP.101:18

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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