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Voyage De L'Asie Mineure

Print
1838 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Thierry Frères (printers)
Marquis Simon Joseph Léon Emmanuel De Laborde (author)
Ambroise Firmin-Didot (publishers)
Place of origin
Paris (printed)

Lithograph, tinted with one tint stone, depicting a view in Asia Minor from a series entitled 'Voyage De L'Asie Mineure', including title pages and frontispiece, in most cases printed as two images on a single sheet, with descriptive texts. Half bound in brown morocco. Some images signed. Most images lettered with title in French, the name of artist (in some cases the author), lithographer, and printer, and variously, 'Léon de Laborde. Asia Minor'. Many images also lettered with title in English.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Voyage De L'Asie Mineure (series title)
  • Panorama D'Héracle dans le Golfe Lamicus (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph, tinted with one tint stone
Paper
Lithography
Brief description
Lithograph from a volume by the Marquis de Laborde entitled 'Voyage De L'Asie Mineure' (159 plates), volume I of a two-part series entitled 'Voyage En Orient', engraved by various artists. Paris, 1838.
Physical description
Lithograph, tinted with one tint stone, depicting a view in Asia Minor from a series entitled 'Voyage De L'Asie Mineure', including title pages and frontispiece, in most cases printed as two images on a single sheet, with descriptive texts. Half bound in brown morocco. Some images signed. Most images lettered with title in French, the name of artist (in some cases the author), lithographer, and printer, and variously, 'Léon de Laborde. Asia Minor'. Many images also lettered with title in English.
Dimensions
  • Size of covers height: 61.1 cm
  • Width: 43cm
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
Asia Minor
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
SP.340:1

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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