L'art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire depuis le VIIe siecle jusqu' le fin du XVIIIe siècle

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Artist/Maker	Lemercier (printers) Joseph-Philibert Girault De Prangey (artist)
Place of origin	Paris (printed)

Lithograph, with one tint stone, entitled 'Mosque Et Tombeau D'El Ghoury', depicting the mosque and tomb of Sultan Qansuh al Ghawri in Cairo. Lettered with 'Art Arabe. Girault de Prangey, Lith. par Fichot, Imp. par Lemercier & Cie'. Also lettered with title and '(XVIe. Sicle.) Vve.A.Morel & Ci., Libraires. Ordre de publication No.27'.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Lithograph
Titles	L'art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire depuis le VIIe siecle jusqu' le fin du XVIIIe siècle (series title) Mosque Et Tombeau D'El Ghoury (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Lithograph, with one tint stone Paper Printing Lithography
Brief description	Lithograph by Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey entitled 'Mosque Et Tombeau D'El Ghoury', a plate from a set of 67 in Vol.1 of A.C. Prisse d'Avennes', 'L'art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire depuis le VIIe siecle jusqu' le fin du XVIIIe siècle'. Printed in Paris, 1869-1877.
Physical description	Lithograph, with one tint stone, entitled 'Mosque Et Tombeau D'El Ghoury', depicting the mosque and tomb of Sultan Qansuh al Ghawri in Cairo. Lettered with 'Art Arabe. Girault de Prangey, Lith. par Fichot, Imp. par Lemercier & Cie'. Also lettered with title and '(XVIe. Sicle.) Vve.A.Morel & Ci., Libraires. Ordre de publication No.27'.
Dimensions	Height: 40.5cm Width: 27.7cm 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
Production	Version of plate first appeared in de Prangey, 'Monuments Arabes D'Egypte...', Paris, 1846. For other plates from 'L'Art Arabe', see A.C.Prisse d'Avennes, SP.479-482.
Subjects depicted	Mosques Tombs
Places depicted	Cairo Egypt
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	SP.465

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Record created	July 1, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1106665/lart-arabe-daprès-les-monuments-lithograph-joseph-philibert-girault/

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