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Oriental Album- Characters, Costumes, And Modes Of Life, In The Valley Of The Nile

Print
1848 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lithograph with one tint stone, coloured by hand, depicting various peoples in the valley of the Nile, with descriptive text by James Augustus St. John, and wood engravings dedicated to the botanist and traveller George Lloyd. Publisher's portfolio, spine and decorated label in purple morocco. Each plate lettered, variously, On Stone By [and name of lithographer]. Some plates lettered with title and, variously, ‘Drawn by E. Prisse Esqre’, ‘Printd. by Lemercier, Paris’, ‘James Madden – London’, or ‘Madden & Malcolm London & Paris’.

Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Oriental Album- Characters, Costumes, And Modes Of Life, In The Valley Of The Nile (series title)
  • Female Of The Middle Class Drawing Water From The Nile (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph with one tint stone, coloured by hand
Brief description
Lithograph depicting a woman carrying a vessel of water, after a drawing by Émile Prisse D'Avennes from a volume entitled 'Oriental Album- Characters, Costumes, And Modes Of Life, In The Valley Of The Nile', consisting of plates (32), printed in London and Paris. French School, 1848.
Physical description
Lithograph with one tint stone, coloured by hand, depicting various peoples in the valley of the Nile, with descriptive text by James Augustus St. John, and wood engravings dedicated to the botanist and traveller George Lloyd. Publisher's portfolio, spine and decorated label in purple morocco. Each plate lettered, variously, On Stone By [and name of lithographer]. Some plates lettered with title and, variously, ‘Drawn by E. Prisse Esqre’, ‘Printd. by Lemercier, Paris’, ‘James Madden – London’, or ‘Madden & Malcolm London & Paris’.
Dimensions
  • Size of covers height: 50.5 cm
  • Width: 47.1cm
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.483:16

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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