Voyage De La Syrie

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Artist/Maker	Letronne (printers) Marquis Simon Joseph Léon Emmanuel De Laborde (artist) Ambroise Firmin-Didot (publishers)
Place of origin	Paris (printed)

Lithograph, tinted with one tint stone, depicting a view in the Middle East from a series entitled 'Voyage De La Syrie', including title pages and frontispiece, in most cases printed as two images on a single sheet, with descriptive texts. Half bound in brown morocco. Most images lettered with title in French, with names of original artist (in many cases the author), lithographer, and printer, and variously Léon de Laborde. Syria. Many images also lettered with title in English.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Print
Title	Voyage De La Syrie (series title)
Materials and techniques	Lithograph, tinted with one tint stone Paper Lithography
Brief description	Lithograph after a drawing by the Marquis de Laborde from Volume II, 'Voyage De La Syrie' (206 plates), 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 the Middle East from a series entitled 'Voyage De La Syrie', including title pages and frontispiece, in most cases printed as two images on a single sheet, with descriptive texts. Half bound in brown morocco. Most images lettered with title in French, with names of original artist (in many cases the author), lithographer, and printer, and variously Léon de Laborde. Syria. Many images also lettered with title in English.
Dimensions	Size of covers height: 61.2cm Width: 43.1cm 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
Places depicted	Middle East Syria Lebanon
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	SP.341:75

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O514185/voyage-de-la-syrie-print-marquis-simon-joseph/

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