drawing;
print study
- Museum number
- 1836,0109.105
- Description
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Cataractes du Nil, one of three studies for Plate 69 of the artist's 'Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte, pendant les campagnes du Général Bonaparte', 1802; view on the river Nile, with small cataracts or cascades, the view interspersed with rocky peaks and palm trees
Pen and grey ink, with grey wash
- Production date
- 1802 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 78 millimetres
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Width: 173 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Engraved by Jérôme Paris.
There is no copy of Denon's 'Voyage...' in the Department. The B.L. copy is at 458.h.12.
The minutes of the Trustees' meeting on 12th December, 1835, record that "two or three" of the drawings were missing when the group was offered to the Museum.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte
- Acquisition date
- 1836
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1836,0109.105
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: CC,04.105