drawing;
print study
- Museum number
- 1836,0109.107
- Description
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Vue de l'isle de Philae de l'Est à l'Ouest, one of three studies for Plate 71 of the artist's 'Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte, pendant les campagnes du Général Bonaparte', 1802; the island with its temple ruins viewed from the river Nile, from the E to the W, a rocky bank to right
Pen and black ink, with grey wash
- Production date
- 1802 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 106 millimetres
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Width: 214 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Engraved by Claude François Fortier.
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
- 1836,0109.107
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: CC,04.107