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print
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newspaper/periodical
Object Type
print
newspaper/periodical
Museum number
1946,0627.19
Title
Object:
Giovanni Batista Belzoni
Description
Portrait of Giovanni Baptista Belzoni, half-length, slightly turned to the left, dressed in Oriental dress of a long coat over a jellabiya with a large turban on his head with his beard stretching to his chest, illustration to an unknown magazine Stipple
Producer name
Print made by:
James Thompson
School/style
British
Production date
1815-1822
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
stipple
Dimensions
Height:
174 millimetres
(sheet)
Width:
124 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
explorer
archaeologist
acrobat/street-performer
Associated names
Portrait of:
Giovanni Battista Belzoni
Associated places
Associated with:
British Museum
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Lilian Trench
Acquisition date
1946
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1946,0627.19