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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1948,1125.6
Title
Object:
City of Rosetta
Series:
Views in Egypt, Palestine and other parts of the Ottoman Empire
Description
Plate 22 in volume I: five women in blue robes carrying white cloths in the centre, men with turbans rowing and sailing boats behind the women, many sailing boats moored at a bank in the left background; after Mayer. 1801-1803 Hand-coloured aquatint with etching
Producer name
After:
Luigi Mayer
Print made by:
Thomas Milton
School/style
British
Italian
Production date
1801-1803
Materials
paper
Technique
aquatint
etching
hand-coloured
Dimensions
Height:
304 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
391 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Date from the series. See 1948,1125.2.
Bibliographic references
Abbey Travel / Travel in Aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R.Abbey
(369.I.22)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
harbour/port
Associated names
Associated with:
Sir Robert Ainslie
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
El-Rashid (Rosetta)
Acquisition date
1948
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1948,1125.6