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Jean-Baptiste Adanson
1732-1803
Vues et antiquités d' Egypte
Drawings: various dimensions; smallest, 5 1/8 x 8 1/8 inches (130 x 206 mm); largest, 20 7/16 x 38 inches (519 x 966 mm); portfolio: 32 x 21 1/4 inches (815 x 540 mm)
Black chalk, pen and black and brown inks, and watercolor, on paper.
1978.52:1-110
Gift of Paul Mellon.
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Watermark: none.
One hundred drawings, six manuscript maps, one engraved portrait of the author, four notebooks.
Three of the notebooks are inscribed, "Observations sur l'Egypte; Mes Notes ou observations particulairessur les diverses revolutions survenues en Egypte pendant ma residence a Alexandrie"; and "Cahier des Hieroglyphes et pierre graves Egyptiennes et autres".
One hundred drawings, six manuscript maps, one engraved portrait of the author, four notebooks.
Three of the notebooks are inscribed, "Observations sur l'Egypte; Mes Notes ou observations particulairessur les diverses revolutions survenues en Egypte pendant ma residence a Alexandrie"; and "Cahier des Hieroglyphes et pierre graves Egyptiennes et autres".
Inscriptions/Markings
Most subjects are identified by inscriptions in pen and black ink, with dates ranging from 1799 to 1784.
Associated names
Mellon, Paul, former owner.
Bibliography
Nineteenth report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980 / edited by Charles Ryskamp. New York : The Library, 1981, p. 25-26.
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Century Drawings
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