Egypt: a building designated as the palace of Alexander the Great. Coloured engraving, 17--.

Date:
[between 1760 and 1792]
Reference:
3185903i
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Description

Possibly supposed to be in Alexandria. A colonnade, in the form of a hemisphere divided at the centre by a street, resembling the colonnade designed by Bernini for St Peter's Square in Rome. Right foreground, an obelisk on a plinth. Figures in ancient costume admire the buildings

Publication/Creation

A Paris (rue St Jacques a l'Hotel Saumur) : chez Mondhare, [between 1760 and 1792]

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 29.5 x 47 cm

Lettering

Vue du palais d'Alexandre. Vue perspective du superbe palais d'Alexandre en Egypte. "Vue du palais d'Alexandre." above the image is in reverse, to be read in a mirror

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3185903i

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Where to find it

  • obelisk coloured in buff and gold on buff base
    LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    3185903i.1

  • obelisk coloured in red on pink and blue base
    LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    3185903i.2

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