Egypt: the ruins of a building in ancient Roman style. Coloured etching, 17--.

Date:
[between 1700 and 1799]
Reference:
3185610i
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Description

View down the centre of a roofless building with grand colonnades on both sides and a dome at the end. Men in 18th-century costume admire the ruins

Publication/Creation

A Paris (rue St Jacques au dessus de celle des Mathurins au Gd. St. Remy) : ches Huquier fils, graveur, [between 1700 and 1799]

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving and watercolour ; platemark 25.8 x 41 cm

Lettering

Ruine d'Egipte. Vue d'une ruine d'Egypte. "Ruine d'Egipte" is engraved in reverse above the image, to be read in a mirror

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3185610i

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