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Jean-Baptiste Adanson
1732-1803
Vue de l'Iinterieur de la Douane d'Alexandrie en Egypte / inv. et Del. Adanson 1782.
23 1/2 x 36 inches (597 x 914 mm)
Black ink and wash on paper
1978.52:1
Gift of Paul Mellon.
Notes
In volume 1 of Vues et antiquités d'Egypte (1978.52:1-112)
Double sheet, folded; on outer mounting mat, upper left edge, in graphite: Vue de l'interieur de la douane Alexandrie / No. II; on inner facing mat, lower right corner, in graphite: 20.
Double sheet, folded; on outer mounting mat, upper left edge, in graphite: Vue de l'interieur de la douane Alexandrie / No. II; on inner facing mat, lower right corner, in graphite: 20.
Inscriptions/Markings
At bottom below image: "VUE DE L'INTERIEUR DE LA DOUANE D'ALEXANDRIE EN EGYPTE"; at lower left corner: "inv. et Del. Adanson 1782".
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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