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Horeau MSS 2.1
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Hector Horeau Watercolour - Cairo
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1 watercolour (3 separate items mounted together)
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(1801-1872)
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Series of panoramic views of Cairo, upper image shows several important sites including the pyramids at Giza and Saqqara:
- watercolour
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- [on recto, top row of text] 'Montagne El Mokattam ou Chaine Arabique', 'Côté de la Moyenne Egypte', 'Pyramides de Zakkarah', 'Pyramides de Gyzeh'. (ink notes)
- [on recto, bottom right side] '1'. (ink note)
- [on mount, bottom edge] 'PANORAMA DU CAIRE'. (ink note)
- [on mount, verso] 'nº 7'. (ink note)
- 56 by 11.4 cm
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Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford.
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- Published in Horeau, H. 1841. Panorama d'Égypte et de Nubie: voyage fait en 1838. Reduction du grand ouvrage in 2° par Arosa & Co. Cairo (OEB 141685), plate v.
- Published online in 2010 on the Griffith Institute website: 'Watercolours of Egypt made by Hector Horeau in 1838, now in the Archive of the Griffith Institute' (http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4horeau_intro.html).
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Horeau_2_all.jpg
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