Item Horeau MSS 2.3 - Hector Horeau Watercolour - Cairo

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Identity area

Reference code

Horeau MSS 2.3

Title

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Cairo

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 watercolour (3 separate items mounted together)

Context area

Name of creator

(1801-1872)

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Series of panoramic city views of Cairo, lower image includes several important sites within the city:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, bottom row of text] 'Côté de la Basse Egypte', La Citadelle'. (ink notes)
  • [on recto, bottom right side] '3'. (ink note)
  • ... »

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford.

Allied materials area

Publication note

  • 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 vii.
  • 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).