The Principal Monuments of Egypt
Hector Horeau, Lithographs from Panorama d’Égypte et de Nubie, 1841
177 words, written February 7 2005,
in the evening
The Prayer at the Tomb
Ludwig Deutsch, 1898, Oil
122 words, written February 5 2005,
in the evening
A Cairo Bazaar - The Della'l
John Frederick Lewis, 1875, Watercolour, heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic
560 words, written December 19 2004,
in the evening
Pelt Merchant of Cairo
Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1869, oil on canvas.
487 words, written November 29 2004,
in the late morning
Portrait allégorique de Vivant Denon
Benjamin Zix, 1811, (Paris, musée du Louvre).
26 words, written October 23 2004,
in the afternoon
L’insurrection de l’Institut Amphibie
James Gillray, The Pursuit of Knowledge, 12 March 1799.
227 words, written October 16 2004,
in the early morning
The Painted Monuments of Egypt
Coloured engraving after the painting by Charles Louis Fleury Panckoucke. Frontispice of the second edition of the Description de l’Égypte, 1821-1826.
931 words, written September 20 2004,
in the late morning
First-Class Hotels Advertisements
Three advertisements of First-Class Hotels in Cairo published in the Orient Line Guide (London, 1890).
29 words, written August 22 2004,
in the late afternoon
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