Middle East
LEVASSEUR Jean-Charles
FICHE 11520
(Abbevile 1734 - Paris 1816)
Grotto cut in the Rock near the Pyramid of Chephren
View of the Back of the Grotto.
Representation of the Santon who lived there in 1785.
Plate n°91, volume 3, of the series Picturesque travels in Syria, Phoenicia, Palestine and Lower Egypt.
After Louis-François Cassas (Azay-le-Ferron 1756 - 1827 Versailles)
etching and engraving
1798
A nice impression on wove paper.
In 1784, after a four-year trip to Italy, Louis-François Cassas accompanied the Constantinople's French ambassador, the Count of Choiseul-Gouffier, on the banks of the Bosphorus to draw maps, views of monuments and representations of costumes. He traveled to Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Phenicia, Palestine, Lower Egypt and Libya. Part of his drawings were engraved for Picturesque travels in Syria, Phoenicia, Palestine and Lower Egypt. : a work divided into three volumes and containing about three hundred and thirty plates.
Plate: 590 x 400 mm.
Sheet : 715 x 535 mm
Condition : full margins, median horizontal fold, very slight scattered foxing.
