A young Arab Girl returning from the Hamman in Cairo (after Achille Constant Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes)
Émile Desmaisons (Paris 1812 - Montlignon 1880)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
paper
Measurements
570 mm (Height) x 460 mm (Width)
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 293042.9
Summary
Print, A young Arab Girl returning from the Hamman in Cairo (after Achille Constant Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes) by Pierre-Emile Desmaisons (Paris 1812 – Montlignon 1880). A Folder titled The Oriental Album by E PRISSE ESQ this print is one of nine showing an Arabian lady carrying a large pot on her head.The 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, and Modes of Life in the Valley of the Nile', with text by James Augustus St John (1795-1887) and illustrated by Achille Constant Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879)
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.
Makers and roles
Émile Desmaisons (Paris 1812 - Montlignon 1880), engraver (printmaker) Achille Constant Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879), original artist