Souvenirs d’Egypte; Femme Fellah
London, United Kingdom
Victoria and Albert Museum
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1851 (published)
Alexandre Bida (1813-1895)
SP.101:14
Paper; hand-coloured lithograph
Height: 57.3 cm Size of covers, Width: 38.9 cm
Egypt (possibly, drawn); France (published)
Lithograph, tinted with one tint stone, with additional colouring by hand, depicting a female agricultural worker in Egypt. Half bound in red morocco, in a modern portfolio. Each plate (apart from title page) lettered with title in French, Arabic and English, artists' names, and variously, 'Egypte. Imp. Lemercier, Paris', R'.Colas, Bibliographie Générale du Costume et de la Mode, 2 vols, Paris, 1933', and dated c. 1850.
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MWNF Working Number: UK 140
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