Antique Engraving - Dominique Vivant Denon - Portraits of Egyptian Pharaohs - F3 "Timbuctu in Africa"

"Timbuctu in Africa"

This piece serves as an important example of the ways in which art can reflect and interpret the cultural and historical contexts in which it was created

23 cm x 16 cm

This poem explores themes of death and the interconnectedness of humanity with nature

59 cm x 45 cm

Antique Engraving - Dominique Vivant Denon - Portraits of Egyptian Pharaohs - F3 "Timbuctu in Africa""Coiffures Egyptiennes Lateguns" This antique engraving is from the Dominique Vivant Denons Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute gypte, pendant les campagnes de Bonaparte (Journey in Lower and Upper Egypt during the Campaigns of Bonaparte). The work was published by Samuel Bagster in London, 1809. At [Napoleon] Bonaparte's invitation Denon eagerly accepted an opportunity to join the expedition to Egypt (1798), and while there accompanied General Louis