Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778-1823

Title:

Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia.

Published / Created:

London : John Murray ..., 1821.

Physical Description:

[2] leaves, 44 [i.e. 34] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 55 cm.

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2010 31
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Cornelius Osgood, transfer from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Related Content:

View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:4186061

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Issued as accompanying atlas to Belzoni's work: Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, temples, tombs and excavations in Egypt and Nubia.

Engravings by Agostino Aglio and J. Clark, after Giovanni Battista Belzoni and Sarah Belzoni.

Lithographs printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, after Giovanni Battista Belzoni and Alessandro Ricci.

Subject Terms:

Women -- Egypt. | Egypt -- Antiquities. | Nubia -- Antiquities.

Form/Genre:

Lithographs. | Etchings. | Aquatints. | Hand coloring.

Contributors:

Belzoni, Mrs. (Sarah), 1783–1870, illustrator. | Ricci, Alessandro, d. 1832, illustrator. | Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789–1850, lithographer. | Aglio, Agostino, 1777–1857, engraver. | Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863, engraver.