Conner, Patrick.

The Inspiration of Egypt. Its Influence on British Artists, Travellers and Designers, 1700-1900.

Brighton, Brighton Borough Council, 1983. 24cm x 16cm. viii, 168 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Includes for Example: Travellers and Collectors/ To Britain From Rome: Egypt Reinterpreted/ Egypt Revealed: The Napoleonic Campaign/ The Egyptian Style, 1790-1830/ Explorers and Discoverers/ Egypt and the Romantic Imagination/ The Egyptian Style in Architecture/ The Victorian Decorative Arts and Ancient Egypt/ The British in Egypt/ Captain Robert Moresby/ M. Machereau/ Le Comte Andrasi/Captain Charles F. Head/ Thomas Cook and John Mason Cook/ Sir Oswald Walters Brierly/ Georg M. Ebers/ Sir Richard F. Burton/ Amelia Blanford Edwards/ Sir William Howard Russell/ John Evan Hodgson/ Melton Prior/ Orlando Norie/ William Simpson/ Lady Jane Evelyn Lindsay/ John Dixon/ Cricket in Alexandria/ Cleopatra’s Needle etc.

An exhibition held at Brighton Museum; and at Manchester City Art Gallery, 1983.

• Keywords: Africa – Rare · Africana Collection of Rare Books · Travel Africa – Rare · Travel Egypt – Rare
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 50365AB

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