Ethiopians, or Abissinians, coming down the Nile, with floats of small wood, to sell at Bulac, the port of Cairo...
R. Dalton del et sculp.
[London, n.d., c.1780s.]
Copper engraving on laid paper, 280 x 430mm. 11 x 17". Good margins.
African traders travelling to Cairo on a floating wooden barge; an Egyptian 'gardener' swimming in the River Nile to foreground, dragging a floating bundle of produce behind him. Title in English and French; numbered 'Pl XIV' lower right. From a series of prints depicting the customs, manners, costume etc. of Turkey and Egypt, drawn and engraved by Richard Dalton (1715? - 1791). Dalton, who was trained as an artist, went to Rome to pursue his studies, and in 1749 travelled with Roger Kynaston and John Frederick to Naples and Sicily, where they joined a party consisting of James Caulfeild, Earl of Charlemont, Francis Pierpoint Burton, and others. From thence Dalton accompanied Lord Charlemont on his tour to Constantinople/Istanbul, Greece, and Egypt. Dalton managed to obtain the position of librarian to George III. He was subsequently appointed keeper of the pictures and antiquary to his majesty. He was one of the original members of the Incorporated Society of Artists in 1765, and became their treasurer. He was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1767. 'Antiquities and Views in Greece and Egypt, with the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, from Drawings made on the Spot.' was published in London in 1791 and is all three of Dalton's Tours in one volume.
DNB.
[Ref: 21955] £230.00
[London, n.d., c.1780s.]
Copper engraving on laid paper, 280 x 430mm. 11 x 17". Good margins.
African traders travelling to Cairo on a floating wooden barge; an Egyptian 'gardener' swimming in the River Nile to foreground, dragging a floating bundle of produce behind him. Title in English and French; numbered 'Pl XIV' lower right. From a series of prints depicting the customs, manners, costume etc. of Turkey and Egypt, drawn and engraved by Richard Dalton (1715? - 1791). Dalton, who was trained as an artist, went to Rome to pursue his studies, and in 1749 travelled with Roger Kynaston and John Frederick to Naples and Sicily, where they joined a party consisting of James Caulfeild, Earl of Charlemont, Francis Pierpoint Burton, and others. From thence Dalton accompanied Lord Charlemont on his tour to Constantinople/Istanbul, Greece, and Egypt. Dalton managed to obtain the position of librarian to George III. He was subsequently appointed keeper of the pictures and antiquary to his majesty. He was one of the original members of the Incorporated Society of Artists in 1765, and became their treasurer. He was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1767. 'Antiquities and Views in Greece and Egypt, with the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, from Drawings made on the Spot.' was published in London in 1791 and is all three of Dalton's Tours in one volume.
DNB.
[Ref: 21955] £230.00