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The desolation of Egypt

The desolation of Egypt
(1857)
plate 21 from Etchings for the Art Union, 1857

Medium
etching on chine collé
Measurements
3.8 × 10.4 cm (image) 4.9 × 11.4 cm (plate) 26.3 × 36.4 cm (sheet)
Printing/Publishing
published by the Etching Club, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: W.H. Hunt
printed in ink l.c.: 21
Accession Number
P86-1970
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1970
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Landscapes Monuments and Memorials Sites
Subjects (specific)
ancient sites darkness Egypt (nation) Great Sphinx moons night Pyramids of Giza (ancient site) tents (portable buildings)
Movements
Pre-Raphaelite Victorian