Poster advertising one of the most popular attractions of the Exhibition of 1900 in Paris, called the "Andalousie au temps des Maures", a 5000... Show morePoster advertising one of the most popular attractions of the Exhibition of 1900 in Paris, called the "Andalousie au temps des Maures", a 5000-square-meter historical theme park in the Trocadero Gardens. The poster shows some fortune-telling gypsies, who were amongst the performers populating the exhibition. Title and date from item. The poster is signed and inscribed "Imp. ies Lemercier, Paris". Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.P.2019.0201 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26278741 BIB-ID: 2808617 See “Andalusia In The Time Of The Moors: Regret and Colonial Presence in Paris, 1900,” in Edges of Empire: Orientalism and Visual Culture, Jocelyn Hackforth-Jones and Mary Roberts, eds., Blackwell, Oxford, 2005, pp. 181-205. Show less
Pasini was one of the most highly acclaimed orientalist painters working in Paris in the second half of the Nineteenth century. In 1855 the... Show morePasini was one of the most highly acclaimed orientalist painters working in Paris in the second half of the Nineteenth century. In 1855 the opportunity to travel to Arabia arose. At the height of the Crimean war, in an effort to counteract Russian influence in Persia, the diplomat Prosper Bourré led an official French mission to the court of Nasser al-Din Shah in Tehran. The written account was to be prepared by Joseph-Arthur, Comte de Gobineau (1816-1882); Pasini was invited on the journey to make the visual record. The mission crossed to Alexandria from Marseilles and embarked at Suez on the East Indiaman Victoria bound for Bushire. They put in at Jeddah (where they met Kemal Pasha, Guardian of the Holy Shrines at Mecca and Medina), then Aden, and Muscat (where they had an audience with the Sultan, Syed Said), before crossing the Gulf. From Bushire they travelled north to Shiraz, Isfahan, and Tehran. Pasini remained at the Shah's court, before returning to Paris in 1856. In 1859 Pasini published this album as pictorial record of the mission. Gobineau published his written account in the same year: Trois ans en Asie, de 1855 à 1858 (Paris: 1859. 8vo). Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.04139 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i15961928 BIB-ID: 1025507 Show less
Plates include views of Constantinople and its surroudings, some costume subjects and, curiously enough, various forms of Turkish transport by Jean... Show morePlates include views of Constantinople and its surroudings, some costume subjects and, curiously enough, various forms of Turkish transport by Jean Brindesi, an Italian painter who worked primarily as a watercolour artist in Istanbul, during the Abdul-Majid period (1831-1861). He worked on scenes involving Ottoman soldiers. Two albums of lithographs after his drawings were produced by Lemercier in Paris: Elbicei Atika – Musee des Anciens Costumes Turcs de Constantinople, 1855, and Souvenirs de Constantinople, 1860; these two works are collections of picturesque views of the city of Constantinople. The originals are kept at the Istanbul Topkapı Palace Museum and at the University of Istanbul. While the first album represents the government and military dignitaries, the second one captures the atmosphere of day-to-day life in Istanbul through quaint and lively depictions. Title from item, date devised. Oblong folio, no letterpress, tinted lithograph title + 20 tinted lithograph plates printed in colours, original purple decorative cloth gilt, purple leather backstrip. First and probably only edition. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.2015.0004 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2279802x BIB-ID: 2426471 Show less
recueillis par le muchir Arif Pacha. Main Heritage Shelves General GT1266 .A75 1864 Book Item-ID: i23177470 BIB-ID: 2452382 Show morerecueillis par le muchir Arif Pacha. Main Heritage Shelves General GT1266 .A75 1864 Book Item-ID: i23177470 BIB-ID: 2452382 Show less
par Alex. Bida et E. Barbot. Engraved title page. Main Heritage Shelves General DT54 .B53 1855 Book Item-ID: i23177627 BIB-ID: 2452389 Show morepar Alex. Bida et E. Barbot. Engraved title page. Main Heritage Shelves General DT54 .B53 1855 Book Item-ID: i23177627 BIB-ID: 2452389 Show less
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Antoine d’Orléans, Duke of Montpensier was the youngest son of King Louis-Philippe of France (1773-1850). In 1845 he traveled on a diplomatic... Show moreAntoine d’Orléans, Duke of Montpensier was the youngest son of King Louis-Philippe of France (1773-1850). In 1845 he traveled on a diplomatic mission to the Maghreb and the Levant in the company of his friend, the French writer Antoine de Latour (1808-1881). The Duke of Montpensier and de Latour traveled on board the vessel "Gomer", where André Louis de Sinety served as a lieutenant and naval artist to the mission. After their return, de Latour published a book about their voyage that came with the Atlas, illustrated with the drawings by de Sinety. The plates depict views in Tunis (2), Carthage (2), Cairo (3), Suez, Siout, Assouan, Philae, Luxor, the Pyramids, Damietta, Constantinople (3), Broussa (4), Sunium, Corinth, Eurotas, Sparta, Mistra, Taygetus, Mount Ithome, Messenia, Cryssa and Delphes. dessiné par M. de Sinety, Lieutenant de Vaisseau, Commandant en Second du Comer. ; lithographié par Mrs. Bayot, Dauzats, Guiaud, Mayer et Sabatier. Atlas accompanying the text book by Antoine de Latour "Voyage de S.A.R. monseigneur le duc de Montpensier à Tunis, en Égypte, en Turquie et en Grèce. Lettres". Main Heritage Shelves General DS48 .S36 1847 Book Item-ID: i23177275 BIB-ID: 2452371 Show less
Poster advertising one of the most popular attractions of the Exhibition of 1900 in Paris, called the "Andalousie au temps des Maures", a 5000... Show morePoster advertising one of the most popular attractions of the Exhibition of 1900 in Paris, called the "Andalousie au temps des Maures", a 5000-square-meter historical theme park in the Trocadero Gardens. The image features snake handler surrounded and lit by a fire, accompanied by a red, devil like figure holding a knife. Title and date from item. The poster is signed and inscribed "Impr[rimer]ies Lemercier", "Administration, 74, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris" and "Cette affiche ne pourra être vendue que revêtue du timbre spécial de la Société" (This poster can only be sold with the special stamp of the Company). The poster has dry seal of the Société dexploitation de L'Andalousie au temps des Maure, the operating company of the exhibition "Andalusia in the Time of the Moors". Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.P.2019.0208 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26280073 BIB-ID: 2808691 See “Andalusia In The Time Of The Moors: Regret and Colonial Presence in Paris, 1900,” in Edges of Empire: Orientalism and Visual Culture, Jocelyn Hackforth-Jones and Mary Roberts, eds., Blackwell, Oxford, 2005, pp. 181-205. Show less
par Preziosi. Illustrated t.p. Main Heritage Shelves General DR721 .P74 1865 Book Item-ID: i1580740x BIB-ID: 2526345 Show morepar Preziosi. Illustrated t.p. Main Heritage Shelves General DR721 .P74 1865 Book Item-ID: i1580740x BIB-ID: 2526345 Show less
Date from item, title devised by Library staff. The lithographs is plate 22 of the album Monuments Arabes d'Egypte, de Syrie, et d'Asie Mineure. Mai... Show moreDate from item, title devised by Library staff. The lithographs is plate 22 of the album Monuments Arabes d'Egypte, de Syrie, et d'Asie Mineure. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.2020.0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26070923 BIB-ID: 2746192 Show less
