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Émile Prisse d'Avennes - Deux sédriehs en cuivre

Deux sédriehs en cuivre (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)
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Émile Prisse d'Avennes

Achille-Constant-Théodore-Émile Prisse d'Avennes was a French archaeologist, Egyptologist, architect and writer.

Prisse d'Avennes was born in Avesnes-sur-Helpe, France, on 27 January 1807, to a noble family of French origin. After the early death of his father in 1814, on the guidance of his grandfather he enrolled at college a year later to train for a career within the legal profession. Prisse d'Avennes decided to become an archaeologist in 1836 after a period teaching at the infantry school in Damietta.

In 1827 when he reached Egypt, he was hired by the viceroy of Egypt, Muhammad Ali Pasha, as a civil engineer. He spent many years living as an Egyptian, adopting the name Idriss-effendi, learning to speak Arabic and practicing Islam. He stated that adopting Egyptian culture resulted in a greater understanding of Egyptian society and people.

In 1848, he contributed 30 lithograph images depicting the people living on the Nile Valley to a costume book titled Oriental Album written by James Augustus St. John who was a British author and traveler.

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Arabesques; ornementation d’un Qorân mauresque (XVIIIe. siècle); 7 & 10

Arabesques; ornementation d’un Qorân mauresque (XVIIIe. siècle); 7 & 10 (1877)

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Arabesques; tombeau de Saleh Saleh el-Dyn; ventail d’une armoire, ventail d’un volet (XIVe. siècle)

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Arabesques; page d’un manuscrit arabe (XVIe. siècle)

Arabesques; page d’un manuscrit arabe (XVIe. siècle) (1877)

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Écritoire du soultan Bahrite Schâban; ensemble et détails (XIVe. siècle); 2 (1877)

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Séances de Hariry; encadrement du frontispice (XIIIe. siècle)

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Arabesques; mosquée d’El Nesfy-Qeyçoun; détails des boiseries du mihrab (XIVe. siècle); 2

Arabesques; mosquée d’El Nesfy-Qeyçoun; détails des boiseries du mihrab (XIVe. siècle); 2 (1877)

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Mosquée sépulcrale du soultan Barqouq, détails du mimbar (XIVe. siècle)

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