Original print folio untrimmed extracted Travellers in Lower and Upper Egypt Vivant Denon. Board with 6 views and described by the author: No.1 View of the fleet and the convoy, drawn at sunset. No. 2 View of the city of Malta and the entry of its two ports, the northeastern part of the island. In the center, the city-Valletta; left, the entrance of the Grand Harbour, the City Vella and Fort S. Angelo; right, wearing Marza-Muchet the Lazaretto in the background and the same side of the city-Notable. No.3 View of Malta when the city and the forts began firing at the French fleet. No. 4 The interior of the Grand Harbour. City-Valette right; left, the batteries of Fort St. Angelo. N "5 The entrance of the Grand Harbour Valletta City right;. Left, part of Fort St. Angelo No. 6 Fort St. Angelo, and the City Vella foxing, tiny.. angular missing, otherwise good condition. Published for the first time in two volumes, with an atlas of engravings, Didot, in 1802, the 'Journey to the Lower and Upper Egypt proved so successful that it was translated 1803 in English and German, and a few years later in Dutch and Italian, among others. Almost all boards are designed by Denon, who also etched himself a few, including portraits of inhabitants of Egypt, who still kept the freshness of sketches taken on the spot (our 104-111). Some two dozen writers have also collaborated on the creation of which Baltard, Galen, Reville and other etchings. Dominique living, Baron Denon says Vivant Denon, born in Givry January 4, 1747 and died in Paris April 27, 1825, is a writer, author, diplomat and French administrator. At the invitation of Bonaparte, he joined the expedition to Egypt in shipping from May 14, 1798 on the frigate "La Juno." Protected by French troops, he had the opportunity to travel the country in all directions in order to gather the material that was the basis for his artistic work and the most important literary. It supports in particular General Desaix in Upper Egypt, which he refers to numerous sketches, ink wash and other drawings in pen, black chalk, or chalk. He draws constantly, usually on his knee, standing or on horseback, and sometimes even under enemy fire. After a journey of 13 months during which he draws thousands of drawings, Vivant Denon returned to France with Bonaparte, and became the first artist to publish the story of the expedition. The 141 boards that accompany his diary retrace its entire journey from the coast of Corsica to the pharaonic monuments of Upper Egypt. Bonaparte then appointed Director General of the Central Museum of the Republic, which became the Napoleon Museum and the Royal Louvre and arts administrator. In 1805, Vivant Denon revival project of the Vendome column, which had been suspended in 1803 then organizes expeditions across Europe to raise imperial works of art which are plundered to be carried away to the Louvre. In 1814, Louis XVIII confirmed as head of the Louvre, one wing of which still bears his name today. It is considered a great precursor of museology, art history and Egyptology.
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