Sujet

Collecting water from the Nile, Egypt, c1798. Artist: Unknown

Légende

Collecting water from the Nile, Egypt, c1798. Shadufs being used to raise water from the River Nile. A shaduf is an irrigation tool, originally developed in Ancient Egypt. Plate 6 from Vol II, Arts and Trades of 'Descriptions of Egypt', a book published under the orders of Napoleon in 1822, documenting his military and scientific expedition to Egypt in 1798.
Historica Graphica Collection

Date

1842

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection

Notre référence

HRM19D59_290

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,3Mo (2,9Mo) / 37,9cm x 33,3cm / 4475 x 3930 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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