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    Title: Louis-François Cassas materials for Voyage pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoénicie, de la Palaestine, et la Basse Aegypte,
    Creator: Taraval, Gustave, 1738-1794
    Creator: Tilliard, Jean-Baptiste, 1740-1813
    Creator: Varin, Charles Nicolas, 1741-1812
    Creator: Plée, François
    Creator: Racine, Jean-Bapt., 1747-
    Creator: Ransonnette, Pierre Nicolas, 1745-1810
    Creator: Réville, Jean-Baptiste, 1767-1825
    Creator: Picquenot, Michel
    Creator: Perrier, Louis
    Creator: Pierron, Jean Antoine, active 1780-1812
    Creator: Pillement, Jean, 1728-1808
    Creator: Nitot, Michel, 1759-
    Creator: Niquet, Claude
    Creator: Pauquet, Jean Louis Charles, 1759-1824?
    Creator: Patas, Charles Emmanuel
    Creator: Miger, Simon Charles, 1736-1820
    Creator: Michelinot, active 1781
    Creator: Née, François Denis, 1732-1817
    Creator: Moisy, Alexandre, 1763-approximately 1827
    Creator: Malbeste, Georges, 1754-1843
    Creator: Malapeau, Claude-Nicolas
    Creator: Mathieu, Jean, 1749-1815
    Creator: Masquelier, Louis-Joseph, 1741-1811
    Creator: Lepagelet, active 1786-1807
    Creator: Liénard, Jean-Bapt.
    Creator: Le Tellier, Charles François, 1743-1800 or 1809
    Creator: Le Vasseur, Jean Charles, 1734-1816
    Creator: Hulk, Abraham Jacobsz., 1751-
    Creator: Ingouf, François Robert, 1747-1812
    Creator: Guette
    Creator: Helvis
    Creator: Garreau, Louis
    Creator: Godefroy, Jean, 1771-1839
    Creator: Dupréel, J. D. B.
    Creator: Filhol, Antoine Michel, 1759-1812
    Creator: Desmaisons
    Creator: Duparc, Marie Alexandre, active 1780-1822
    Creator: Delaunay, Robert, 1749-1814
    Creator: Dequevauviller, François Nicolas Barthélemy, 1745-1807
    Creator: De la Porte, J. J.
    Creator: Daudet, Robert
    Creator: Croutelle, Louis
    Creator: Coquet
    Creator: Copeau
    Creator: Cathelin, Louis Jacques, 1739-1804
    Creator: Cassas, Louis François, 1756-1827
    Creator: Cassas, Louis François, 1756-1827
    Creator: Bovinet, Edme, 1767-1832
    Creator: Boutrois, Philibert, active 1775-1814
    Creator: Berthault, Pierre Gabriel, 1737-1831
    Creator: Benoist, M. A., active 1780-1820
    Creator: Baquoy, Pierre Charles, 1759-1829
    Identifier/Call Number: 840011
    Physical Description: 10 Linear Feet (5 boxes, 21 flat file folders)
    Date (inclusive): 1795-1823
    Abstract: Preparatory drawings made by Louis François Cassas, manuscripts, and printed proofs for the publication Voyage pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoénicie, de la Palaestine, et la Basse Aegypte, issued in three volumes in Paris between 1799-1800.
    Physical Location: To access physical materials on site, go to the library catalog record  for this collection and click "Request an Item." Click here for access policy .
    Language of Material: French .

    Processing History

    The collection was cataloged by Isabella Zuralski, with revisions made by Karen Meyer-Roux in October 2013.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The collection consists of printed proofs, drawings, and manuscript material made in preparation for Cassas's magnificent publication Voyage pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoénicie, de la Palaestine, et la Basse Aegypte (variant title: Voyage pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phénicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse Egytpe), published in three volumes in Paris between 1799-1800. The prints reproduce drawings Cassas made when travelling (1784-1787) in Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Cyprus, and Asia Minor to record ancient monuments, other sites of interest, scenes from daily life, and local costume. Present in the collection are three bound volumes, including two volumes of prints and one volume of documents; sixty-four unbound prints and drawings; a printed prospectus, and several unbound manuscripts.

    Arrangement

    Arranged in 4 series: Series I. Bound prints, undated; Series II. Bound manuscripts, 1798, undated; Series III. Unbound manuscripts, 1797, undated; Series IV. Unbound prints and drawings, 1795-1823, undated.

    Biographical / Historical Note

    The French painter and architect Louis-François Cassas (1756-1827) was a member of the retinue of the French ambassador to the Ottoman court, Count Marie Gabriel August de Choiseul-Gouffier. Commissioned by the ambassador, he travelled from 1784 to 1787 to Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Cyprus, and Asia Minor and drew ancient sites, many of which had never before been recorded. An earlier commission in 1782 was for a series of views of the Istrian and Dalmatian coast. These drawings were reproduced in engraving in his book Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Istrie et de la Damatie (Paris, 1802). Cassas returned to Paris in 1792. After the Revolution he became drawing professor at the Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory, where he remained until his death.

    Alternate Form Available

    Microfilm is available of manuscripts shelved in box 5, f. 3 (complete except agreements with engravers), f. 4, f. 5, and f. 6 (all complete).
    Negatives and photographic prints are available for the prints and drawings housed in the flat file folders, and of the manuscripts in box 3*.
    Photocopies of some of the items housed in box 5: the printed prospectus, agreements with engravers, and the text on the ruins of Palmyra.
    Series III. Unbound manuscripts, 1797, was digitized in January 2017. Digitized images are available online: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/840011 

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the repository in 1984.

    Preferred Citation

    Louis-François Cassas materials for Voyage pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoénicie, de la Palaestine, et la Basse Aegypte, 1799-1823. The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 840011
    http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa840011

    Publication Rights

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    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Architecture, Ancient -- Palestine -- Designs and plans
    Architecture, Ancient -- Egypt -- Designs and plans
    Architecture, Ancient -- Lebanon -- Designs and plans
    Pyramids -- Egypt
    Antiquities, Roman
    Antiquities, Islamic
    Costume, Ottoman
    Costume -- Middle East
    Egypt -- Social life and customs
    Cyprus -- Antiquities
    Palestine -- Antiquities
    Lebanon -- Antiquities
    Egypt -- Antiquities
    Syria -- Antiquities
    Turkey -- Antiquities
    Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
    Tadmur (Syria) -- Antiquities
    Balabakk (Lebanon) -- Antiquities
    Tyre (Lebanon)
    Aleppo (Syria) -- Antiquities
    Amathus (Extinct city) -- Antiquities
    Temple Mount (Jerusalem) -- Designs and plans
    Jerusalem -- Antiquities
    Idalion (Extinct city) -- Antiquities
    Architecture, Ancient -- Syria
    Temples -- Middle East -- Designs and plans
    Architecture, Ancient -- Lebanon
    Architecture, Ancient -- Turkey
    Architecture, Ancient -- Palestine
    Architecture, Ancient -- Egypt
    Architecture, Ancient -- Syria -- Designs and plans
    Architecture, Ancient -- Cyprus
    Ledgers (account books) -- France -- 18th century
    Etchings -- France -- 18th century
    Proofs before letters -- France -- 18th century
    Prints -- France -- 18th century
    Engravings -- France -- 18th century
    Jizah (Egypt) -- Antiquities
    Drawings -- France -- 18th century
    Antioch in Pisidia (Extinct city)