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Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
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
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Pierron, Jean Antoine, active 1780-1812
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Pillement, Jean, 1728-1808
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Nitot, Michel, 1759-
Creator:
Niquet, Claude
Creator:
Pauquet, Jean Louis Charles, 1759-1824?
Creator:
Patas, Charles Emmanuel
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Miger, Simon Charles, 1736-1820
Creator:
Michelinot, active 1781
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Née, François Denis, 1732-1817
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Moisy, Alexandre, 1763-approximately 1827
Creator:
Malbeste, Georges, 1754-1843
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Malapeau, Claude-Nicolas
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Mathieu, Jean, 1749-1815
Creator:
Masquelier, Louis-Joseph, 1741-1811
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Lepagelet, active 1786-1807
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Liénard, Jean-Bapt.
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Le Tellier, Charles François, 1743-1800 or 1809
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Le Vasseur, Jean Charles, 1734-1816
Creator:
Hulk, Abraham Jacobsz., 1751-
Creator:
Ingouf, François Robert, 1747-1812
Creator:
Guette
Creator:
Helvis
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Garreau, Louis
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Godefroy, Jean, 1771-1839
Creator:
Dupréel, J. D. B.
Creator:
Filhol, Antoine Michel, 1759-1812
Creator:
Desmaisons
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Duparc, Marie Alexandre, active 1780-1822
Creator:
Delaunay, Robert, 1749-1814
Creator:
Dequevauviller, François Nicolas Barthélemy, 1745-1807
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De la Porte, J. J.
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Daudet, Robert
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Croutelle, Louis
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Coquet
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Copeau
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Cathelin, Louis Jacques, 1739-1804
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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.
Language of Material:
French
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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.
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
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Open for use by qualified researchers.
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)