Unwrapping the Mummy, before 1825. Creator: Harriet Cheney.

Unwrapping the Mummy, before 1825. Creator: Harriet Cheney.

2-942-101 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Unwrapping the Mummy, before 1825. Scene in the Paris apartment of Dominique-Vivant Denon, diplomat, explorer, and director of the Musée du Louvre. The mummy was acquired by Denon on his Egyptian travels. His student, Harriet Cheney, draws the scene.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Harriet Cheney, attributed to: British, English: Artist, painter
Subject
  1. Vivant Denon: French: Artist, author, museum administrator, archaeologist

Medium
  1. Lithograph
  2. Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Picture Type
  1. Prints and drawings

Category Hierarchy

Society & Culture Issues & Causes

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Society & Culture Death & Burial


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3000x2380
File Size : 20,918kb


Aliases

  1. 51058
  1. 1944.480
  1. 1000045018
  1. 2-942-101
  1. 2942101
  1. 51058

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