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English: The Italian diplomat and collector Bernardino Drovetti in 1819 with some of his acquaintances in Upper Egypt. Drovetti is measuring an ancient Egyptian colossal head with a plumb line. Lithography by Godefroy Engelmann (possibly after Granger?)
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Source Auguste de Forbin, Voyage dans le Levant
Author Godefroy Engelmann (1788–1839)

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The author died in 1839, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer .


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929.

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