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INVENTORY OF THE LOUIS FRANCOIS CASSAS MATERIALS FOR VOYAGE PITTORESQUE DE LA SYRIE, DE LA PHOENICIE, DE LA PALAESTINE, ET
LA BASSE AEGYPTE, 1795-1823
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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
Dates: 1795-1823
Collection Number: 840011
Creator:
Cassas, Louis François, 1756-1827
Extent:
ca. 10 linear ft.
(5 boxes, 21 flat file folders)
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
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.
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Louis François Cassas Materials for Voyage pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoénicie, de la Palaestine, et la Basse Aegypte,
1799-1823. Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 840011
Acquired by the repository in 1984.
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.
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.
Scope and Content of the 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
Pyramids—Egypt
Antiquities, Roman
Antiquities, Islamic
Costume, Ottoman
Costume—Middle East
Temples—Middle East—Designs and plans
Architecture, Ancient—Syria
Architecture, Ancient—Turkey
Architecture, Ancient—Lebanon
Architecture, Ancient—Egypt
Architecture, Ancient—Palestine
Architecture, Ancient—Cyprus
Architecture, Ancient—Syria—Designs and plans
Architecture, Ancient—Lebanon—Designs and plans
Architecture, Ancient—Egypt—Designs and plans
Architecture, Ancient—Palestine—Designs and plans
Turkey—History—Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
Turkey—Antiquities
Syria—Antiquities
Egypt—Antiquities
Lebanon—Antiquities
Palestine—Antiquities
Cyprus—Antiquities
Egypt—Social life and customs
Antioch in Pisidia (Extinct city)
Balabakk (Lebanon)—Antiquities
Tadmur (Syria)—Antiquities
Aleppo (Syria)—Antiquities
Tyre (Lebanon)
Temple Mount (Jerusalem)—Designs and plans
Amathus (Extinct city)—Antiquities
Idalion (Extinct city)—Antiquities
Jerusalem—Antiquities
Jizah (Egypt)—Antiquities
Drawings—France—18th century
Prints—France—18th century
Engravings—France—18th century
Etchings—France—18th century
Proofs before letters—France—18th century
Ledgers (account books)—France—18th century
Baquoy, Pierre Charles, 1759-1829
Benoist, M. A., fl. 1780-1820
Berthault, Pierre Gabriel, 1737-1831
Boutrois, Philibert, fl. 1775-1814
Bovinet, Edme, 1767-1832 or 7
Cassas, Louis François, 1756-1827
Cathelin, Louis Jacques, 1739-1804
Coquet, 18th/19th cent.
Copeau, fl. 1799-1800
Croutelle, Louis, 1765?-1829
Daudet, Robert, 1737-1824
De la Porte, J. J.
Delaunay, Robert, 1749-1814
Dequevauviller, François Nicolas Barthélemy, 1745-1807
Desmaisons, 1780-1834?
Duparc, Marie Alexandre, fl. 1780-1822
Dupréel, Jean-Baptiste-Michel, fl. 1787-1828
Filhol, Antoine Michel, 1759-1812
Garreau, Louis, fl. 1782-1783 or 9
Godefroy, Jean, 1771-1839
Guette, fl. 1799-1800
Helvis, fl. 1799-1800
Hulk, Abraham Jacobsz., fl. 1772-1817
Ingouf, François-Robert, 1747-1812
Lepagelet, fl. 1786-1807
Le Tellier, Charles François, 1743-1800 or 9
Le Vasseur, Jean Charles, 1734-1816
Liénard, Jean-Bapt., b. 1750
Malbeste, George, 1754-1843
Malapeau, Claude-Nicolas, 1755-1804
Masquelier, Louis-Joseph, 1741-1811
Mathieu, Jean, 1749-1815
Michelinot, fl. 1781
Miger, Simon Charles
Moisy, Alexandre, 1763-1827?
Neé François-Denis, 1732-1817
Niquet, Claude, b. ca. 1760
Nitot, Michel, b. 1759
Patas, Charles Emmanuel, 1744-1802
Pauquet, Jean Louis Charles, 1759-1824
Perrier, Louis, 1768-1824
Picquenot, Michel, b. 1747
Piérron, Jean Antoine, fl. 1780-1812
Pillement, Jean, 1728-1808
Pleé, François
Racine, Jean-Bapt., b. 1747
Réville, Jean-Baptiste, 1767-1825
Ransonnette, Pierre Nicolas, 1745-1810
Taraval, Gustave, 1738-1794
Tilliard, Jean-Baptiste, 1740-1813
Varin, Charles Nicolas, 1741-1812