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Life In Egypt
[edit]In 1827 when he reached Egypt, he was hired by the viceroy of Egypt, Muhammad Ali, as a civil engineer. He spent many years living as an Egyptian adopting the name Idriss-effendi, learning to speak Arabic and even converting to Islam. He's stated that adopting Egyptian culture resulted in a greater understanding of Egyptian society and people. [1] He left Egypt in 1836 in order to pursue his love for art history. [1]
Oriental Album
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In 1848, he contributed 30 lithograph images depicting the people living on the Nile Valley to a costume book titled Oriental Album written by James Augustus St. John who was an author and traveler. [2]
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- ^ a b Mercedes Volait. Surveying monuments in Egypt: the work of Emile Prisse d’Avennes (1807- 1879). Lecture given at the General Consulate of Egypt in Djeddah, 30 November 2013. 2013.
- ^ "Oriental album. Characters, costumes, and modes of life, in the valley of the Nile. - NYPL Digital Collections". digitalcollections.nypl.org. Retrieved 2017-10-30.