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Pharaohs in Dixieland – how 19th-century America reimagined Egypt to justify racism and slavery

When Napoleon embarked upon a military expedition into Egypt in 1798, he brought with him a team of scholars, scientists and artists. Together, they produced the monumental “Description de l’Égypte,” ...
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Entrance to the Old Slave Market, Cairo, (painting)

Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 167 (Sale info: FOR SALE). "b. Havre de Grace, Md. Pupil of the National Academy and of Thomas Hicks, New York, and of Thomas Couture, Paris. Studied in ...