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John Lewis Burckhardt

(1784-1817), Traveller in the East

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John Lewis Burckhardt, by Angelica Clarke, published by  John Samuel Murray, after  Joseph Slater - NPG D1140

John Lewis Burckhardt

by Angelica Clarke, published by John Samuel Murray, after Joseph Slater
etching, published 1 December 1819
NPG D1140

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Thomas Hofmeier

07 February 2019, 19:50

Burckhardt tells his mother in a letter from Cairo (March 1817) about this portrait and its distribution among friends.
A pencil drawing, by Slater?, is kept in the British Museum.
For the German edition of Burckhardts Travels in Nubia 1819 a re-etching of this portrait was produced 1820.