Émile Prisse d'Avennes

Achille-Constant-Théodore-Émile Prisse d'Avennes (27 January 1807, Avesnes-sur-Helpe – 16 February 1879, Paris) was a French archaeologist, Egyptologist, architect and writer.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Émile Prisse d'Avennes

Biography

Prisse d'Avennes was born in Avesnes-sur-Helpe, France, on 27 January 1807, to a noble family of French origin. After the early death of his father in 1814, on the guidance of his grandfather he enrolled at college a year later to train for a career within the legal profession.[8] Prisse d'Avennes decided to become an archaeologist in 1836 after a period teaching at the infantry school in Damietta.[9]

Life in Egypt

In 1827 when he reached Egypt, he was hired by the viceroy of Egypt, Muhammad Ali Pasha, as a civil engineer. He spent many years living as an Egyptian, adopting the name Idriss-effendi, learning to speak Arabic and practicing Islam. He stated that adopting Egyptian culture resulted in a greater understanding of Egyptian society and people.[10]

Oriental Album
Image of a reclining Muslim woman from the Oriental Album.

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 a British author and traveler.[11][12]

Selected bibliography

See also

References
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  10. 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.
  11. "Oriental album. Characters, costumes, and modes of life, in the valley of the Nile. - NYPL Digital Collections". digitalcollections.nypl.org. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  12. St. John, James Augustus (1795-1875) (1848). Oriental album, characters, costumes and modes of life in the valley of the Nile / illustrated from designs taken on the spot by E. Prisse. ; With descriptive lettrer-press by James Augustus St John, author of. London: Madden.
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