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Artist: James Edward Burton

Date: 1828

Museum: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum (Chicago, United States)

Technique: Paper

James Burton, the son of a British property developer, lived and traveled widely in Egypt in the early nineteenth century. Like many of his contemporaries, Burton took advantage of Khedivate Egypt established under British patronage after the defeat of the French following their surrender in the aftermath of the battle of Alexandria in 1801. Burton is often credited with many so-called