H. Lebas
1873
This detailed 1873 engraving portrays a serious-looking gentleman framed by a chaotic mix of Egyptian wonders and heavy machinery. A stoic sphinx and palm trees sit in the foreground, while massive wooden cranes loom in the background, hinting at a colossal engineering feat. This is likely a tribute to Jean-Baptiste Apollinaire Lebas, the naval engineer who successfully transported the Luxor Obelisk from Egypt to Paris in the 1830s. The artwork beautifully merges the ancient world of hieroglyphs with the industrial might required to move a 3,000-year-old monument across the sea.
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