Achilles-Constant-Theodore-Emile Prisse D'Avennes Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1807 - d. 1879

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.

Prisse d'Avennes was born in Avesnes-sur-Helpe, France, on January 27, 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. Prisse d'Avennes decided to become an archaeologist in 1836 after a period teaching at the infantry school in Damietta.

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.

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.

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      • Prisse d'Avennes (Émile, 1807-1879). Dahabieh on the Nile
        Oct. 18, 2023

        Prisse d'Avennes (Émile, 1807-1879). Dahabieh on the Nile

        Est: £700 - £1,000

        Prisse d'Avennes (Émile, 1807-1879). Dahabieh on the Nile * Prisse d'Avennes (Émile, 1807-1879). Dahabieh on the Nile, watercolour on wove paper, depicting a riverscape with figures on a houseboat under sail, with rocky shore, palm trees, and herons, verso annotated in pencil in an early 20th century hand with the title and artist, sheet size 32.2 x 23.4 cm (12 5/8 x 9 1/4 ins), mounted, framed and glazed (54.2 x 45 ins) QTY: (1)

        Dominic Winter Auctions
      • ACHILLE-CONSTANT-THÉODORE-ÉMILE PRISSE D'AVENNES - Wahabis with with an Azami Arab; Ababdeh, Nomads of the Eastern Thebaid Desert
        Dec. 13, 2022

        ACHILLE-CONSTANT-THÉODORE-ÉMILE PRISSE D'AVENNES - Wahabis with with an Azami Arab; Ababdeh, Nomads of the Eastern Thebaid Desert

        Est: -

        ACHILLE-CONSTANT-THÉODORE-ÉMILE PRISSE D'AVENNES Avesnes-sur-Helpe, France 1807 – Paris 1879 Wahabis with with an Azami Arab; Ababdeh, Nomads of the Eastern Thebaid Desert; Janysary and Merchant; Nubian and a Fellah; Bedouins from the vicinity of Suez; Fellah dressed in the Haba. London, 1831 Set of six lithographs on paper Signed and titled Measurements 355 x 255 mm plate each Acquired at the Old Church Galleries in London. They come from the work by Emile Prisse entitled "Oriental Album. Characters, Costumes, and Modes of Life, in the Valley of the Nile", James Madden, London, 1851.

        Subastas Segre
      • PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant Théodore Emile (1807-1879) and James Aug
        Oct. 16, 2020

        PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant Théodore Emile (1807-1879) and James Aug

        Est: $20,000 - $30,000

        PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant Théodore Emile (1807-1879) and James Augustus ST. JOHN (1801-1875). Oriental Album. Characters, Costumes and Modes of Life in the Valley of the Nile . London: James Madden, 1848. A deluxe copy of the first edition with the plates fully colored and mounted on card. Who was Who in Egyptology (London, 1972) describes Prisse as the \most mysterious of all the great pioneer figures in Egyptology,\ and this early album, published in the same decade that he undertook excavations at Thebes and discovered the Table of the Kings at Karnak, justifies his reputation as \a fine artist and outstandingly brilliant observer,\ equally interested in the costumes of men and women. The Anglo-Indian in Arab dress seen in the frontispiece is the botanist George Lloyd (1815-1843), and the artist's posthumous dedication records that the young man had suggested \this series of drawings, illustrative of the valley of the Nile,\ before his untimely death in a shooting accident. St. John, who was responsible for the letterpress, was also the author of the two-volume Egypt and Mohameed Ali, or Travels in the Valley of the Nile (1834). Atabey 1001; Blackmer 1357; Brunet IV, 885; Colas 2427; Lipperheide Ma30; not in Abbey. Folio (575 x 442mm). Chromolithographic additional title, hand-colored tinted lithographic frontispiece and 30 hand-colored plates by Lemoine, Lehnert, Mouilleron, Le Roux and others after Prisse d'Avennes, printed by Lemercier, all mounted on card and loose as issued (spotting and three small nicks to title, frontispiece with a small nick; spotting and corner dampstain to mounts, spotting just visible in skies of about 5 plates, faint tideline in pl. 30). Letterpress title, dedication, plate list and 60pp. of descriptive text by St. John with 35 wood-engraved illustrations. Contemporary plain wrappers (gutta percha binding perished, some toning and wear, light spotting at ends, corner chip to first three leaves). Original morocco-backed portfolio with gilt-lettered morocco cover label (heavily rubbed at cover edges, backstrip and the three inner flaps all separated and worn). , Prisse d'Avennes, deluxe issue,

        Christie's
      • ACHILLES-CONSTANT-THEODORE-EMILE PRISSE D'AVENNES, (FRENCH, 1807-1879), "ABABDEH RIDING DROMEDARIES"
        Sep. 11, 2019

        ACHILLES-CONSTANT-THEODORE-EMILE PRISSE D'AVENNES, (FRENCH, 1807-1879), "ABABDEH RIDING DROMEDARIES"

        Est: $400 - $600

        ACHILLES-CONSTANT-THEODORE-EMILE PRISSE D'AVENNES (french, 1807-1879) "ABABDEH RIDING DROMEDARIES" 1851. Inscribed 'Drawn by E. Prisse Esq. on stone by Mouilleron & Lehnert' in plate bottom left; also inscribed 'Madden & Malcolm, London & Paris' bottom center and 'Printed by Lemercier, Paris' bottom right, tinted lithograph on paper. Image: 10 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. (26 x 34.9cm) Sheet: 13 7/8 x 18 in. (35.2 x 45.7cm) provenance: Private Collection, Philadelphia.

        Freeman's | Hindman
      • PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile (1807-1879). L'Art Arabe d'apres les monuments du Kaire.
        Jul. 10, 2019

        PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile (1807-1879). L'Art Arabe d'apres les monuments du Kaire.

        Est: £15,000 - £20,000

        PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile (1807-1879). L'Art Arabe d'apres les monuments du Kaire. Paris: A. Quantin for widow of A. Morel et Cie, [1869- ]1877. First edition of the most important work of the nineteenth century entirely devoted to Arab art, with an exhaustive description of the applied arts in Cairo. Very richly illustrated, it contains lithographed views of the great photographer Giraud de Prangey, one of the frst French travellers to take photographs in Cairo and Jerusalem. The fne plates in the work are both architectural, showing exteriors and interiors, with details of their ornamentation (e.g. doors, knockers, torches), as well as furniture, textiles, ceramics and glass, etc.). Plate 165 does not correspond to the title given in the index ('Plateau en cuivre étamé' instead of 'Vases en cuivre étamé'). Not in Blackmer nor Atabey. 3 atlas volumes, folio (638 x 485mm), and quarto text volume (330 x 245mm). Chromolithographic and lithographic plates on guards(some spotting, predominantly marginal). Contemporary red morocco-backed marbled boards, panelled spine lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled boards (corners worn, extremities a little rubbed). Provenance: Frederick du Cane Godman (bookplates). (4)

        Christie's
      • Emile Prisse D'Avennes (French, 1807-1879), Cheval arabe harnaché‚ (Saddled Arab Horse), 24 x 33 cm, إميل بريس دافيني، حصان عربي مع السرج
        Apr. 05, 2016

        Emile Prisse D'Avennes (French, 1807-1879), Cheval arabe harnaché‚ (Saddled Arab Horse), 24 x 33 cm, إميل بريس دافيني، حصان عربي مع السرج

        Est: $2,800 - $3,400

        signed 'E. Presse d'Avennes' (lower right), watercolour on paper

        Albahie Auction House
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