About this artwork
Harriet Cheney learned how to make lithographic prints under the tutelage of Dominique-Vivant Denon, the diplomat, explorer, and director of the Musée du Louvre. This print by Cheney, showing a curious gathering in Denon’s Paris apartments, was once misinterpreted as depicting the autopsy of a monkey. What is actually taking place is the unwrapping of a mummy acquired by Denon on his Egyptian travels; Harriet can be seen, midsketch, at lower left.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Harriet Cheney
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Title
- Unwrapping the Mummy
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Place
- England (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1815–1825
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Medium
- Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
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Dimensions
- Image: 27.5 × 36.5 cm (10 7/8 × 14 3/8 in.); Sheet: 30.8 × 38.6 cm (12 3/16 × 15 1/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Ira Frank
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Reference Number
- 1944.480
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/51058/manifest.json
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