Port Said, Egypt: a quarantine station. Wood engraving by W. Kemp after J.N. Schönberg, 1882.

  • Schönberg, Johann Nepomuk, 1844-
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1882
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10106i
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Description

"The sketches at Port Said, by Mr. Schonberg, were made some time before the occupation of that town by the British military force, and while the Egyptian garrison remained there."—Illustrated London news, loc. cit.

Publication/Creation

1882

Physical description

1 print : wood engraving ; image 10 x 14.9 cm

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Select images of this work were taken by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: WT/D/1/20/1/76/31

Lettering

The quarantine house at Port Said, occupied by Egyptian soldiers. Schonberg, Port Said, 1882. Kemp sc.

Creator/production credits

Here attributed to William Kemp, although the signature differs from the "W. Kemp sc." signature recorded by Engen (loc. cit.) and visible e.g. on William Kemp's wood engraving of 'Sketches around Balmoral', Illustrated London news, 23 October 1880, p. 416. The present print is however in a similar style, described by Engen as "engraved as delicate etched line against stark white backgrounds"

References note

Rodney K. Engen, Dictionary of Victorian wood engravers, Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1985, p. 144

Reference

Wellcome Collection 10106i

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