G. Belzoni Esq.r, Maxim Gauci, 1815-1822 (c.)

Portrait of giovanni baptista belzoni, three-quarter-length, slightly turned to the left, leaning against a block of egyptian masonry carved with hieroglyphs and the title and holding a hookah in one hand, dressed in oriental dress of a long coat over a jellabiya with a sash tied about his waist and a large turban on his head with his beard stretching to his chest, a pyramid and palm trees beyond lithograph. Date: 1815-1822 (c.). Dimensions: Height: 285 mm; Width: 224 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Giovanni Battista Belzoni. Collection: British Museum. G. Belzoni Esq.r (BM 1860,1013.3)