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IN PICTURES

Port Said. The festivities surrounding the inauguration of the maritime canal.

Artist: RIOU Edouard (1833-1900)

Date: 1869

Technique: Oil on canvas

Dimensions : H. 1.03 m; W. 1.50 m

Place:Paris, Association du Souvenir de Ferdinand de Lesseps et du Canal de Suez

Subjects: Ceremonies, Egypt, Suez canal

Key words: port, roadstead, lighthouse, Empress Eugénie, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Ismail Pasha, Emperor of Austria, Prince of the Netherlands, Prince of Prussia, Abd-el Kader, Mgr Bauer

Credits: Association du Souvenir de Ferdinand de Lesseps et du Canal de Suez

Notes:

The inauguration ceremonies for the
Suez Canal took place from the 16th-20th November
1869 with the Empress Eugénie presiding.

A copy of this painting, commissioned by the State in
1896, is held in the Musée national du château de Compiègne.

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