Peter Cramer was a self-taught artist who prepared the drawings for the illustration of Norden

Frederic Louis Norden

Frederic Louis Norden was a Danish naval captain and explorer.Also known as Frederick, Frederik, Friderick, Ludwig, Ludvig and Lewis, the name used on the first publication of his famous Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie is Frederic Louis Norden. His name is often shortened F. L...

's 'Travels in Egypt

Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie

Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie records Frederic Louis Norden's extensive documentation and drawings of his voyage though Egypt in 1737-1738...

,' and then became a decorative and theatrical painter. Together with this occupation he executed popular Danish scenes in the style of Teniers

David Teniers the Younger

David Teniers the Younger was a Flemish artist born in Antwerp, the son of David Teniers the Elder. His son David Teniers III and his grandson David Teniers IV were also painters...

, and several of his pictures were engraved by Haas, Kleve, and Clemens

Johan Frederik Clemens

Johan Frederik Clemens , Danish printmaker in etching, was born in Gollnow near Stettin in Pomerania, to a poor Saxon weaver, Johan David Clemens, and his wife Anna Francken...

. He died at Copenhagen in 1782.