Sketch of a moresque capital
Drawing
1832 (Drawn)
1832 (Drawn)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Lewis lived in Spain from 1832-1833. There he produced a series of drawings and brilliantly coloured watercolours of Spanish life. Lewis also produced a series of lithographs of the Alhambra, one of the best-preserved examples of Islamic architecture in Spain. A number of the preliminary drawings survive and this is one of them.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Sketch of a moresque capital (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil |
| Brief description | Sketch of a moresque capital, 1832. John Frederick Lewis |
| Physical description | Drawing of an elaborately decorated Islamic capital |
| Dimensions |
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| Object history | Transferred from the Royal College of Art, 1918 |
| Subject depicted | |
| Place depicted | |
| Summary | Lewis lived in Spain from 1832-1833. There he produced a series of drawings and brilliantly coloured watercolours of Spanish life. Lewis also produced a series of lithographs of the Alhambra, one of the best-preserved examples of Islamic architecture in Spain. A number of the preliminary drawings survive and this is one of them. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1025-1918 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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