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Torre de Comares or Tower of Comares

Print
1835 (published), 1833-4 (sketched), 1835 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Hullmandel (printer)
Hodgson & Graves (publishers)
Lewis, John Frederick RA POWCS (artist)
Harding, James Duffield (designer)

1 of 26 prints of sketches made of the Alhambra, Granada.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Architecture
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Torre de Comares or Tower of Comares (assigned by artist)
  • Part of the Alhambra from the Alameda del Darro (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured mounted lithograph in portfolio
Paper
Lithography
Hand Colouring
Brief description
Lithograph, hand-coloured from a sketch by John Frederick Lewis,'Part of the Alhambra from the Alameda del Darro', separated plate made for Lewis's book Sketches and Drawings of the Alhambra, made during a Residence in Granada, in the years 1833-4, published 1835
Physical description
1 of 26 prints of sketches made of the Alhambra, Granada.
Dimensions
  • Height: 279.4mm (Note: Taken from the departmental circulation registration 1948)
  • Width: 374.65mm (Note: Taken from the departmental circulation registration 1948)
Subjects depicted
Columns
Fortresses
Bridges (Built Works)
Funerals
Priests
Places depicted
Alhambra
Granada
Associations
Alhambra
Granada
Bibliographic reference
Taken from the departmental circulation registration 1948
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.293-1948

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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