`Akker Koof, Kasr, Nimrood; about 12 miles West of Bagdad towards the Tigris. 126 ft. high; 100 ft. diameter'

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Smith, Charles Hamilton (Painted by)

Watercolour in a volume entitled VIEWS. SYRIA, ARABIA, PERSIA and consisting of drawings (105) on 100 sheets, with end-papers; half-bound in crimson morocco

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Category	Watercolours
Object type	Watercolour
Title	`Akker Koof, Kasr, Nimrood; about 12 miles West of Bagdad towards the Tigris. 126 ft. high; 100 ft. diameter' (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Watercolour over pencil
Brief description	`Akker Koof, Kasr, Nimrood; about 12 miles West of Bagdad towards the Tigris. 126 ft. high; 100 ft. diameter' 1827-1846. Watercolour in a volume (two of two) containing drawings by Charles Hamilton Smith
Physical description	Watercolour in a volume entitled VIEWS. SYRIA, ARABIA, PERSIA and consisting of drawings (105) on 100 sheets, with end-papers; half-bound in crimson morocco
Dimensions	Size of covers height: 42cm Size of covers width: 33.5cm
Style	Orientalism
Marks and inscriptions	Inscribed with title, and signed with initials CHS.
Credit line	Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Object history	According to Rodney Searight: - `[bought from] Maggs early 1960s'
Historical context	There is no record of Smith having visited the area depicted here; more likely, the drawing is a copy from a plate in a book in his huge private library. See Searight Archive. See also volumes of drawings by Smith in VAM, WID
Subject depicted	Ziggurats
Places depicted	Iraq Aqar Quf
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	SD.984:2

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Record created	September 27, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1137584/akker-koof-kasr-nimrood-about-watercolour-smith-charles-hamilton/

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