Encampment of Guards, view from the Abdin Palace Cairo 25.Sep.82.
Watercolour
1882 (painted)
1882 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | Encampment of Guards, view from the Abdin Palace Cairo 25.Sep.82. (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Water- and bodycolour over pencil heightened with white |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `Encampment of Guards, view from the Abdin Palace, Cairo' Sir John Miller Adye, 1882. |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed John Adye Lieut. General; inscribed with title.
Formerly inscribed on the mount in another hand: - Encampment of Guards View from the Abdin Palace, Cairo 25th. September 1882 after John Adye, Lieut: Genl: (Although the mount states that the watercolour was executed `after John Adye', the handwriting of the inscription is virtually identical with that on Adye's watercolours of Gibraltar (SD13 & 14).)
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| 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: `Bt. [with SD12] `Christies, 7/XI/74 [302], £42' |
| Historical context | As soon as Cairo was occupied by British troops after the battle of Tell al-Kabir and the surrender of Arabi Pasha on 14 September 1882, Wolseley took up his headquarters at Abdin Palace (Palace al-Abdin). |
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| Accession number | SD.11 |
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| Record created | June 21, 2007 |
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