Tomb of the Virgin
Watercolour
1842-1844 (painted)
1842-1844 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
On the back, sketch of Gethsemene
Object details
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| Title | Tomb of the Virgin (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Brown wash over pencil, on the back, pencil |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `Tomb of the Virgin', Jerusalem. On the back, a sketch of Gethsemane. 1842-4, by William Henry Bartlett |
| Physical description | On the back, sketch of Gethsemene |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed Tomb of the V[irgin]...[illegible] Jerusa[lem] and D. Roberts and no.43; on the back, Gethsemane and dark. |
| 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. fr. G. Norman, Westbourne Grove 1961 £3'. |
| Historical context | Illustrated in Bartlett, Walks about Jerusalem, [3rd edn. c.1845], facing p.99, engraved by S. Bradshaw; H. Stebbing, The Christian in Palestine, [1847], between pp.144 & 145, engraved by S. Bradshaw. `Gethsemane' is possibly the preliminary sketch for Bartlett's drawing for the engraving by J. Cousen in Bartlett, Footsteps of Our Lord, 1851, facing p.164. |
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| Accession number | SD.87 |
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| Record created | July 13, 2007 |
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