Memnonium
Watercolour
1845-1849 (painted)
1845-1849 (painted)
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With a slight pencil sketch of a plan of a temple
Object details
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| Title | Memnonium (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil, touched with white |
| Brief description | Watercolour, `Memnonium' 1845-1849, by William Henry Bartlett |
| Physical description | With a slight pencil sketch of a plan of a temple |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed Memnonium and with note |
| 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 P.Heathcote-Williams May 1973, £35'. |
| Historical context | Plan of temple in Bartlett, Nile Boat, 1850 (2nd edn.), p.176. Another view of the Memnonium is in Bartlett, Nile Boat, 1850, facing p.175. |
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| Accession number | SD.94 |
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| Record created | July 14, 2007 |
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