Gerf Hussain
Watercolour
1868-1878 (painted)
1868-1878 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Chalk and bodycolour, heightened with white |
| Brief description | Watercolour, Gerf Hussain, [Girf Husayn] Nubia, 1868-1878, by Hercules Brabazon Brabazon |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed with initials HBB and inscribed with title |
| 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 Sotheby's, [29] July 1971 [63] £12'. |
| Historical context | Brabazon travelled up the Nile in 1868, 1873-74 and 1877. |
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| Accession number | SD.133 |
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| Record created | October 4, 2007 |
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